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Multiple Berkshire residents saw a ‘UFO’ in 1969 and called the radio to report it Credits: Social Media
By Chaitra Krishnamurthy

Multiple Berkshire residents saw a ‘UFO’ in 1969 and called the radio to report it

By Chaitra Krishnamurthy

An incident from 1969 Labor Day is etched in people’s memories, and the mystery surrounding the alleged UFO sighting is as intriguing years later.

Several residents of Berkshire were startled at the sight of an unidentified flying object that was allegedly hovering over the city, visible to many.

Flying Saucer Flying over Farm
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Berkshire man claims he was abducted by aliens

A man named Tom Warner said he had the most extraordinary experience with the extraterrestrials when the alleged incident occurred.

While speaking to GBH in 2018, the man claimed he remembers everything distinctly from the night that became a significant part of American history.

He was 10 years old at the time and was lying on the ground when a beam of strange-colored lights was projected on him from an unidentified flying object, Tom claimed.

His babysitter supported his claims as the sole witness of the alleged alien abduction, which Tom says he was a victim of.

While narrating the encounter, also featured on the Netflix series Unsolved Mystery, Tom said he was aboard a spaceship when he made telepathic contact with an alien.

Radio received multiple calls from residents about UFO sighting

Thomas Reed, also a Berkshire resident, claimed to have had the strangest encounter with aliens during the UFO incident in 1969.

He and his family were crossing the Old Covered Bridge in Sheffield when they saw a saucer-shaped object bigger than a football field hovering in the air.

Thomas tried to evade the object, but the light from it still engulfed their vehicle, and they were sucked into the UFO soon after.

Several residents who claimed similar experiences with the unidentified flying object called the radio station in large numbers to report the sighting.

“We had listeners call the radio station that evening. They didnt know it was a UFO at the time. They just called the station and said, ‘Something bizarre is happening,” said David Isy, the general manager of Great Barrington-based WSBS.