Some of these things are different types of balloons. Clearly, they are floating, but not flying.
I know it sounds like a bullshit distinction. Today a vast majority of things reported are clearly something that can ultimately be identified. For example every time Musk releases Starlink satellites, the “phones light up.”
I think anyone who isn’t familiar with the reporting process or reviewing a lot of these things should refrain from making judgements. On either side.
lol, but that's not the case here, or in most others cases, as these objects are definitely aerial, moving, flying etc. They're splitting hairs to avoid stigmas, to be PC etc.
Think illegal alien, but now it's undocumented alien or whatever their last term is.
UFO is probably the perfect term. They're unidentified, they're aerial or flying, and they clearly appear to be some type of objects.