You don’t challenge with a rifle the size of object I saw back in ‘71.
I can only guess what you must have seen. I was kid and crazier then than I am now. I was thinking .22 rifle. couldn’t do any harm and it may have made a plunk noise when it hit.
What did you see and where was it?
I saw a triangular shaped object block out the clouds one moon lit night. It was going slow and was quiet.