{"id":6424,"date":"2025-03-25T15:23:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T15:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/filmmaker-peter-farrelly-a-skeptic-himself-discusses-his-1975-sighting-of-a-massive-rectangular-ufo-roughly-the-size-of-a-football-field-this-is-on-my-children-4\/"},"modified":"2025-03-25T15:23:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T15:23:46","slug":"filmmaker-peter-farrelly-a-skeptic-himself-discusses-his-1975-sighting-of-a-massive-rectangular-ufo-roughly-the-size-of-a-football-field-this-is-on-my-children-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/filmmaker-peter-farrelly-a-skeptic-himself-discusses-his-1975-sighting-of-a-massive-rectangular-ufo-roughly-the-size-of-a-football-field-this-is-on-my-children-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Filmmaker Peter Farrelly, a skeptic himself, discusses his 1975 sighting of a massive rectangular UFO, roughly the size of a football field. \u201cThis is on my children.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filmmaker Peter Farrelly, known for his skepticism, recounts a remarkable encounter he had with a colossal, rectangular UFO in 1975. \u201cThis is on my children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the night of October 31, 1975, while driving home from the University of Rhode Island around 3 AM, Farrelly and a friend found themselves on an isolated stretch of Route 295, listening to the radio. Suddenly, he noticed what he initially thought was a distant airplane approaching. As it got closer, its massive size struck him\u2014far greater than any plane or helicopter\u2014hovering a few hundred yards above, adorned with a mesmerizing array of crisscrossing lights moving in different directions. Some lights oscillated back and forth, while others rotated, forming an intricate pattern. The craft emitted no sound but illuminated the highway as it glided above. The sight left Farrelly shaken\u2014his legs felt weak, grappling with the gas pedal as he was gripped by fear. Summoning his courage, he accelerated, glancing in the rearview mirror as the craft vanished down the road.<\/p>\n<p>The following morning, a local Rhode Island radio station requested UFO sightings, providing a phone number for reports. When Farrelly shared his experience, the person on the other end took his details without confirming if others had witnessed the same thing. Two weeks later, he tried calling again, only to find the number had been disconnected, raising his suspicions about the report collection process.<\/p>\n<p>Years later, he learned that fall of 1975 was marked by a surge of UFO sightings in the northeastern U.S., particularly around nuclear power plants and submarine bases\u2014one being just 30 minutes from his sighting location. At the time, he pondered if it could have been a secret military project, yet nearly 40 years later, no known aircraft matches the enormity and distinctive rectangular shape of what he witnessed. While reports of flying saucers and cigar-shaped UFOs are common, he has seldom encountered others with a similar rectangle-shaped sighting. However, he has found several cases: https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/UFOs\/s\/4LjHryJ6Cz<\/p>\n<p>Despite his own experience, Farrelly remains skeptical of many UFO claims and recognizes how unbelievable his story may sound. He empathizes with those who might dismiss it, just as he would have if he hadn\u2019t witnessed it himself. Decades later, he staunchly maintains his account, convinced that what he encountered surpasses conventional technology.<\/p>\n<p>Source: https:\/\/youtu.be\/xOKYlTMmP-U?si=iiswWD2cF5v26noa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nFilmmaker Peter Farrelly, known for his skepticism, recounts a remarkable encounter he had with a colossal, rectangular UFO in 1975. \u201cThis is on my children.\u201d On the night of October 31, 1975, while driving home from the University of Rhode Island around 3 AM, Farrelly and a friend found themselves on an isolated stretch of&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/filmmaker-peter-farrelly-a-skeptic-himself-discusses-his-1975-sighting-of-a-massive-rectangular-ufo-roughly-the-size-of-a-football-field-this-is-on-my-children-4\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Filmmaker Peter Farrelly, a skeptic himself, discusses his 1975 sighting of a massive rectangular UFO, roughly the size of a football field. \u201cThis is on my children.\u201d&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3278,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ufos","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}