2OLOTR - Sheffield, Massachusetts

2 Old Ladies on the Road

Our next stop was to Covered Bridge Lane.in the town of Sheffield, Massachusetts 

The sign explains the covered bridge built in 1999 is a replica of a bridge that was originally built in 1832 but destroyed by a fire in 1994. 

Scenery

The bridge spans the  

Housatonic River.

and is only open to foot traffic. The bridge is a lattice and truss design and is 93 feet long. Before the bridge was destroyed by fire, it was the oldest covered bridge in Massachusetts.

Granite stones from a nearby quarry were used for the retaining wall of the original bridge.

Though the bridge was quaint. We were here to see the Thom Reed UFO Park  On September 1,1969 Thom Reed and his family experienced a close encounter of the third kind.  Around 200 or so residents also witnessed the craft.

The plaque was

Donated by the History Channel's

Ancient Aliens

Welcome to the site of the

first UFO incident officially

inducted into the U.S. as historically true.

Sculpture by

Len Morneau

New Hartford, Connecticut

In 2015, Governor Charles Baker (Chahlie Baykah, as we say in Boston) issued a recognition citation

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Thomas E. Reed

On behalf of the citizens of the 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 the incident was factually upheld

founded, and deemed historically significant, and true by means of Massachusetts historians.

The records highlighting this historic event are now officially part of the

Great Barrington, MA Historical Society's Collection and your recent induction into

Massachusetts History

This 3rd day of November 2015

The bench where Teague took our picture

The bench was sponsored by the

International UFO Museum

Research Center Roswell, NM

&

Thomas E. Reed

Miami Models

In 1969 I was 14 years old, and I don't ever recall hearing about this event. Fourteen year old me steeped in the television series, Star Trek, would have been very interested. 

On the other hand, at the time I lived 25 miles outside of Boston in the area now known as Metro-West. News only happened in Boston and surrounding areas. Anything in other parts of the state, especially the western part of the state, didn't register.