A sampling of folklore definitions through the years: 2007AMERICAN FOLKLORE SOCIETY:Folklore is the traditional art, literature, knowledge, and practice that is disseminated largely through oral communication and behavioral example.
The pilots of the 1st Black Hawk shot down, Cliff Wolcott and his copilot, were wedged in the wrecked cockpit pretty tightly & the crash had kicked up a lot of dirt, partially burying both of them. The guys doing the extraction had to cut the entire front end of the chopper apart around both bodies to get them out.
Question: Isn't there information indicating the rocket hit another plane on the Forrestal, not John McCain's? Parts of the Navy's report indicate that the the rocket hit the plane of Fred White, another pilot near John McCain, but there is ample evidence to suggest that the report is in error.