I did not think you were saying they were lying, and I agree that many UFO reports come from observers with poor observing skills and little science knowledge. Like I said, look at the reports on the UFO Map site to see that many of them sound like bolides.

I once saw a small silver cylindrical object slowly tumbling in the sky in the middle of a sunny day. Binoculars revealed it to be a terrestrial balloon.

Back when I was a scout, my fellow scouts and I had just left a meeting when we saw a large white ball about the apparent size of the full Moon drifting across the sky at dusk. It had a red light at its center and made no noise we could hear. Turned out to be a weather balloon illuminated by the Sun, which was still above its horizon.

Ah well, maybe next time.