>>> HOW DO YOU COMMEMORATE A BIG
HISTORICAL EVENT WHEN NO ONE IS
SURE WHAT THE EVENT ACTUALLY
WAS?
THAT'S THE QUESTION SOME ARE
GRAPPLING WITH IN THE
BERKSHIRES.
>>> SOME OF US HAVE TROUBLE
REMEMBERING WHAT WE WERE DOING A
WEEK AGO OR LAST NIGHT.
BUT TOM WARNER CAN SAY WHERE HE
WAS ON THE EVENING OF
SEPTEMBER 1, 19609.
>>> AND I WAS LAYING RIGHT WHERE
WE'RE STANDING HERE AND I WAS
LAYING ON THE GROUND LIKE THIS.
AND THERE WAS A BEAM ON ME.
>>> EMANATING FROM AN OBJECT
THAT RESEMBLED NOTHING HE HAD
EVER SEEN BEFORE.
>>> 20 FEET IN HEIGHT AND
PROBABLY 30 FEET TO 40 FEET
AROUND AND IT HAD -- I CAN SEE
IT.
IT HAD LIGHTS.
THE LIGHTS AND COLORS I'VE NEVER
SEEN IN MY LIFE.
>>> TO SKEPTICS THIS ENCOUNTER
MIGHT SOUND IMPLAUSIBLE BUT
WARNER ISN'T THE ONLY ONE
CONVINCED HE WITNESSED SOMETHING
REMARKABLE THAT NIGHT.
>>> BACK IN 1969 WE HAD CALLERS
CALL THE STATION.
AT THE TIME THEY DIDN'T KNOW IT
WAS A UFO.
THEY JUST CALLED AND SAID THEY
SAW SOMETHING BIZARRE.
>>> THE MANAGER OF THE RADIO
STATION . . .
>>> WE TALKED ABOUT IT ON THE
RADIO LAST WEEK AND A LISTENER
CALLED IN AND TOLD US SHE WAS
ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE TO
REPORT IT.
>>> THESE STORY ARE BAG IN THE
NEWS THANKS TO THIS MONUMENT
WHERE A MAN SAID HE HAD A CLOSE
ENCOUNTER THAT SAME EVENING.
>>> THIS LIGHT ROSE UP TWO OR
THREE STORIES.
>>> THE MONUMENT ITSELF DIDN'T
ARRIVE UNTIL YEARS LATER.
NOW ITS FUTURES IN JEOPARDY.
THE TOWN OF SHEFFIELD SAYS THE
MONUMENT MIGHT BE ON PUBLIC
PROPERTY WHICH COULD FORCE ITS
REMOVAL.
THE CITATION FROM GOVERNOR
CHARLIE BAKER HAS LOST SOME
LUSTER TOO.
RECENTLY A SPOKESPERSON TOLD THE
BOSTON GLADSTONE IT WAS ISSUED
IN ERROR AND FOR THE RECORD THE
GREAT BARRINGTON HISTORICAL
SOCIETY AS REGRETS OF ITS OWN.
>>> IT HAS BEEN TAKEN OUT OF
CONTEXT.
>>> NOT THAT THE EVENTS OF THAT
NIGHT WEREN'T SIGNIFICANT, BUT
HE SAYS IN RETROSPECT IT WAS A
MISTAKE TO FOCUS SO MUCH
ATTENTION ON ONE MAN INSTEAD OF
EVERYONE ELSE WHO WITNESSED
SOMETHING INEXPLICABLE.
>>> THE CHILDREN TALKING ABOUT
THE EVENT, ONE WAS AN OLD
STUDENT OF MINE.
ONE WAS A LOCAL SHOP OWNER WHOSE
FATHER WAS A SHERIFF IN TOWN.
SO THESE ARE RELIABLE PEOPLE.
THESE AREN'T PEOPLE THAT ARE
SELF- PROMOTING.
>>> WHICH SOWNES LIKE A SWIPE
ATOM REED.
>>> WITH SOME HUMAN FEATURES.
HAD A HEAD THAT LOOKED LIKE A
FOOTBALL.
>>> IN COMPARISON TOM WARNER HAS
KEPT A RELATIVELY LOW PROFILE.
THEY SAY THAT FORGETTING THAT
EVENING WOULD BE A MISTAKE.
>>> WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING IT'S
LIKE I SEE YOU.
I SEE THAT ROCK.
I SEE THAT BUILDING.
I SAW THAT UFO.
