It came out of the sky
Landed just a little south of Moline
Jody fell out of his tractor
Couldn't b'lieve what he seen
Laid on the ground shook
Fearin' for his life
Then he ran all the way to town
Screamin', "It came out of the sky"
Well, a crowd gathered 'round
And a scientist said it was marsh gas
Spiro came to make a speech
About raisin' the Mars tax
Vatican said, "Woe, the Lord has come"
Hollywood rushed out an epic film
Ronnie the Populist said
It was a communist plot
The newspapers came
And made Jody a national hero
Walter and Eric said they'd put him
On a network TV show
White House said, "Put the thing in the Blue Room"
The Vatican said, "No, it belongs in Rome"
Jody said, "It's mine
But you can have it for 17 million"
— ‘It Came Out of the Sky’ by John Fogarty, Creedence Clearwater Revival
The story that won’t go away: After the United States shot down a “balloon” ostensibly sent by China to spy on military bases, the military shot down several other unidentified aerial phenomena, leading the public and the FBI to consider whether the superpower showdown led a fighter jet to shoot down a hobby group’s research balloon in Canada — or perhaps unleash a new confrontation with extraterrestrials.
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