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summerskies thank you and keep looking

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up

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for many witnessing a ufo can shake the

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very foundation of their beliefs and

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existence

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it can often be exhilarating scary tense

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and even awe-inspiring

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but can it also be fatal

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in 1976 a police officer in elmwood

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wisconsin encountered a craft of unknown

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origin

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and then died

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this is the mysterious and tragic case

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of george wheeler

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this is somewhere in the skies with ryan

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when relief police officer george

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wheeler witnessed and reported a ufo in

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april of 1976 an incident also witnessed

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by several other residents it was the

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second time in a year he had been

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present at such an event

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that the incident took place in a small

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town with a population of less than one

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thousand and a one-man police force

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lends it a sense of both romanticism

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and reality furthermore several other

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sightings in the mid to late 1970s in

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the badger state seemingly shared very

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similar details and descriptions

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suggesting that there was a growing ufo

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wave happening in the dairylands of

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america

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the george wheeler account appeared in

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the public arena in the april 1976

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edition of the apro newsletter

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apro is the acronym for the aerial

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phenomena research organization

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today almost half a century later the

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george wheeler case is still of interest

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to ufo researchers and enthusiasts

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at around 11 p.m on the evening of april

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22nd 1976

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wheeler would spot what he believed to

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be an orange glow from a fire near

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tuttle hill in the small town of elmwood

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wisconsin

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around 60 miles from the mississippi

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river and with the population at the

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time of just over 700 people elmwood was

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typical of its era of small town america

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wheeler himself had over three decades

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experience in policing having served

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with state departments in new york and

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wisconsin as well as acting as a quote

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one-man police force in elmwood before

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retiring to a reserve officer

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essentially filling in the current

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one-man police force when they were away

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it is also perhaps important to mention

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that wheeler was an experienced second

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world war pilot who had seen combat on

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several occasions

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in short it would appear the relief

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police officer was a reliable incredible

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on this evening however thinking a fire

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was about to rip through the small town

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he jumped in his vehicle and made his

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way to the location

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upon arriving however he wouldn't find

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any flames of a

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uncontrollable blaze

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instead he witnessed a strange glowing

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hovering approximately 100 feet above

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wheeler would estimate that he was

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around 500 feet from the hovering craft

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he could see six bluish white lights as

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well as several windows or portholes

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even more intriguing and concerning were

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the moving shadows suggesting that

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someone was inside this silver colored

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he noticed an open side panel which

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allowed him to glimpse inside the craft

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wheeler could see something revolving

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slowly which reminded him of a turbine

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as his focus shifted to the bottom of

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the craft he noticed several legs

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protruding from the underside

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however more prominent was a black

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hose-like appendage which connected to

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the bottom of the main part of the craft

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he would radio his report to the

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sheriff's department in nearby ellsworth

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but as he was doing so suddenly the

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craft rose with alarming speed a bluish

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flash hit the area including his patrol

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car causing the radio to cut out

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the car's lights and engine also went

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out without warning

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when the radio came back to life a short

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while later with a voice asking wheeler

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if he needed assistance he would reply

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my god it's a ufo

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wheeler would take a few seconds to

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clear his thoughts

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he would estimate seeing the object for

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no more than a minute

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he would also recall a whooshing noise

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as it zoomed upward into the night sky

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wheeler would further recall that the

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main exterior of the craft was indeed a

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metallic silver color the top was a

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brilliant glow of orangey white

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in fact he would claim staring at this

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top part was like looking into the sun i

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was just about to make this left turn

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when i noticed this large ball of flame

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it was almost upon me i

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i had hardly time to think

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but it looked like it was coming right

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straight at me

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then when it did move

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it lurched

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real sharp 90 degree angle

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when it floats and took off i don't

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think i would have been able to more

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than snap my fingers once and it was

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gone gone couldn't see nothing

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furthermore he would state that the

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craft was huge at least around the size

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of a two-story house

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perhaps of most interest was the black

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hose like appendage wheeler claimed it

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projected downward into the trees below

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there are however several close contact

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ufo sightings featuring similar black

