Talk:2015 Los Angeles UFO scare

Why this page exist

The original creator of this article, ‎TheGreenWarrior, described it succinctly: "Thought I would dash off a quick article while the event is still recent to counter any UFO Theories that may be circling."
So, there you have it. It's going to be interesting to follow this, as far as I know unique, example of RW pre-emptively debunking a conspiracy before it is even formulated. ScepticWombat (talk) 21:30, 8 November 2015 (UTC)

Hmm, I kind of feel like this should be part of a more general article about "Easily explainable things that caused conspiracy nutbars to kneejerkingly shout aliens/Illuminati/etc." I live in Southern California, and I know this isn't the first missile test that people freaked out about. Similar things elsewhere like the Norwegian spiral could maybe get merged in as well. --Ymir (talk) 04:45, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

^, much in the same vein we relocated Kim Davis, who is in the end just a 15 minutes of fame example of a wider problem, to a more general article about the type of person she is. This is one single moment in which some people freaked out and then forgot about it, it isn't like it was the Battle or anything --"Paravant" ^{Talk & Contribs} 04:56, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

I'd be fine if this was slated for deletion. If everyone forgets about it, then there is no reason to keep it. The missile did look pretty cool when it went through the cloud, though. TGW ^{page chat} 06:58, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

+1 on what Ymir said. Carpetsmoker (talk) 07:08, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

Easily explained UFO scares, or something.--TheroadtoWiganPier (talk) 07:14, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

I would opt for something a bit more neutral like List of UFO sightings ... Carpetsmoker (talk) 07:27, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

I hate lists. Also since when was RW neutral about anything? :) --TheroadtoWiganPier (talk) 07:31, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

Not all UFO sightings are easily explainable, nor are they all "scares"... Carpetsmoker (talk) 07:34, 11 November 2015 (UTC)