A mysterious missiled flies through the skies off the coast of California. The world sees our tepid response and hears our ludicrous explanation.
A couple of weeks later, one of China's client states launches a serious barrage of artillery against one of our allies. Our media plays it down as if it was one or two shells when, in fact, it was an hour-long attack featuring dozens of shells at the very least.
Now this.
Hmmmmmmm...