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tubes most often these devices are

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seemingly used to extract water or even

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collect soil samples

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if we accept just for a moment that the

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black tube that wheeler witnessed was

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similar to other sightings around the

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globe what exactly was it trying to

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notably there was a farmhouse nearby

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owned by the o'brien family

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this means there will likely be a water

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supply tower too

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however it would appear that no direct

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activity was reported by the family

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mr o'brien would claim that a little

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after 11 pm

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the television reception went dead but

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quickly returned

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this time period matched when the object

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took off into the sky knocking out the

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police radio and car engine according to

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wheeler

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it's also worth mentioning the testimony

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from a witness from another farm in the

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area

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a nine-year-old boy who would claim that

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his sister returned to the family home

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that evening of more interest however

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was the reaction of the family dogs as

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she did so

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instead of running to her as they would

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do normally they were keeping their

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distance and barking repeatedly

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shortly after the incident 36 year old

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dairy farmer david moot was returning

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home from dropping off the family

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babysitter when he saw wheeler's squad

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car parked across the road with the

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lights on

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he pulled over his vehicle and walked

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over to wheeler's car to see if the

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longtime elmwood police officer needed

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some assistance

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moots was aware of a past heart attack

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suffered by wheeler so when he saw him

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struggling to get out of his squad car

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he at first believed he might be having

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another similar heart attack but the

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closer he got to the car he could

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clearly see there was something wrong

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with wheeler but it didn't seem to be a

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heart attack

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he called out to wheeler asking if he

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was okay

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wheeler replied that he'd been hit

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moots grew concerned

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he asked wheeler if he had been hit by a

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car

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and wheeler's reply was perhaps the last

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thing the dairy farmer expected to hear

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no wheeler said by one of those ufos

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the use of the word those is interesting

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suggesting that ufo sightings were

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common knowledge among the residents of

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this town

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when moots was interviewed later and

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asked about this he would claim that a

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lot of people claimed to have witnessed

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ufos and strange objects in the area

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so much so that he didn't think twice

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when wheeler mentioned this

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what did surprise him though was the

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claim of being hit by a ufo

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moots would further recall how dazed

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wheeler appeared and how he was not at

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all like himself

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there were several other witnesses to

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the evening's events

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for example homemaker mrs workland was

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at home just outside of elmwood when her

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cuckoo clock announced it was 11 pm

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she would make her way to the kitchen in

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order to take her regular shot of

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medicine

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as she did so however she would happen

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to catch a glance out of her kitchen

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window

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there opposite her home was a bright

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orange moon shaped object hovering over

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tuttle hill

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she would watch the object for several

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minutes before simply going to bed and

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going to sleep

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when asked why she did not report the

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sighting or even wake her husband she

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claimed she had seen lots of strange

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objects in the area

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and furthermore her husband usually

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claimed they were likely just the moon

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another witness however paul fredrickson

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would report his sighting

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fredrickson the administrator of the

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heritage of elmwood nursing home was at

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home when he received a phone call

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it was the wife of the police chief who

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asked that he might go to the front of

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his house and look out of the window

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when he did he would see an orange glow

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like a moon cut in half

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and once again the object appeared to be

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over tuttle hill

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frederickson would quickly dismiss the

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idea that the orange glow was a blaze of

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some kind as there were no flames or

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smoke

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by the time he returned to the phone his

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wife was now awake and downstairs

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by the time they returned to the front

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window the glowing object was no longer

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there

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at the time of the incident elmwood

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police chief gene helmer was at home

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monitoring the police scanner as he

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relaxed for the evening

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however when he heard wheeler's report

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of the ufo he took an immediate interest

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in the unfolding events even more so

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when the radio suddenly went dead in the

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middle of wheeler's report helmer was

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preparing to leave the house to make his

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way to the location when the radio

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suddenly burst into life again several

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moments later

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on the line was wheeler's voice saying

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get somebody up here i've been hit

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the police chief left the house and

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jumped into his car immediately setting

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off for tuttle hill which was about a

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quarter mile away when he arrived

