Substitute the word "UFO" for "squid", and "airliner flights" for "submersible dives" ie...
"Vecchione, first author of a study appearing Friday in the journal Science, said the only evidence of the UFO comes from photographs and video images taken during airliner flights. However, he said, the findings are persuasive because they came from eight independent worldwide sightings by scientists from eight institutions in four countries."
This guy would be called and crackpot and never be published in a journal like Science
Notforprophet
You beat me to it!
Perhaps if UFOs were simply called "Mystery Lights" that would be enough for Science to endorse their study...
Mark W.