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hey guys Ryan here Welcome to our

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special Christmas episode of somewhere

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in the skies where we'll be exploring

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UFO cases from around the world that

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happened during the holiday season but

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the festivities don't end here head on

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over to patreon to hear the bizarre

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events that came to be known as the

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Warminster thing to listen or to join

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somewhere skies I hope you enjoy and

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happy holidays

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generally speaking UFO and alien

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encounters are the last thing on

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anyone's mind when the holidays roll

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around

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a lot of us are either shopping taking

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part in family traditions and of course

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traveling

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but during this holiday season I thought

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it'd be fun to explore those events

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where someone or something traveled

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themselves perhaps across the light

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years of time to also partake in our

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various merry festivities

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so today we explore the Close Encounters

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in past episodes of somewhere in the

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skies we explored two major cases that

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happened during the month of December

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more precisely right around the holidays

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in the latter half of the month

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these were the 1980 renderson Forest UFO

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incident in England and the 1985

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Abduction of Whitley Streeper in Upstate

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New York

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but there are countless lesser-known

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incidents that could perhaps show that

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we as a planet may never truly be alone

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our first story comes from investigative

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journalists and UFO researcher Cheryl

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Costa

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she presented the following account on

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the central New York news site the

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Syracuse New Times

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it's from a Vietnam veteran who had a

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UFO encounter when he was 19 years old

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he stated the following it was Christmas

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Eve 1971. I was an Airman First Class

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assigned to the 1881st communication

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squadron at the huge U.S Air Force Base

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at Cameron Bay Vietnam

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it was about 11 30 PM when I was walking

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West on the lane that would take me to

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the base Chapel for Midnight Mass

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the sky was crystal clear Gammon Bay was

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only a couple of degrees of latitude

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north of the equator Poquito grew up in

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Upstate New York it was a bit

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discomforting because we are far too

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South to see common constellations like

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Ursa Major AKA The Big Dipper in the

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northern sky

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as I looked into the Western sky I could

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see the consolation Perseus and above

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that Taurus

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high in the sky above them was the

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constellation Orion with its left

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shoulder star of Beetlejuice bright as

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ever suddenly I saw a bright star-like

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object zooming from the north Across the

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Western sky just below Taurus my first

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impression was oh it's a meteor or

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perhaps some kind of fighter jet then

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the object just stopped it hovered there

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below a Taurus for perhaps a minute or

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two then it seemed to dance or dot

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around before dashed off toward the

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south at tremendous speed until it just

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winked out I was 19 years old I didn't

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know what to think about all I could say

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was wow during midnight mass I was not

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with the program at all I was replaying

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what I saw over and over again in my

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head very my Air Force peers would think

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I was intoxicated or Worse crazy I kept

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deciding to myself for many years until

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I shared it about 15 years ago to a

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couple of Native American folks I used

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to know now I've shared it with you as a

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holiday gift

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our next story is the Curious tale of

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Olaf Davi of tunstead Norwich which was

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reported in the April 1971 edition of

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the companion journal to Flying Saucer

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review case histories

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this Christmas incident was only one of

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Mr davi's otherworldly experiences

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it was Christmas day of 1957 and Davi

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and his friend were cycling home after a

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party a Nine Mile ride that took them

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through the village of shotsam five

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miles Southeast of Norwich this was his

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account on our way home we'd gone

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through schotzem when all of a sudden my

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mate called out hey what's that up there

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is that an airplane it was coming

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towards us a long thing like an Airship

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but not so big now there were various

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lights on it and however they were fixed

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they were either going round or there

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was something going around the lights it

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was a dark night and it came so close to

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us that we dived off our bicycles into a

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as near as I can remember the backlight

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was red the next was green and then

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there was a blue light then there was a

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white light it went past us and then

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but this wasn't Mr davi's only sighting

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only a few days earlier at his home in

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tunstead he was cycling to rock some