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several minutes later moot was already

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with wheeler attempting to calm him down

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helmer who knew wheeler very well would

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later claim to have not previously seen

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him so upset or frightened

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at around the same time as helmer

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arrived at tuttle hill so did wheeler's

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wife who had also been listening in on

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the police frequency scanner

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she would ultimately take her husband

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home and contact the family doctor frank

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springer for advice

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dr springer would ask that she bring

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wheeler to his home so that he could

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examine him right away

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she did so and following this the doctor

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prepared a shot which would calm wheeler

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down and help him to sleep

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however after returning home and

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reporting the incident in full to chief

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helmer by 1am wheeler was still not

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quite back to normal

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on further advice of dr springer mrs

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wheeler would drive her husband to the

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nearest hospital

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wheeler would ultimately stay in the

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hospital for three days

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during that time doctors would perform

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several tests and examinations on him

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ultimately they could find nothing wrong

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with him

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after his initial discharge from the

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hospital however he would return a

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second time suffering from intense

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headaches and bizarre nightmares

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he'd stay in the hospital this time for

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11 days

334
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again however nothing of concern was

335
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discovered and doctors could find no

336
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obvious reason for his symptoms

337
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mentally wheeler was certainly back to

338
00:15:11,509 --> 00:15:08,959
his normal self dr springer however

339
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would state that the physical ailments

340
00:15:16,790 --> 00:15:13,680
that had put wheeler in the hospital

341
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were certainly not normal

342
00:15:21,509 --> 00:15:19,040
perhaps one of the more bizarre elements

343
00:15:24,069 --> 00:15:21,519
of this case is that wheeler would tell

344
00:15:27,350 --> 00:15:24,079
about the encounter to his superior and

345
00:15:29,910 --> 00:15:27,360
his wife in great detail

346
00:15:31,030 --> 00:15:29,920
he would write the report in full all

347
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about it

348
00:15:35,910 --> 00:15:33,920
however by only several weeks later

349
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wheeler had all but forgotten the

350
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details of the entire incident

351
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there are several other sightings in the

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wisconsin area that took place around

353
00:15:49,749 --> 00:15:47,839
the same time as wheeler's event

354
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paul fredrickson who witnessed the

355
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glowing object from the front window of

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his home could offer very little more

357
00:15:59,590 --> 00:15:57,040
about what he'd seen that night but he

358
00:16:01,749 --> 00:15:59,600
did have another experience of his own

359
00:16:06,470 --> 00:16:01,759
only several months earlier somewhere

360
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around the 20th of october 1975.

361
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and what's more the sighting occurred at

362
00:16:15,110 --> 00:16:12,320
approximately the same location

363
00:16:17,590 --> 00:16:15,120
that evening a little after 10 pm

364
00:16:20,629 --> 00:16:17,600
frederickson was returning home with his

365
00:16:22,790 --> 00:16:20,639
son in the car after working late

366
00:16:25,269 --> 00:16:22,800
suddenly as they were driving near

367
00:16:27,829 --> 00:16:25,279
tuttle hill his son spotted something

368
00:16:29,990 --> 00:16:27,839
strange in the skies overhead and

369
00:16:32,150 --> 00:16:30,000
alerted his father

370
00:16:34,710 --> 00:16:32,160
fredrickson at first believed the object

371
00:16:37,269 --> 00:16:34,720
was simply a full moon

372
00:16:39,829 --> 00:16:37,279
that was until it moved with great

373
00:16:41,670 --> 00:16:39,839
velocity overhead

374
00:16:44,629 --> 00:16:41,680
he would immediately pull the car to the

375
00:16:46,710 --> 00:16:44,639
side of the road and exited the vehicle

376
00:16:50,389 --> 00:16:46,720
he would later describe the object as

377
00:16:52,230 --> 00:16:50,399
quote big and orange in color and it was

378
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coming towards us

379
00:16:56,710 --> 00:16:54,000
end quote

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however when it was directly overhead it

