I'm afraid that on the basis of the reports so far, I have to side with the skeptics here. It looks to me like the NYPD misjudged what they were seeing, overreacted, and then invented what they may have mistakenly thought to be a credible version of events to explain their actions. Except it isn't credible.
The eyewitness and quad pilots accounts are mostly consistent and believable. The NYPD account is simply not possible on the key points given the limitations of the equipment involved.
The eyewitness and quad pilots accounts are mostly consistent and believable. The NYPD account is simply not possible on the key points given the limitations of the equipment involved.