Could it just be that TPTB have simply decided to Flood the Zone with these "mysterious objects" until they turn into a bore?
MSM's already muddling their stories so much it's getting tough to tell which "object" they're describing, who shot it down, where the thing went down and even the aircraft type used for the intercept.
(F-22's have been the bird of choice for most stories but I hit one source that was claiming a flock of F-15's was racing North toward the latest/third/Canadian occurrence.)
....only thing certain right now (JMHO) is that somebody in charge has got his/her/its nickers in a real serious knot on the subject. Why else try so hard to make it go away?