Ghostbusters star Dan Ackroyd describes ‘spectacular grey UFO’ he encountered

Ghostbusters star Dan Ackroyd has described his encounters with UFOs in a revealing interview. Ackroyd, the native of Canada, has claimed to have encountered extraterrestrial crafts on four separate occasions.

Ackroyd’s revelations come after a spate of UFO reports. One pilot, who flew over Alaska said he saw an »extraordinary disc-shaped item» over a volcano. Meanwhile, a top Harvard professor said that humans should not fear an alien invasion and that it could provide humanity with an opportunity to learn from a more advanced species. A secret UFO briefing will take place this week after calls for more transparency about aliens from the US government.

The 71-year-old also starred in Blues Brothers and Trading Places during a storied career. Ackroyd has a strong interest in spiritualism and the paranormal and studies UFOology.

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One sighting, the comedian and actor said, was just a short walk away from his hotel. «The most spectacular one that I saw was about 50 feet away from me and on the 23rd floor of a hotel in Montreal,» he told Fox News. «There were no lights at all, it was just a big, grey object that looked like a Macy’s Day Parade balloon.»

While in Montreal, he admitted that he didn’t initially notice the supposed UFO, and a friend had to point it out to him. «We looked out the window, and there was this big grey object, 100 feet long, 50 feet high, with what looks like a bunch of grapes underneath it, you know?

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«It just sat there, and we got a good look at it for about a minute and a half and then it kind of turned slowly, no sound, and it just drifted off,» he said. «We ran into the hall and saw it drift into the St. Lawrence River.»

Ackroyd said he is convinced the aerial object was a UFO because it could not have been classified as anything else, such as a plane.»Now that thing was not a helicopter, was not any kind of aircraft, it was right there present, right in front of us,» the actor said.

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«Whether it was occupied or not, who was operating it, I don’t know, I can’t say that. But I know what I saw and I know I had a witness with me, and I know that was a vivid, vivid sighting.»

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