UFOs have finally gone mainstream. The UFO community is not thrilled.

"It's a shame," said one UFO researcher of the recent shoot downs of UFOs over North America that turned out to not be extraterrestrial craft. After decades on the mockable fringes, unidentified aerial phenomena are finally major mainstream news. But the downing of a Chinese spy balloon and three other likely benign objects is an anti-climax for many interested in UFOs, who had hoped for something a little less terrestrial.