[narf poit chez BOOM]

GNN, Earth orbit:

'Hello, I'm Terry Cloff, and this is GNN news. As you may or may not know, certain amateur astronomers are claiming that a small object, about three meters in length, appeared, as if teleported, in Earth's orbit. Less credible are the claims that the object was humanoid. Earth's Security forces have denied any and all such claims, as well as claims that they took the object into custody. With me is General Windda Baaj. General?"

"We have done extensive study of these claims and it was clearly light from Venus hitting a weather control balloon, which caused ball lighting."

"And there you have it, folks. Nothing to worry ab"*In the background, about ten miles off, a rather large explosion erupts from the side of Daedalus, the military's high-tech research station. The interview is replaced by a screen saying 'Technical Difficulties'*

* Short explanation: Due to another thread, Narf has become lost in time. Of course, you needn't stick with that explanation if you write a story off of this.