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station to catch a train into Norwich to

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his workplace

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halfway to the station he noticed

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something unusual in the sky

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I was attracted by a bright light from

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the heavens I hopped off my bicycle and

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there was something coming to Earth it

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seemed to be getting bigger then all of

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a sudden it came through the clouds then

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the light went dim it was still coming

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down and I stood hugging a tree I was

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all tensed up and was waiting for the

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bang this thing came down then it

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stopped and for a minute I was eased it

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was round like a plate it looked as wide

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Mr Davi watched this saucer-shaped

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object hover for a few minutes

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all of a sudden there was a noise like a

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Dynamo singing then it would stop and

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it'd be a sort of throb now this is The

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Uncanny thing about it I felt as though

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I was in a magnetic field I believe if

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it had stopped there I wouldn't have

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survived it seemed to be zapping the

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strength from me it seemed

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fluorescent-like when I first saw it and

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then it turned a dull cementy color it

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then tipped to the side and went

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in 1976 Herbert Shermer 23 years old had

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just started working for the Ashland

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Police Department in Nebraska

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on December 3rd of that year he had been

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with the force for only seven months and

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on this evening he went out on his

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regular Patrol as usual going out along

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Highway 63 for what was normally a

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pretty quiet beat there was no reason to

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think that this evening would be any

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different

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but that would all change as he headed

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it was around 2 30 a.m when Shermer

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rounded a Bend near the intersection of

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Highway 6 and 63.

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in there he saw before him what he had

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first thought to be the lights of an

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oncoming vehicle two blinking red lights

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atop what he took to be a large white

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truck but he soon realized that whatever

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it was it wasn't moving thinking it may

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have been someone who had broken down

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and was perhaps in a bit of trouble he

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decided to stop his patrol car and shine

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a spotlight out towards what he still

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when the spotlight hit the object it

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became very apparent that this was no

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the red lights seem to be emanating from

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two portholes on the side of a silver

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disc shaped metallic object that was

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like polished aluminum and it was

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hovering in midair about eight feet off

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the surface of the road

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around the mysterious object Shermer

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could see what looked like some sort of

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catwalk encircling it and on its bottom

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was what looked like some sort of

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landing gear

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as he stared in awe trying to process

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what he was seeing the object then

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passed directly overhead and belched

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forth Flames to shoot up into the sky at

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great speed leaving Shermer there alone

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in the dark wondering if he should

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report this incident or not

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Shermer made his way back to the police

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station and he quickly realized that a

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whole hour had passed even though it had

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only felt like 10 minutes he then would

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find a red welt spring up on his neck

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and he was overcome with an excruciating

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Headache nausea and a weird buzzing in

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he made a note of a sighting in a report

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I sat there at the table

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and I lit a cigarette and I said wow

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what the hell happened something

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did I really see a flying saucer did

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this really happen to me I looked at my

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report log

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and I remembered through all the

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training and everything I went through

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that regardless of the nature or what it

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was put it in your report book

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because you just might need it

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so I looked at my report book and I got

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my pen out and I wrote

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at 2 30 a.m December 3rd 1967

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believe it or not

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and then that was that

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but then three months later a UFO

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research group from the United States

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Air Force funded by the University of

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Colorado known as the content committee

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came knocking the organization was

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mostly about looking into UFO sightings

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and trying to debunk discredit or

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explain them away

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and they went about inviting Shermer to

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come out to Boulder Colorado for

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questioning which he accepted

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he would then undergo regressive

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hypnosis administered by psychologist Dr

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Wyoming and his story would just become

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even stranger

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under hypnosis Shermer was able to have

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many hidden memories from that fateful

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night come floating up to the surface

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he claimed that his car's engine had cut

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out and the radio had died

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soon he would see several humanoid

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beings about four feet tall emerge from

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this enigmatic craft

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they were dressed in silver gray

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uniforms and helmets with antenna on

