kids being kids, chasing unknown flying objects from who knows where, capable of who knows what.
if some alien was to fly a ultra high tech drone thru the middle of say... new york today people would either 1. ignore it, or 2. think someone is filming a movie. 3. the Karen's would call the cops complaining about kids attacking them with drones, and if that don't work they'll demand to speak to the manager while screaming "dont you know who i am?!?!".