I’m convinced I saw a UFO when out for a walk with our dog in 1999
My neighbor worked for FedEx and hooked me up with pit passes for the Cleveland Grand Prix one year (when FedEx was CART series sponsor). On a Friday when the crowd was super small, I felt like the only fan in the pits. I stood about 10 feet away from the crew as they fired up (and then revved to warm up) Jimmy Vassers car. The glorious sound and smell! I could feel the car shaking me. A religious experience 🙂
This is somewhat cheating, but I was an intern at the Late Show with David Letterman in 2002. So lots of celeb brief interactions. Took Adam Sandler and his crew a bunch of t shirts in the green room. Got to sit in sound check for Robert Plant’s rehearsal (and got his autograph on my Zeppelin 1). Rode the elevator with Little Richard. But one of the weirdest: I had to cover the reception desk on one floor for a bit and Bruce Springsteen and the E Street band all came up one by one. It was a dual show night so they came up to the conference room for a nice dinner between taping. When they left, the interns got to eat the leftovers 🙂