Menzel eventually became a famous UFO debunker, and in two of his books stated he was never puzzled by his sighting, instantly identifying the object as an ordinary meteor fireball.
メンツェルは結局、有名なUFOの正体をすっぱぬく人になり、そして書物のうち2つで、自分はけっして自分の目撃に当惑していない、物体はふつうの隕石火球とただちに見分けたと述べた。