An artist, Andrew Smith, says he caused the UFO lights over Utah.
...Smith says he experiments with art all the time, from machines, water, to lights and now apparently flares....(abc 4)
When asked how the artist did it.
He says he doesn't want to destroy the mystery so he won't tell how he did it.
But it seems to me if he did do it, he has destroyed the mystery by admitting to it. So he doesn't appear to be making much sense.
I'd say the guy is taking credit for something he didn't do.