September 1, 1969, Berkshire UFO incident

[3] Despite being depicted as the most-seen UFO in the history of Berkshire County, no tangible record of any report made at the time to police or media has ever been found.

[4] The people involved in this incident and especially those who claim to have been pulled into the UFO take offense to it being called an abduction[citation needed].

Another alleged off-world incident that happened occurred at Lake Mansfield in Great Barrington.

Melanie Kirchdorfer and her family had gone to the lake, and when her father backed into the parking lot a very bright light engulfed their car.

A 5,000 pound granite monument was placed in the park from 2015 until 2019, when it was replaced by a sign which reads "On behalf of the citizens of Commonwealth of Massachusetts, I am pleased to confer upon you this Governor's citation in recognition of the off-world incident on September 1, 1969, which engaged the Reed family, which has been established.

Your dedicated service to this incident was factually upheld, founded, and deemed historically significant and true by means of Massachusetts historians.

[7] The BBC Radio 4 series "Uncanny" covered this incident in a show broadcast on 25 June 2024 and featured interviews with Thomas Reed and Melanie Kirchdorfer.