In my lifetime I've had two close encounters with flying objects that were outside my comfort zone. If this thread generates enough genuine interest without the usual horse's arses throwing their usual drivel in . . . I'll share.
Meanwhile, I will share the following:
After the second encounter in the 80s, I made it a point to share a modified version of the story with my high school biology students. After telling the story, I asked that anyone having any experience of a similar nature to feel comfortable enough to come in and share that with me privately.
Over the years there were many students that told me of their encounters. This one stood out . . .
Male student, bowhunter, lived on a farm outside of town. He enjoyed sitting in his tree stand 'til dark-thirty watching critters move. On one such evening, as he was walking across a field towards home, he felt the hairs on his arms and head get pulled upward. He looked up and directly above him, height difficult to estimate, was a large silver ball. His guess was the size of a small car. He stopped and watched it, when the bottom opened up and three smaller silver balls dropped out, perhaps the size of softballs, and began to whirl about him. He said he stood there, frozen with fear, not knowing what to do. After maybe 30 seconds of this the three balls zipped up into the larger one and away it went. No sound. Just zoomed away.
He ran to the edge of the field and dropped down onto the sloping bank of a drainage ditch. He laid there 'til he heard his father shouting his name and running a spotlight back and forth over the field. The next morning they went out and checked the field. They found round burn marks in the field. Several of them. But they didn't report the encounter.
So I thanked the student and filled in some details on my stories. I thought it was a very unusual story, but knew the student well enough to maybe believe what I had heard.
So now it's an evening of parent/teacher conferences. In walks this student's parents. So we go through the usual progress/recommendations and as we're wrapping things up I asked about the UFO story. Mom was shocked her son had revealed the story. She said he took so much ridicule from others he shut up about it. Dad confirmed finding him on the bank of the drainage ditch and the burn marks in the field. Said he never saw his boy so scared. I shared my two encounters and a few other stories from other students.
So yea, I believe in what I've seen and am very curious as to what has been and will be released by the government.