Maybe he was referring to "The Condon Report" form the late 60s? They found several cases of police officers mistaking Venus for a UFO. At least 1 case involved a car-chase.
http://files.ncas.org/condon/
Check this page also, midsection is relevant to your question. "Georgia 1967: A case history often ignored"
http://home.comcast.net/~tprinty/UFO/Venusufo.htm
An excerpt:
"The apparent pursuit of moving vehicles, or flight from them, is characteristic of any distant object which is imagined to be close to the observer. Because of the objects great distance, it remains essentially the same direction from the observer as the observer moves. Compared with trees or terrain nearby which change in direction as the observer moves past them, the object, retaining a constant direction, does seem to be moving the same speed and direction as any observer who thinks it no more distant than the reference terrain...It is a characteristic of this "pursuit" that the object stops when the observer stops, resumes its motion as the observer resumes motion, goes the opposite direction when the observer reverses direction, and travels at whatever speed the observer happens to travel."
---- What is more important, than whether or not it is a real event Neil Tyson refers to, is that anyone can test if what he says makes sense. Get in a car at night and drive when Venus is clearly visible and see for yourself...its that simple.
How many skeptics are just "pseudo-skeptics"? Er...i estimate it to be 3.5 skeptics. Looking forward to your conclusion on that, as it apparently is your main purpose with the question. Keep us updated!
Edit: Venus can also vary in the way it looks, both in color and shape.
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2002/06may_pillar/
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