In a new documentary titled Beyond Blue Sky: The Untold Story of the First Private Astronauts, Brian Binnie, a former Navy commander and pioneering astronaut, shares a chilling account of a UFO encounter that occurred in his bedroom in Rosamond, California, just six days after a dramatic crash of SpaceShipOne on December 17, 2003. Binnie described waking up at 4 AM to flashes of light outside his window, initially thinking they were police lights. Upon closer inspection, he saw unusual objects, which he described as ball-sized and volleyball-sized entities moving around his backyard. Binnie, who became the second commercial astronaut in 2004 and won the $10 million Ansari X Prize, kept this extraordinary experience private for years until he was diagnosed with a terminal illness in 2022. His wife, Valerie, believes the encounter may have been a form of guidance for Binnie as he continued his work in commercial spaceflight. The documentary, released on May 5, 2023, chronicles Binnie's remarkable life and the impact of his experiences on the future of private space travel.