Ha, I definitely don't think mine was a UFO experience, nor do I think all or possibly any of the people who contacted the American investigator experienced a UFO either.
But it is a strange phenomenon, especially if there really has been a spike of people reporting this in recent months, as the guy said.
Is it to do with the electronic devices we use before going to bed? But they've been around for 10 years plus now, not just the last few months. Is it some kind of collective psychic pre-cog trauma at the impending coronavirus crisis?
As for lightning, no, it was a calm and still night. Initially I thought someone must have shone a very powerful torch on my face through the crack in our curtains (which would have been creepy enough in itself at 2 or 3 in the morning). But I pulled the curtains back almost immediately and no one about, not a sound. And as I said, no "purple haze" or similar.
Guessing something sleep related. But strange if true that there's been a big spike in people experiencing this.