I have a special reason for loving "Florida Man" stories - you know, the news stories that seem to flow out of Florida on a daily basis detailing some truly bizarre behavior. My wife was raised in Florida and we still go back to visit her family many times a year. I LOVE Florida - not only the weather and scenery, but the people of the state are colorful and fun to be around.
But now I think we have an explanation for all those "Florida Man" stories. The state may have a significant population of aliens. Unless, like many of us, they just want to visit to attend Disney World.
Matthew Spanopoulos, a Navy pilot, says he believes he saw a UFO four years ago.
It's a secret he and his friends kept for a long time, but he kept a picture and video. "I'm thinking I don't want to be that guy being looked at as seeing the UFO. I didn't get abducted, nothing probed, I just wanted to put out there what I saw because I saw it with my own two eyes, and I'm a very sane person," Spanopoulos said.
The 2015 video of his encounter was recently released. You can hear a Navy pilot describing an object outside his cockpit window while on a military training mission off the coast of Jacksonville.
He's grateful that he can actually talk about it and feels that other pilots will also be coming forward standing firm on their experiences with UFOs.
You can watch the video at News4Jax.