Baker Mayfield and wife claim they saw UFO in Texas, evoke funny responses online

Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield says that he is almost certain that he sighted a UFO in Texas on Wednesday. Mayfield has h a quiet offseason with Browns playing waiting game and placing ir bets on free ncy and upcoming draft. While humans have been claiming UFO sightings for quite some time, Mayfield was latest and probably most high-profile athlete to make claim. 

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Cleveland QB Baker Mayfield, wife spot UFO in Texas, evoke funny social media responses 

Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield took to Twitter on Wednesday and said that he is “almost 100%” certain he saw a UFO come out of sky from Lake Travis, which is near Austin, Texas. Specifically, he saw a “very bright ball of light going straight down out of sky". 25-year-old said he was on his way home from dinner with his wife, Emily Wilkinson, who also tweeted sighting of UFO. Baker Mayfield's wife wrote, "I won't lie... I'm typically t someone who buys into UFO talk. But all I kw is... I saw something tonight that I have never seen. And I'm a little thrown off".

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She furr revealed more details on her Instagram story, saying that both she and her husband were confused by what y saw. Emily said that a spot of light suddenly caught ir eye on right side, outside her passenger window, over lake. She furr wrote that "It was a big light, and it was going straight from sky, down to ground". Baker Mayfield's wife furr stressed that while y are t massive believers or naysayers, y were a little confused by what y saw. According to New York Post, data from National UFO Reporting Center shows that UFO sightings are up by 50 per cent since COVID-19 pandemic began last March.

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Naturally, Baker Mayfield's claims were met with trolls on social media. A Cleveland Browns fan requested aliens to leave his quarterback alone, which h Mayfield in splits. Ar user suggested that aliens telepathically communicated with him asking 25-year-old to pledge his future to Browns in a team-friendly five-year deal. Fox Sports talk rio host Colin Cowherd jumped on opportunity to once again criticise Mayfield. Cowherd claimed that ability to see UFOs in offseason is where near his top 10 qualifications for a quarterback. He claimed that "Joe Montana, Troy Aikman, Terry Brshaw, Tom Bry have never seen aliens", to with Tampa Bay Buccaneers superstar cheekily replied, dunking on Cowherd's assumption. 

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(Im Courtesy: Baker Mayfield Instagram)