The fringe experimenter I mentioned was John Hutchinson[0][1]. His personal website[2] appears to be a Geocities-esque relic (with ads of course, but still entertaining).<p>&gt;<i>Why would an aviation expert do it? What does he get out of tarnishing his credibility with that kind of gobbledegook, even if he saw it in front of his own eyes?</i><p>That&#x27;s what puzzled me. While it probably wasn&#x27;t so obvious that Hutchinson was a crackpot back in 2002 or 2003, it still begs the question why someone like Cook would become involved and write about the guy in his book.<p>Any explanation I can think of is simply unfortunate. Still, it&#x27;s a decent book as long as you treat it as mostly fiction.<p>[0] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;rationalwiki.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;John_Hutchison" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;rationalwiki.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;John_Hutchison</a><p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;skepdic.com&#x2F;hutchisonhoax.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;skepdic.com&#x2F;hutchisonhoax.html</a><p>[2] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.hutchisoneffect.ca&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.hutchisoneffect.ca&#x2F;</a>