381
00:17:00,629 --> 00:16:59,519
looked like the bottom of a huge gray

382
00:17:02,629 --> 00:17:00,639
plate

383
00:17:05,510 --> 00:17:02,639
he would estimate the craft was between

384
00:17:07,590 --> 00:17:05,520
500 to a thousand feet above them and

385
00:17:08,630 --> 00:17:07,600
was approximately a hundred feet in

386
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width

387
00:17:14,230 --> 00:17:11,280
interestingly when it hovered over them

388
00:17:15,909 --> 00:17:14,240
a sound similar to a waterfall was

389
00:17:18,549 --> 00:17:15,919
audible

390
00:17:21,270 --> 00:17:18,559
fredrickson's son would also later state

391
00:17:23,429 --> 00:17:21,280
that a blue and green beam emerged

392
00:17:25,909 --> 00:17:23,439
briefly from the object

393
00:17:29,430 --> 00:17:25,919
in a matter of seconds the glowing craft

394
00:17:31,350 --> 00:17:29,440
disappeared into the distance

395
00:17:34,390 --> 00:17:31,360
a little over six months before

396
00:17:37,510 --> 00:17:34,400
fredrikson's encounter and once again in

397
00:17:40,070 --> 00:17:37,520
elmwood the forster family would share

398
00:17:41,510 --> 00:17:40,080
an experience that would forever change

399
00:17:44,870 --> 00:17:41,520
their lives

400
00:17:49,110 --> 00:17:44,880
so much so that mrs forster would tell

401
00:17:51,830 --> 00:17:49,120
the elmwood argus in their march 13 1975

402
00:17:55,190 --> 00:17:51,840
edition that quote i was always an

403
00:17:57,029 --> 00:17:55,200
unbeliever as far as ufos were concerned

404
00:17:58,950 --> 00:17:57,039
but i'm not anymore

405
00:18:01,669 --> 00:17:58,960
end quote

406
00:18:05,110 --> 00:18:01,679
according to the account mrs forster and

407
00:18:08,230 --> 00:18:05,120
her three children mary anne-marie and

408
00:18:10,870 --> 00:18:08,240
tom were driving back from arkansas

409
00:18:13,430 --> 00:18:10,880
where they were visiting family

410
00:18:16,150 --> 00:18:13,440
as they were driving they noticed a

411
00:18:18,150 --> 00:18:16,160
bright star in the sky above

412
00:18:20,310 --> 00:18:18,160
all throughout the journey the star

413
00:18:23,029 --> 00:18:20,320
appeared to remain with them

414
00:18:26,390 --> 00:18:23,039
however mrs forrester soon noticed that

415
00:18:28,950 --> 00:18:26,400
the star was dipping lower and seemingly

416
00:18:31,270 --> 00:18:28,960
moving towards them

417
00:18:33,350 --> 00:18:31,280
she stopped the car temporarily and

418
00:18:36,630 --> 00:18:33,360
contemplated driving into one of the

419
00:18:39,110 --> 00:18:36,640
many farms in the area for assistance or

420
00:18:40,630 --> 00:18:39,120
advice on what the strange light might

421
00:18:43,029 --> 00:18:40,640
be

422
00:18:46,310 --> 00:18:43,039
however she would quickly dismiss this

423
00:18:48,549 --> 00:18:46,320
idea and set out once more on her way

424
00:18:51,750 --> 00:18:48,559
by the time she had reached the weber

425
00:18:53,590 --> 00:18:51,760
farm the star was right above the

426
00:18:55,830 --> 00:18:53,600
treetops

427
00:18:58,230 --> 00:18:55,840
she felt sure that it was not merely a

428
00:19:00,789 --> 00:18:58,240
star and finally convinced herself to

429
00:19:03,350 --> 00:19:00,799
drive into the weber farm

430
00:19:05,350 --> 00:19:03,360
the weber's son roger was at home with

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00:19:07,909 --> 00:19:05,360
his own two children

