What happened to the planes? What happened to the people?

And, in fact, the seismologists they trot out every time there's an earthquake in LA say it feels/sounds like a big truck. However, they are experts and know it isn't.

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Gillian

"Now everyone was giving her that kind of look UFOlogists get when they suddenly say, 'Hey, if you shade your eyes you can see it is just a flock of geese after all.'"

"You can't erase icing."

"I can't believe it doesn't work! I found it on the internet, man!"