In late afternoon here, you can see both Jupiter and Venus in the sky before any other stars or planets. It is my opinion that people are looking at the sky closely for the first time in a long time and seeing things that are amazing. There was a power outage in Los Angeles in 1994 and people called 911 about the lights and gases that were stretched out overhead. It turns out, it was the Milky Way.
Watching a show one night about people seeing and taking pics and videos of "UFOs". A young dad in California insisted he had a video of a UFO. The video showed a fairly bright light (no blinking navigation lights) moving steadily across the sky.
The experts went back and took the time stamp on his video and compared it to the path of the ISS at the same time. They matched. The conclusion was that he had a video of the ISS. He refused to accept that and continued to insist it was an alien craft.