I think the Barney and Betty Hill ‘abduction’ took place in 1961.
People reported seeing ‘airships’ with ‘beings’ in them back in the late 1800s.
Wasn’t there someone who witnessed a landed one where the ‘visitor’ was making pancakes outside the craft?
I hadn't heard that, but not surprised.
If these so-called aliens actually wanted to be quickly accepted in our world, all they would have to say upon deboarding is "take me to your Waffle House."