Dan Aykroyd on seeing UFOs, and how John Belushi’s antics showed him ‘the power of stardom’

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UFO sightings “that convinced me that the [flying objects] weren’t made out here, not manufactured on earth.” His most recent UFO sighting was about a decade ago when he was staying in a hotel in Montreal, he said.

Aykroyd recalled it as “a big gray rectangle with bulbs that looked like grapes underneath it. [It made] no noise, no sound, no lights.

But, it was hovering there and it was a fixed position. We don’t have anything like that. It had no propulsion or wings.”UFOs are included in “The UnBelievable With Dan Aykroyd,” but the show also explores a wide range of quirky stories, such as a brown bear that became a war hero for the Allies during WWII or a flying lawnmower that once killed a spectator at a football game.“I like to narrate things, and I like to present good stories,” said Aykroyd. “The researchers of the History Channel are superb, and the academic credentials of the interviewees and the writers are our first class and high quality.

So when they approached me to do it, I said, ‘Sure, I love this.’ This type of material, who doesn’t like to be shocked, surprised, have their credulity challenged.” He added, “I thought, ‘This is going to be a hit.’ And it is because people love this stuff.”Aykroyd is himself part of Hollywood history as one of the original cast members on “Saturday Night Live.” It’s been just over forty years since his former castmate and “Blues Brothers” co-star John Belushi died of a drug overdose at age 33 in 1982.Reflecting on his late friend, Aykroyd said that shortly after Belushi’s movie “Animal House” came out in 1978, the duo was driving and came to a stoplight near a school. “This was when ‘Animal House was’ big, just exploding,” he recalled. “And he got out of the car, and he.