432
00:19:09,110 --> 00:19:07,919
all three would witness the strange

433
00:19:12,230 --> 00:19:09,120
light

434
00:19:14,710 --> 00:19:12,240
roger would offer that it was not a star

435
00:19:17,830 --> 00:19:14,720
but it might be a satellite

436
00:19:20,470 --> 00:19:17,840
feeling a little reassured mrs forster

437
00:19:21,510 --> 00:19:20,480
got back into her car and drove on once

438
00:19:24,390 --> 00:19:21,520
more

439
00:19:25,750 --> 00:19:24,400
she was she reasoned only three miles

440
00:19:27,590 --> 00:19:25,760
from home

441
00:19:29,750 --> 00:19:27,600
she had only been back on the road for a

442
00:19:32,950 --> 00:19:29,760
matter of minutes when the brightly lit

443
00:19:34,950 --> 00:19:32,960
object came closer to the vehicle

444
00:19:37,750 --> 00:19:34,960
so close in fact that it began to

445
00:19:39,669 --> 00:19:37,760
descend in the middle of the road right

446
00:19:41,750 --> 00:19:39,679
in front of the car

447
00:19:45,750 --> 00:19:41,760
she would later describe the object as

448
00:19:48,230 --> 00:19:45,760
looking like two stuck together saucers

449
00:19:50,070 --> 00:19:48,240
the object itself was white but there

450
00:19:51,190 --> 00:19:50,080
were various colored lights around the

451
00:19:52,390 --> 00:19:51,200
sides

452
00:19:56,230 --> 00:19:52,400
on the underside

453
00:19:57,830 --> 00:19:56,240
there appeared to be stick-like legs

454
00:20:01,590 --> 00:19:57,840
she would estimate the craft to be

455
00:20:03,909 --> 00:20:01,600
around the size of a standard car

456
00:20:07,029 --> 00:20:03,919
at this point all three of the children

457
00:20:09,750 --> 00:20:07,039
were beyond frightened mrs forster

458
00:20:11,510 --> 00:20:09,760
immediately put the vehicle into reverse

459
00:20:13,190 --> 00:20:11,520
and quickly made her way back to the

460
00:20:15,990 --> 00:20:13,200
weber farm

461
00:20:18,070 --> 00:20:16,000
as she did so she repeatedly pressed on

462
00:20:20,789 --> 00:20:18,080
the car's horn

463
00:20:23,430 --> 00:20:20,799
it had the desired effect as both roger

464
00:20:25,830 --> 00:20:23,440
and his two children rushed outside to

465
00:20:27,990 --> 00:20:25,840
see what the matter was

466
00:20:31,029 --> 00:20:28,000
roger would ultimately put his children

467
00:20:32,630 --> 00:20:31,039
in his car and then escort mrs forster

468
00:20:34,470 --> 00:20:32,640
home

469
00:20:37,110 --> 00:20:34,480
although the glowing object continued to

470
00:20:38,710 --> 00:20:37,120
follow them it did not attempt to land

471
00:20:42,870 --> 00:20:38,720
again

472
00:20:45,830 --> 00:20:42,880
and soon it disappeared out of sight

473
00:20:48,390 --> 00:20:45,840
at around 2 a.m in the early hours of

474
00:20:52,230 --> 00:20:48,400
april 6 1975

475
00:20:55,510 --> 00:20:52,240
rod c graves and mike lewandowski both

476
00:20:59,270 --> 00:20:55,520
18 years old were driving toward athens

477
00:21:03,270 --> 00:20:59,280
from the town of wausau in wisconsin

478
00:21:05,190 --> 00:21:03,280
suddenly their cb radio ceased to work

479
00:21:08,870 --> 00:21:05,200
at around the same time mike would

480
00:21:10,950 --> 00:21:08,880
notice a pulsating silver gray object

481
00:21:13,029 --> 00:21:10,960
ahead of them

482
00:21:15,350 --> 00:21:13,039
he would later describe the object as

483
00:21:16,390 --> 00:21:15,360
flat on the bottom and dome shaped on

484
00:21:18,230 --> 00:21:16,400
the top

485
00:21:19,909 --> 00:21:18,240
and appeared to be hovering just above

486
00:21:21,990 --> 00:21:19,919
the ground

487
00:21:24,470 --> 00:21:22,000
they continued forward the road

488
00:21:26,470 --> 00:21:24,480
particularly quiet due to the late hour

489
00:21:29,430 --> 00:21:26,480
until they both saw what they thought

490
00:21:31,430 --> 00:21:29,440
was a tree on the roadside around seven

491
00:21:34,470 --> 00:21:31,440
feet in height

492
00:21:36,630 --> 00:21:34,480
however when they saw it moving slowly

493
00:21:38,549 --> 00:21:36,640
they increased the car's speed not

494
00:21:41,270 --> 00:21:38,559
stopping until they arrived back in

495
00:21:42,870 --> 00:21:41,280
wausau at around 3 am

496
00:21:45,110 --> 00:21:42,880
they would park the car behind a

497
00:21:46,549 --> 00:21:45,120
restaurant and both sat there

498
00:21:48,549 --> 00:21:46,559
contemplating what they had just

499
00:21:50,870 --> 00:21:48,559
witnessed

500
00:21:54,230 --> 00:21:50,880
both of them tired at this point would

501
00:21:57,110 --> 00:21:54,240
ultimately fall asleep in the car

502
00:21:58,390 --> 00:21:57,120
upon waking up they were in a completely

503
