Fair enough but this wasn't just something off in the distance, nor was it strange lights or something you had to zoom in on with a camera (not that they had a camera). It went right past them, less than a hundred feet away. It was clearly a silver metallic circular object with windows and no obvious doors or engines. Maybe it was a giant aircraft sized balloon with transparent sections on top to make it look like it had windows by some skilled prankster, but that's bordering on conspiracy of a different sort (a government program designed to make people think they're being invaded???). This sighting was much to close and too detailed to dismiss as something that should appear far in the distance or as a dot in the sky with a tail - it'd be easier to dismiss it as a lie.