When strange things appear in the sky, many people can’t help but turn their thoughts to extraterrestrials. But there’s usually a more down-to-earth explanation.

That was the case when a bright light in the sky off the Southern California coast last weekend touched off a flurry of excitement about unidentified flying objects.

NY Slimes piece on Peter Davenport and the National UFO Reporting Center. Of course, the Slimes had to get the usual skeptic and hack debunker in there, Shermer. Notice the copy below, "But there's usually a more down-to-earth explanation." So, what about those cases when there is not a more down-to-earth explanation? I loathe the American mainstream media with a passion.  To read more, click here.