00:22:00,310 --> 00:21:58,400
different location

504
00:22:01,830 --> 00:22:00,320
in the car park

505
00:22:04,230 --> 00:22:01,840
even stranger

506
00:22:05,350 --> 00:22:04,240
both of them had dirt all over their

507
00:22:07,510 --> 00:22:05,360
clothing

508
00:22:09,029 --> 00:22:07,520
and their gas tank was showing lower

509
00:22:10,830 --> 00:22:09,039
than it should have

510
00:22:13,590 --> 00:22:10,840
half a tank

511
00:22:15,750 --> 00:22:13,600
lower they would ultimately propose to

512
00:22:18,470 --> 00:22:15,760
themselves that they returned to the

513
00:22:20,230 --> 00:22:18,480
location of the incident at some point

514
00:22:22,549 --> 00:22:20,240
after parking

515
00:22:24,630 --> 00:22:22,559
however whatever had happened once they

516
00:22:27,750 --> 00:22:24,640
arrived there they could no longer

517
00:22:33,750 --> 00:22:31,110
there are several other ufo reports and

518
00:22:36,630 --> 00:22:33,760
encounters around wisconsin in the weeks

519
00:22:39,029 --> 00:22:36,640
immediately before and after the george

520
00:22:41,510 --> 00:22:39,039
wheeler incident

521
00:22:46,149 --> 00:22:41,520
for example on the early morning of

522
00:22:47,990 --> 00:22:46,159
march 6th 1976 at a little after 5 a.m

523
00:22:51,750 --> 00:22:48,000
police would receive reports from a

524
00:22:54,230 --> 00:22:51,760
resident in two rivers wisconsin of a

525
00:22:56,390 --> 00:22:54,240
blue white light hovering just to the

526
00:22:58,710 --> 00:22:56,400
north of the city

527
00:23:01,110 --> 00:22:58,720
a police unit would set off in the

528
00:23:03,830 --> 00:23:01,120
direction of the glow

529
00:23:06,830 --> 00:23:03,840
they too would report seeing a glow as

530
00:23:09,590 --> 00:23:06,840
well as something akin to a long vapor

531
00:23:13,750 --> 00:23:09,600
trail the police would state their

532
00:23:15,669 --> 00:23:13,760
belief that the glow was from a comet

533
00:23:18,390 --> 00:23:15,679
just over a week after george wheeler's

534
00:23:20,950 --> 00:23:18,400
encounter a small notice in the tribune

535
00:23:23,990 --> 00:23:20,960
record claimed that ufos were the topic

536
00:23:25,990 --> 00:23:24,000
of discussion in recent days

537
00:23:27,590 --> 00:23:26,000
furthermore the story claimed a few

538
00:23:30,390 --> 00:23:27,600
calls had come into the sheriff's

539
00:23:33,029 --> 00:23:30,400
department from concerned locals

540
00:23:35,510 --> 00:23:33,039
specifically of seeing strange objects

541
00:23:37,750 --> 00:23:35,520
overhead although not always as high as

542
00:23:40,230 --> 00:23:37,760
we might imagine

543
00:23:42,070 --> 00:23:40,240
an incident around six weeks after

544
00:23:45,190 --> 00:23:42,080
george wheeler's sighting in late may

545
00:23:47,750 --> 00:23:45,200
however definitely stands out as one of

546
00:23:52,149 --> 00:23:47,760
the most detailed

547
00:23:55,350 --> 00:23:52,159
at around 10 30 p.m on may 20th 1976

548
00:23:57,590 --> 00:23:55,360
friends gail bach and kathy holt were

549
00:24:00,470 --> 00:23:57,600
driving back to elmwood after attending

550
00:24:03,269 --> 00:24:00,480
an emergency medical technician training

551
00:24:05,830 --> 00:24:03,279
course in river falls

552
00:24:08,470 --> 00:24:05,840
however shortly after setting off an

553
00:24:12,070 --> 00:24:08,480
object flying just above the treetops to

554
00:24:13,990 --> 00:24:12,080
the side of them caught their attention

555
00:24:16,070 --> 00:24:14,000
they followed it for several moments

556
00:24:18,870 --> 00:24:16,080
before losing sight of it as they

557
00:24:21,190 --> 00:24:18,880
traveled along the road the next thing

558
00:24:23,669 --> 00:24:21,200
they knew though the light was seemingly

559
00:24:24,630 --> 00:24:23,679
in front of them and coming straight at

560
00:24:26,630 --> 00:24:24,640
them

561
00:24:28,789 --> 00:24:26,640
they would ultimately stop the car

562
00:24:31,510 --> 00:24:28,799
realizing as soon as they did that the

563
00:24:33,669 --> 00:24:31,520
object was directly overhead

564
00:24:35,909 --> 00:24:33,679
when gal left the car to observe the

565
00:24:38,870 --> 00:24:35,919
object she could see that on the

566
00:24:41,750 --> 00:24:38,880
perfectly round underside were several

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red and blue flashing lights

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almost in unison with the two ladies

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setting off once again the object

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immediately moved in the opposite

