Andrew D. Gable said:
I'm firmly convinced that many of the UFOs are, in fact, streetlights. This ties into he fact that a great many of the folks reporting sightings are made by folks of questionable sobriety.
Imagine, if you will, a couple drunken rednecks in a pickup truck. They see a light in the distance, approaching them. They slow down, and it seems to move right over them. The car stalls ('cause they're drunk, and can't be expected to keep a truck moving reliably, much less when confused and trying to look straight up through the truck's roof), and the light seems to hover overhead. They can't get the car started (again, too many beers), and get out of the truck.
They stare up at the light, get dizzy, and fall down. They wake up the next mornign with a fuzzy memory, at best. Now, which explanation would your subconscious ego prefer - you fell down in the street in a drunken stupor, or you had a run-in with aliens?
