What's up with the hype around the unidentified drones/objects in the sky above America, why are people convinced its from possible alien origin or something else big on /ufo and /aliens?

In the last week the frontpage has been full of these /aliens and /UFOs posts and I fail to see (or read anything convincing) how they are more remarkable than previous ufo or alien reports/hoaxes. AFAIK these reports of ''balls of light'', ''orbs'', ''drones with strange lights'' are only happening in US (as always), I have not seen or heard any such reports in Europe yet. It seems logical to me that if there was such a thing as aliens visiting our planets (or ''scouting'' it with those objects), they would do it all across the world and not just the US. Thus, it not being seen outside of US seems very clear to me that it is not alien life?

r/UFOs

- https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/1hc1l58/pentagon_no_evidence_its_any_foreign_entity_its/

- https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/1hel9h3/close_up_of_drone_from_airplane/

- https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/1hg0875/what_did_i_just_capture/

- https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/1hdlo7p/clearest_drone_footage_ive_seen/

r/aliens

- https://www.reddit.com/r/aliens/comments/1hg5gxb/it_begins/

- https://www.reddit.com/r/aliens/comments/1hecpnu/nj_state_senator_suggests_the_federal_gov_is/

- https://www.reddit.com/r/aliens/comments/1hdwtd1/are_we_in_disclosure_abc_news_aired_30_seconds_of/

Its not that I am a sceptic towards non-earth lifeforms existing, Im pretty convinced there must be something out there in this huge universe (fingers crossed they are nice and helpfull and we will see them in our lifetime).

Foot note to me it seems more like a distraction(?) (maybe from the whole CEO shooting thing??) but then again Im not American, I don't know how big that actually is in the US outside of reddit