FL Entrepreneur’s UFO Sightings Lead To His Opening A Beachside Alien Artifacts Museum
Dave Metcalfe was 21 years old the first time he saw what he believed was an alien spacecraft.
Now, decades later, he’s the owner of a newly opened aliens artifacts museum on St. Pete Beach, Museum of the Unknown.
Ancient artifacts that Metcalfe believes are of alien origin are displayed throughout the space. He said the carbon-dated relics were recovered from an archaeological dig north of Mexico City and range from 5,000 to 45,000 years old, he told Patch.
It was the early 1990s, when Metcalfe had that first UFO sighting. The U.S. Air Force veteran had already left the military, trading his time in uniform for civilian life.
He started his own company, Sharkey’s, which offers water sports rentals and glass-bottom, LED-illuminated nighttime kayak tours on local waters.
As his business grew, he moved closer and closer to the waterfront, until finally, in November 2023, he moved into a beach house overlooking the Gulf. It was a longtime goal.
“So that’s what I was doing, night and day, looking at the stars, and … then those lights, man, they started appearing,” he said.
First came the white orbs. Then others started to appear in the sky, day and night, and he started recording them all.
He continues to post all of his videos to his YouTube page, UFOwebcam, and compiled a book of his sightings. He also submitted many of them to local U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna.
“You can see the swarms coming from the ocean. I have over 200 videos of just these,” Metcalfe said. “They come towards my house. I mean, millions of them. I’ve got to the point where I can communicate with them. Not only are they lights, they respond to me; they transform. They’ve transformed in what we think is a scarab, which is a beetle … and they transform into many things.”
He added, “I get them to blink. I can kind of get them to gather in some way.”
This is how he met Arturo Hernandez, who leads the dig near Mexico City, in February. Curious, Metcalfe purchased a relic from the archaeologist.
“I was just blown away, like, ‘Wow, these are so cool,’” he said. “And then I just kept buying and buying and buying.”
At one point, Metcalfe had 13 relics in his home. He used them similar to the crystals, trying to draw UFOs to his deck. Eventually, his fiancée grew nervous about the pieces.
“I brought them all there and I was like, ‘Wait, I can’t have all this stuff here.’ And my fiancée was like, I don’t want that in our room,’” he said. “I had half my upstairs with just relics, and we got a couple cats, and they’re just jumping around these pieces. I’m like, ‘Oh my God. They’re going to knock one over.’”
Metcalfe contemplated putting the pieces in storage when he came up with the idea for a museum. He reached out to Czyszczon, who owns several properties along the beach, including the former bank building that the Museum of the Unknown currently calls home.
All proceeds from ticket sales will fund the Mexico dig site. Tickets are $35 for adults, free for those 5 and under, and $25 for seniors, active military members, and children 6 to 17.
Metcalfe is eager to share these findings with as many people as he can, both tourists and locals.
He’s also convinced the aliens are visiting with an important message for humanity.
https://patch.com/florida/stpete/fl-entr...cts-museum
Dave Metcalfe was 21 years old the first time he saw what he believed was an alien spacecraft.
Now, decades later, he’s the owner of a newly opened aliens artifacts museum on St. Pete Beach, Museum of the Unknown.
Ancient artifacts that Metcalfe believes are of alien origin are displayed throughout the space. He said the carbon-dated relics were recovered from an archaeological dig north of Mexico City and range from 5,000 to 45,000 years old, he told Patch.
It was the early 1990s, when Metcalfe had that first UFO sighting. The U.S. Air Force veteran had already left the military, trading his time in uniform for civilian life.
He started his own company, Sharkey’s, which offers water sports rentals and glass-bottom, LED-illuminated nighttime kayak tours on local waters.
As his business grew, he moved closer and closer to the waterfront, until finally, in November 2023, he moved into a beach house overlooking the Gulf. It was a longtime goal.
“So that’s what I was doing, night and day, looking at the stars, and … then those lights, man, they started appearing,” he said.
First came the white orbs. Then others started to appear in the sky, day and night, and he started recording them all.
He continues to post all of his videos to his YouTube page, UFOwebcam, and compiled a book of his sightings. He also submitted many of them to local U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna.
“You can see the swarms coming from the ocean. I have over 200 videos of just these,” Metcalfe said. “They come towards my house. I mean, millions of them. I’ve got to the point where I can communicate with them. Not only are they lights, they respond to me; they transform. They’ve transformed in what we think is a scarab, which is a beetle … and they transform into many things.”
He added, “I get them to blink. I can kind of get them to gather in some way.”
This is how he met Arturo Hernandez, who leads the dig near Mexico City, in February. Curious, Metcalfe purchased a relic from the archaeologist.
“I was just blown away, like, ‘Wow, these are so cool,’” he said. “And then I just kept buying and buying and buying.”
At one point, Metcalfe had 13 relics in his home. He used them similar to the crystals, trying to draw UFOs to his deck. Eventually, his fiancée grew nervous about the pieces.
“I brought them all there and I was like, ‘Wait, I can’t have all this stuff here.’ And my fiancée was like, I don’t want that in our room,’” he said. “I had half my upstairs with just relics, and we got a couple cats, and they’re just jumping around these pieces. I’m like, ‘Oh my God. They’re going to knock one over.’”
Metcalfe contemplated putting the pieces in storage when he came up with the idea for a museum. He reached out to Czyszczon, who owns several properties along the beach, including the former bank building that the Museum of the Unknown currently calls home.
All proceeds from ticket sales will fund the Mexico dig site. Tickets are $35 for adults, free for those 5 and under, and $25 for seniors, active military members, and children 6 to 17.
Metcalfe is eager to share these findings with as many people as he can, both tourists and locals.
He’s also convinced the aliens are visiting with an important message for humanity.
https://patch.com/florida/stpete/fl-entr...cts-museum
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