Flares on the Jersey Turnpike, circa 2001:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=92798&page=1
They also reference the Phoenix lights and other sightings. It ends with this little gem:
What struck several people who study sightings of unexplained lights or objects in the sky was the emotional weight they gave it.
"There is something about it that strikes them deeply," said Michael Mannion, author of Project Mindshift, The Re-education of the American Public Concerning Extraterrestrial Life 1947-Present.
"When people tell about a sighting even 15 years later, that emotion comes through. You don't get that a lot with things that turn out to be mistaken sightings," he said.
So, according to Mannion, the fact that we might
feel correct gives the arguement more weight. After all, nobody has ever put emotional weight behind a mistake, have they? Heh.