I love the humble style of writing, it really drew me in. Also I'm getting some severe Lonnie Zamora[1] vibes from the father.
Lonnie was a cop in 70s who witnessed a UFO incident. The media tried to make a storm about it, but Lonnie wasn't really keen on the attention. He was more troubled by what he had seen than excited about it, and rarely spoke unless prompted. His testimony is currently one of the most reliable accounts of a UFO incident.
1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonnie_Zamora_incident