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direction

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both kathy and gail would state to local

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reporters that they had both witnessed

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similar incidents before

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including an orange glowing object

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strikingly similar to george wheeler and

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paul fredrickson's sightings as well

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perhaps even more interesting gal bach

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would make reference to george wheeler

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when she said to reporters that the

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object she witnessed was not as big as

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the one george wheeler saw

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she would also claim that a previous

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sighting took place in the company of

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paul fredrickson

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it would appear that george and paul

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were a magnet for ufo events

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another fascinating incident occurred in

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july of 1976

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one evening in the small town of malone

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in the fond du lac region of the state

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mark zegelbauer would claim that he

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witnessed a strange object descend and

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land in a field on his family's farm

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shortly after he witnessed green men

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outside the craft

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as bizarre as this account sounds mark's

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father orville also witnessed the craft

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00:26:09,590 --> 00:26:06,240
descending several moments earlier at

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around 10 pm while he was working

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he would then alert his son to the

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00:26:15,110 --> 00:26:13,279
strange events

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both would see the multi-colored

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rotating lights of this craft as it came

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00:26:21,830 --> 00:26:19,919
down towards the field in which it

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00:26:24,390 --> 00:26:21,840
settled

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upon his father's instructions mark

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would drive over to the field in

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question

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when he arrived he would see the two

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strange green figures

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he would inadvertently shine the car's

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headlights directly at them noticing how

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they lifted their hands to their faces

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to shield their eyes from the light he

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immediately dimmed and lowered the beam

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as he did so however the two figures

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simply disappeared somehow right in

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front of him

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unnerved he left the area and returned

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to his father

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when ufo investigators arrived in the

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area to speak with the family about the