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they had slanted cat-like eyes white

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on the front of their uniforms were

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emblems featuring a winged Serpent of

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some sort Shermer recalled having tried

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to draw his pistol but found that he was

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somehow unable to do so as if paralyzed

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humanoids reveal themselves to be

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friendly speaking to him telepathically

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and asking him if he was the Watchman of

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they would then bring him aboard their

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once there he would say that they had

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shown him around and explained various

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things about themselves

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such as that they drew power from their

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ship from power lines and had a base in

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the planet Venus and they also told him

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that they would visit him again and that

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he would see the universe

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this whole report was rather detailed

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with Shermer describing each of what he

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said were three levels of the ship

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in the aftermath of all of this Shermer

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would return to Nebraska to scathing

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ridicule

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and personal attacks on his reputation

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he was relentlessly taunted and there

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was even a bullet riddled Effigy Of Him

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hung up at Ashland Cemetery

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he would eventually step down from his

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job at the Ashland Police Department

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suffer from psychological problems in

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depression and was even reported that

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the whole thing had caused his marriage

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to disintegrate his wife unable to

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handle it all and eventually leaving him

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amazingly though throughout this Shermer

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would stick to his story eventually

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moving to Omaha and keeping a low

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profile to disappear from the public eye

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here is Herbert Schumer many years later

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reflecting on the December event

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I went to my father and I said

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I know you have 27 years in the Air

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Force

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but I asked my father Point Blank I said

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dad what do you think of UFOs

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my father never said no

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he never said yes he just said son if

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you tell him the truth stick with it and

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in late 1978 New Zealand had a small

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flap of UFO sightings primarily off the

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coast of the South Island

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these sightings initially began on

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December 21st when the crew of a safe

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air LTD cargo plane observed strange

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lighted objects around their Argosy

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aircraft

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the lights ranging in size to that of a

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house tracked them for several minutes

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before disappearing and reappearing

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elsewhere

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they appeared on Wellington ATC radar on

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the aircraft radar and were cited by

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hundreds of people

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nine days later in the late evening of

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December 31st more extraordinary events

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took place off the coast

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another arkacy Freight plane this time

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carrying an Australian television crew

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became involved in a series of UFO

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sightings that made headlines worldwide

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what was extraordinary about these

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sightings is that not only were they

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filmed by the film crew on the plane and

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witnessed by all of them on the plane

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but they were also tracked Again by

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radar in the Wellington and Christchurch

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plain control centers

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on board the Argosy that morning was the

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pilot Captain Bill's startup and first

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officer Bob guard

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also on board and in direct response to

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the first lot of UFO sightings was this

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small film crew mainly they were there

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due to the current Australian interest

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in UFOs

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solely as a result of The Disappearance

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of Frederick valentich in October of

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1978 a pilot whose Cessna light aircraft

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disappeared over the Bass Strait

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so when the news reached the ears of the

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Australian press they contacted a

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well-known reporter by the name of

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Quentin Fogerty who worked for Melbourne

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television Fogerty was ordered to cover

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the story during the holidays so he in a

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small film crew comprising of a

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freelance cameraman by the name of Davy

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Crockett and his wife a freelance sound

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recordist

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Dennis Grant a New Zealand television

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journalist joined them as well

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all managed to get on board in Argosy

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that was traveling the exact same route

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in the same hours as the first lot of

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sightings

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what was recorded on that flight is

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widely regarded as one of the world's

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top 10 most credible UFO sightings

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caught on film and would irrevocably

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change the lives of those involved both

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in the air and on the ground

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here is the crew talking about the event

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I thought the job would be interesting

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it was a good story we were following up

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a strong UFO sighting I had an interest

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in that

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but I didn't for one second even begin

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to imagine that we would get involved in

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something ourselves I guess I was quite

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skeptical about the whole thing but

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then I got the call from Quentin Fogerty

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to say I can go and do a job he'd like

