Meadowbank,
No attempt at smugness on my part, far from it in fact, but I did warn in post #4049 that looking for for a straight answer from JP with regards to any question that does not fit with his mind set was always going to end in disappointment.
I detect no rudeness in his refusal to acknowledge the previous UFCM incident you mention, it's simply that he cant acknowledge it for to do so introduces the very doubt that we all assert and he so strongly denies, and it will bring his particular house of cards tumbling down. This is the same for each and every one of the well intentioned questions ever asked of him, questions from experienced SH operators on everything from met to mechanics.
His mind may well be made up but his refusal to take the bull by the horns and debate with you tells us an awful lot.