To JohninKansas
Try this story from Reuters

I hope this will be sufficient evidence - if the USA president apologises for it happening I reckon most Americans would tend towards the belief give or take a bit now again, all sides being equal and taking in both points of view, that it actually did happen. Not that that would necessarily reach Kansas I guess.

However there is another story here:

http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1104532006
which tells how the Irish Government refused the flights permission to land at Shannon Airport.

I did give the link to say it had happened and I am sorry you did not feel able to accept the truth of that report. I personally feel that the BBC is a reliable source.

The New York Times has the story and so does the Jerusalem Post. A simple Google search produces thousands of newspaper stories confirming it happened.

Sorry you don't have Google where you live.

But no doubt you are able to live with that too.