My grandfather had a close encounter with a UFO in 1971. He's a straight shooter. He's a member of the NRA, doesn't drink, and he's a judge. He's the most non-BS type of guy I've ever met to this day. Here is the report I filled for him after gathering notes from him regarding his 1971 encounter which Peter Davenport let me file "for him" because my grandfather isn't that good with computers:

See 1971 report.

I called my grandfather and he told me as much as he could. He said it was around 7:30 PM last night, (7/6). The sun was setting, but the sky was still somewhat light. One of my uncles Ron, pointed out something in the sky. It was high in the sky just above the tall tree line. They said it was larger than a star, more like the size of Venus or another planet when you can see it in the sky. The only thing was this object was moving slowly upward and to the north. Then an object they described as a "rod" which was reddish-brown in color, shot directly underneath the original bright, glowing object at a very high rate of speed.

They then continued to watch the original object move slowly up higher and higher (sometimes stopped and hovered) before it was out of sight. My uncle Ron got some binoculars. He's the only witness I have yet to speak with but I will shortly (sometime today when he returns my call).

My grandfather is a plane/helicopter expert. He's been a pilot for several decades. He swears this was not a plane, nor a helicopter. I rarely hear my grandfather "giggle" but this sighting so spooked him that he giggled and said "Whatever this was, it was really weird Eric."

I'm calling the Albany news channels to see if anyone else reported these objects. I will post more details as I get them.

thanks to Eric for sending this along...

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