HBO’s “Hard Knocks” series didn’t end without an interesting anecdote from Aaron Rodgers.
On Tuesday’s fifth and final episode, the quarterback revealed a story that detailed a run-in with a possible alien-like object with Steve Levy — his former teammate at Cal — in 2005, shortly before he was taken by the Packers in the first round of the draft.
The two have remained close and even more so because of the shared experience.
Rodgers described that he was at Levy’s house in New Jersey and was going to bed after dinner when he suddenly heard an alarm in the distance.
He got up, walked downstairs and went outside with Levy and his brother.
“Up in the clouds, we saw this tremendously large object moving in the sky. It was like a scene out of ‘Independence Day’ when the ships are coming into the atmosphere and creating this explosion-type fire in the sky,” Rodgers said.
“We saw this incredibly large object and froze like anybody would. Eventually, it went out of sight and nobody said a word. We stood frozen, the three of us, on the front stoop of Steve’s house. About 30 seconds later, we heard the real recognizable sound of fighter jets…that seemed to be chasing this object. And again, we just stood there in disbelief for another few minutes.
“Nobody said a word. And then we all kind of looked at each other saying ‘Did we just see what we think we just saw?’”
Rodgers described the three of them later went back inside and tried to go to sleep, but that proved difficult due to the experience.
They looked into newspapers in the following days and for any news online about the incident.
Finding nothing, Rodgers’ interest in UFO research only increased.
The siren, Rodgers said, came from a nuclear power plant about nine miles away from Levy’s home, where he noted UFOs are often spotted, along with volcanoes and nuclear energy.
“Steven and I – great friends, teammates, and also witnessed whatever the hell it was. I don’t know, but it was definitely flying, definitely a large object,” Rodgers concluded.
The Jets are set to begin their season on Sept. 11 against the Bills at MetLife Stadium — though it’s not known if any UFOs will be doing any flybys.