Letter to the editor: When your newspaper reported the (admittedly extraordinary) claim by Mr  Hanlon that he saw an alien spaceship, the tone of your article was very skeptical despite the fact that Hanlon has over the years proved to be a trusted member of the community  If Hanlon claimed to have observed a rare natural phenomenon like a large meteor, your article would not have been skeptical
So your newspaper exhibits an unjustified bias
If a claim is extraordinary, it should not be presented uncritically unless it is backed by evidence of an extraordinarily high standard.