I did see a show a while back where they tackled figuring out what one of the more interesting lights was photographed from the Shuttle. Most were easy to figure out-ice coming off the Shuttle itself, etc. The most puzzling one they discovered was a fishing fleet going around the horn of South America with all their lights on at night. It took quite a bit of detective work because the fishing fleet was working in illegal waters and there was no documentation of it until they were caught.

Carl Sagan made a good point-'Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." There's always someone out there ready to bullshit the gullible for fun and profit. And there's always people willing to swallow it hook, line, and sinker. That UFO photographer someone posted a while back was caught with a garage full of UFO models, and some of his stills were directly lifted from old movie frames. But even after the fact he still has a large following buying into every word of bullshit coming out of his mouth.

I've always been intrigued by the UFO thing. When I was a kid I gobbled up every book I could find on the subject, Chariots of the Gods, etc. I still keep a close eye on the subject, but I look for the credible instead of buying into the absurd..My philosophy is if the light in the sky is an Airplane, I want to know and call it a goddamn airplane instead of pretending it's alien jesus coming down to save us all.

I saw an archeologist go through Chariots of the Gods and disassemble all his wild-ass claims that only aliens could have 'cut these stones', moved those rocks', etc....He went down to the quarry, shaped and fitted the stones himself showing exactly how the Incas did "what only an Alien laser could do!" His research won't sell as many books as Von Diekens did, but at least he's telling the truth.

So if you want to know the truth and live by it, it's going to mean letting go of a whole lot of fantasy. 99.9% of all this UFO crap is bullshit...most probably 100% -- But if that .1% ever does come along that truly is the real deal, would you want to miss it because you were too busy waiting on Hale Bopp with some silly-ass cult?