From my experience people were always like "there's surely alien life out there, no way we're alone here", but then the other "aliens exist" would be laughed at.
But I just find it strange how these UFO shootings appeared shortly after everyone in public came to talk about it. I'm honestly not even sure what to think about it. If we look at the tiktak object that was seen, I somehow doubt it's Russian/Chinese object, as I don't think anybody came up with something that advanced yet. Or maybe I'm wrong there. On the other hand, if it is aliens, then I just don't know what to say