Kentucky Army National Guard

And so it got violent.

The Kentucky National Guard came in.

There was a firefight in a town called Everts called the Battle of Everts that lasted half an hour, which is the bloodiest fight ever.

Of all that, I think multiple lives were lost in that.

You have a distinguished legal and military career.

You've served 30 years in the Kentucky Army National Guard, retiring as a lieutenant colonel.

You served as a judge advocate while serving there.

And you helped close military bases in Iraq in 2011.

he was in an air battalion on D-Day.

The Kentucky National Guard itself describes him as a decorated wartime pilot and notes that the object he was pursuing at the time of his death remained uncertain.

All this experience matters for this guy because one of the biggest mysteries surrounding this case is not just what did he see, but why would a pilot of his experience And he was reportedly, by all accounts, a very cautious pilot, not a risk taker.

Why would he have continued to climb and chase this thing to an unsafe altitude when he knew he didn't have oxygen and he knew he didn't have the equipment that he would need in order to maintain that chase and to, you know, to be safe? So let's talk about the first sightings.

Long time no see.

We have some things to talk about that maybe you don't know about in the Kentucky Army National Guard.

Because honestly, I didn't.

But...