Update: The Family That Reported Aliens in Their Yard Right After a UFO Appeared on a Police Body Cam is in Lockdown and Fearing for Their Safety

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As news reports go, "Bunch of Nobodies Call Police Saying They Saw Something Strange" very much falls into the "Dog Bites Man" category. Every emergency dispatcher in the country gets a call like that every hour. On a good day. 

Even when that strange something being called are aliens described as being between eight and 10 feet tall in said nobodies' backyard, that shouldn't move the needle for anyone. Not when we've got super credible sources like military personnel giving much more reliable accounts, backed up by documented, photographic, and even video proof to support their claims. 

But when their call comes into 911 minutes after a police body cam records a light streaking across the sky in the same area? Now we've got an X-File on our hands:

Therefore, it would be professional negligence not to follow up on the family that made the call. And the news is not good:

Source - The Las Vegas family who claim to have seen aliens in their backyard, say they are now in lockdown on their property after being threatened by people who think they are engaging in an 'elaborate hoax.' 

The family, who have declined to reveal their identity, told NewsNation off-camera that they are 'anxious and scared' and now unwilling to leave their home. 

The father and two sons, who are sticking by their story, have not discussed the nature of the threats publicly.  …

In my backyard. I swear to God this is not a joke, this is actually — we’re terrified,' the caller claimed. 

'They’re very large. They’re like 8 foot, 9 feet, 10 foot. They look like aliens to us. Big eyes. They have big eyes. Like, I can’t explain it. And big mouth. They’re shiny eyes and they’re not human. They’re 100 percent not human,' he said.

The responding officers also expressed their trepidation at the odd events. 

'I’m so nervous right now,' one officer can be heard telling his partner on their bodycam footage. 

'I have butterflies, bro — saw a shooting star and now these people say there’s aliens in their backyard.'

First of all, threats of violence against your neighbor are never acceptable. Never justified. (That is, unless you do it hilariously. Like the cantankerous old guy in a 1950s comic strip frustrated by some pesky kids trying to steal a pie cooling on his window sill. Then you can have at it.) We shouldn't be talking nasty to each other under any circumstances. But least of all in front of our interstellar guests. We've got company who traveled a long way and we're terrible hosts if we make it all awkward for them. 

Second, what's this "elaborate hoax" talk? Are we really still doing this? In the face of mounting evidence, including but not limited to, nose camera footage from our most sophisticated fighter jets and sworn testimony about secret Pentagon research into downed craft, how are we talking about "hoaxes" like it's the days of Project Blue Book again? And to what end for this family? What would they get out of it? They're not selling their story, launching a line of UFO merchandise or starting a crowdfunding campaign. They're not even releasing their names. They simply called the LVPD and reported what they claim to have seen. If they were lying, charge them with a crime of misusing 911. Which hasn't happened, so they get the benefit of the doubt. 

But here's the real evidence that we still have a looonnng way to go when it comes to UFO acceptance: 

The American Meteor Society says it is almost certain the green light caught on the police footage was a meteor. 

The area of the alleged sighting was searched and the witnesses interviewed but no new information was found. 

Shocking. The American Meteor Society was contacted and they just so happen to think it was a meteor. I'm sure if you asked the American Bowling Association they'd tell you it was a bowling ball, and the League of Women Voters would say it's a woman, voting. Because when all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. But what's the AMS's (am sure those meetings are a real hoot) explanation for why there's no sign of a meteor strike? Or what this family saw? Or why police body cam footage just happened to include this bright light streaking across the sky minutes before these people were terrorized by 10 foot tall, bug-eyed monsters out on their patio next to the grill and Adirondack chairs? Sorry, meteorphiles, but we've been hearing this "It was something totally innocent and not at all scary" narrative since Roswell:

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It's going to take a lot more than threats and intimidation for this family to forget what they saw. And more than lame explaination from science nerds for the public to forget that police video. Either level with us about what this was or send the agents in the dark suits.

Because this isn't working.