(CNN) Inside the frantic response to mysterious ‘slow-moving blob’ flying over Washington.

• The leading hypotheses are a slow moving flock of birds, or an atmospheric anomaly.
• A group of small drones is considered technically compatible with the observation.
• The terms UFO, or “alien spacecraft”, are conspicuous by omission, even though these have been somewhat legitimized as  worthy of consideration. (NBC) Navy confirms videos did capture UFO sightings, but it calls them by another name.

While conspiracies to hide events that might cause panic are virtually nonexistent, an editorial choice to exclude a hypothesis was made, and it’s not a good one. This is clearly a responsibility of the media, since the question was not asked.

If you have an interest in open source analysis, this is important. This kind of editorial choice, slant, or bias, occurs all the time. It’s up to the open source enthusiast to consider this, and do a kind of inverse, to include the exclusions.

Excuse me. Someone in a funny suit is at the front door, asking me to take him to my leader.