When the news had first made the rounds several days ago, the overwhelming sentiment that I felt was "meh, this seems so unprofessional. Probably just another fabrication, like all the previous ones. I guess we might as well check just to be sure". Kind of an exaggeration, but this is what I took away then.

Now that any data from third parties starts slowly dripping in, the perception seems to be changing to very cautious curiosity. No experts are putting their reputation on the line for what little information we have, but interest in this topic is definitely rising. Hence why I said they were 'iffy'.