Probably a lot. When I was a kid i saw a strange light in the sky that just hovered there and I started thinking it was a UFO or something. It turned out it was a jet flying straight towards my location, and veered off after about a half hour at which point I could see the tail light. I imagine a light in the distance my produce the same effect in the right situation if you weren't used to seeing that. People also just like to lie about this kind of stuff for fun.
Very interesting. I wonder what role the proliferation of electric lighting had to do with that.
Probably a lot. When I was a kid i saw a strange light in the sky that just hovered there and I started thinking it was a UFO or something. It turned out it was a jet flying straight towards my location, and veered off after about a half hour at which point I could see the tail light. I imagine a light in the distance my produce the same effect in the right situation if you weren't used to seeing that. People also just like to lie about this kind of stuff for fun.
Suddenly remembering that story about that family in Kentucky that spent all night firing shotguns out their windows and then said they'd been fighting off the greys.