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00:27:09,269 --> 00:27:07,200
incident it would come to light that

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00:27:11,750 --> 00:27:09,279
another nearby resident witnessed a

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flying object around an hour before the

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incident at the siegel bower farm

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although it was almost three years to

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the day of the george wheeler case

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another incident on the afternoon of

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april 19 1978 would also feature a

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wisconsin police officer witnessing a

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strange aerial craft

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00:27:37,510 --> 00:27:34,960
furthermore mark coltrane would also

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00:27:39,590 --> 00:27:37,520
manage to snap several pictures of the

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saucer-like craft with his polaroid

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camera

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coltrane was on patrol duty at the time

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and was driving near the town of colfax

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it was a little after 12 p.m noon when

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he decided to find somewhere to pull

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00:27:56,310 --> 00:27:54,000
over and buy something to eat

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he was just about to radio in for his

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intentions to do so when he realized

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that the radio was crackling

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significantly

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it was then that he noticed a

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metallic-looking disc ascending into the

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sky

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it appeared as though it was heading

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toward him but being more concerned with

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00:28:20,710 --> 00:28:17,200
picking up his polaroid camera he wasn't

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sure of the exact movements of the craft

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the saucer-like craft was out of sight

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within a few minutes

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although the sighting was for the most

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00:28:32,630 --> 00:28:30,000
part from a considerable distance the

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incident left coltrane in a state of

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mild shock

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so much so in fact that he simply sat in

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his car for at least an hour before

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officially submitting his report of the

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incident

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the george wheeler case is perhaps one

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of several such incidents in the

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wisconsin area in the mid to late 1970s

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of significance

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and certainly one to keep in the

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forefront of our minds as we continue

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our search for answers to the ufo

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00:29:07,590 --> 00:29:05,360
question

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and what if wheeler's previous ufo

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00:29:12,389 --> 00:29:09,600
sighting could this just be pure

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00:29:15,750 --> 00:29:12,399
coincidence or like mentioned before was

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00:29:18,549 --> 00:29:15,760
he some sort of magnet for these events

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00:29:20,950 --> 00:29:18,559
after all he was a police officer obeyed

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00:29:23,110 --> 00:29:20,960
a relief one so it is perfectly

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00:29:25,190 --> 00:29:23,120
reasonable to assume he would have more

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00:29:27,029 --> 00:29:25,200
chances than your average resident of

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witnessing something strange in the

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tragically for wheeler's family and

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friends as well as the elmwood community

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at large

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despite a lifetime of relatively good

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health

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00:29:44,789 --> 00:29:43,120
george wheeler would suddenly

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deteriorate

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00:29:50,710 --> 00:29:47,600
so much so in fact that within six

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00:29:52,950 --> 00:29:50,720
months of the ufo incident he had passed

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00:29:55,190 --> 00:29:52,960
away

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furthermore the official cause of his

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death remains unknown

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00:30:04,710 --> 00:30:01,440
but rather than focusing on wheeler's

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00:30:07,909 --> 00:30:04,720
death as some grand conspiracy or even

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00:30:10,549 --> 00:30:07,919
caused directly by the ufo incident we

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00:30:13,669 --> 00:30:10,559
can focus on the life of a man who

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dedicated his entire life to protecting

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his town

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00:30:20,029 --> 00:30:17,279
and in doing so possibly came into

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contact with something truly

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extraordinary if not otherworldly

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his account remains one of the most

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00:30:32,549 --> 00:30:29,520
talked about ufo encounters not only in

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the greater wisconsin area but in all of

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ufology

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and hopefully

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george wheeler is now getting the

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answers he sought in life

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to what happened to him and so many

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others

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where they stared into the skies and

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00:31:05,669 --> 00:30:51,240
inevitably had something stare back

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this episode was co-researched and

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inspired by an article written by marcus

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loth

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at the website ufo insight

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00:31:26,310 --> 00:31:23,830
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00:31:29,830 --> 00:31:26,320
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00:31:40,630 --> 00:31:38,320
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keep your feet on the ground but never

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stop searching somewhere in the skies

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