The Military made no statement on it for a while after that event. It wasn't until they realized it was making major headlines all over the world that they decided to falsely state
Falsely state? Oh boy. You want it to be something else so much you'll discard evidence you don't like.
The fact 'The Military' didn't make a statement was probably because they were engaging in what they thought was mundane actions, and then had to explain once they saw the fuss.
Also, the mistake you make is convolving all the different elements people reported into one event; these things were quite possibly separate events witnessed by different people.