"The Boston Phoenix" published a 2021 retrospective and interviewed Zebbler for his thoughts on its place in history. "The Boston Phoenix" called the incident the "Great Mooninite Panic of 2007". The publication concluded that the city of Boston was impacted due to its government being "oblivious" to the Mooninite character from popular culture. Zebbler thought that history would not be likely to repeat itself with a similar event, and surmised that marketing agencies would instead be more apt to first contact law enforcement to get permission for such an event.