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to go up on the Argosy the following

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weekend do the same route that

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Vern Powell had done and so am I

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interested and I said oh yeah I'll do it

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I'll do it we just completed the first

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take and I think it was Billy put his

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head down the hatch and said you guys

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better get up here quickly so I wanted

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to get up the stairs but David wanted to

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take two

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went upstairs it's a beautiful clear

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night outside and naturally we'll be

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well David started off in this seat here

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and Quentin was to this

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um left of him at that stage and I was

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just crouched down on the floor behind

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the seat we sort of moved around the

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whole time as David was filming out of

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different Windows to catch the lights

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red up leaned over the co-pilot to try

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and see this object that the radar

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station from Wellington was telling us

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was behind us and then coming up

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alongside us and so

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just press the button of the camera and

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let it run

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the very first thing we saw was these

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sort of walls of light that would just

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appear in the sky and I mean it was

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really just looking through small

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windows at a very very black sky and

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seeing pulsating lights

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that started usually as a very very

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small pinprick of light and then would

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2-0 miles

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at the moment

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it was all right at the beginning it was

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quite exciting that suddenly that there

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were lights but I had never seen

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anything as bright as that and they were

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like bright lights and then they would

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just dip away

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and then like then come back somewhere

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else over a little bit further but they

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definitely did not look like a

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reflection of a light they were too

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it was like they were too solid or too

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um

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and they weren't the same shape they

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weren't the same size you know there was

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like one big light and there was like

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you know a couple of smaller nights 14

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000 feet we were up beautiful clear

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night no turbulence whatsoever Zoomed In

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and Out of This object and I I thought

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it was fairly close to the Agassi

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because it could seemed to be so bright

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very very people who know me and I

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myself know that

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there was quite a degree of strain in

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the commentary

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to people who don't know me it may have

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sounded calm and collected but to me and

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to my friends and family I sounded like

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I was under some Jewish we just

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are that we've

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got an object about a mile behind us and

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it's following us

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let's hope they're friendly

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[Music]

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the 1980s were Rife with UFO sightings

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especially at the height of the Cold War

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and several took place during Christmas

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of 1984. although the exact date is

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unclear a report of a cigar-shaped UFO

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in Hexum Australia is particularly

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intriguing

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the incident investigated and reported

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by a New South Wales UFO group would

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take place at around 2 30 a.m on the

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morning in question when one Mr and Mrs

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L or camping at Ponderosa Caravan Park

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from their tent each would see a huge

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cigar-shaped object with a brilliant

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white light as what they assumed was the

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front of the craft and what they assumed

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was the front of the craft in fact it

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was so bright that the entire park was

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Awash with its glow

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the witnesses would further describe the

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object as being bigger than a bus with

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windows on the side

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they would watch the bizarre scene

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unfold for several minutes before

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witnessing the arrival of three disc

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shaped objects

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these smaller craft would travel at a

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much faster Pace described by the

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witnesses as being like lightning

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they would eventually join the

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cigar-shaped craft following it in

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formation closely Mr L would even claim

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to have seen an occupant inside one of

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the dis-shaped objects

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the pair would watch this Fleet as it

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eventually disappeared into the distance

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ultimately leaving them with more

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questions than answers during the

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Christmas time of 1984.

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other Christmas time events did happen

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in 1984 as well

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for example only a week previously in

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kambara in Australia a pilot would

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witness a missile-like object traveling

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across the sky

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despite the obvious size and speed of

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this missile-like object there was no

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sound heard at all

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on Christmas Eve in Leeds in the United

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Kingdom what appeared to be a red

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Airship with a flashing red light was

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observed over the kirkstall museum

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the following day just outside of Paris

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at around 7 30 PM a local resident would

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report seeing a large object with a

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domed top hovering close to the ground

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from the underside was a brilliant white

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light

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on December 27th along the Capricorn

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Coast in Australia at around 9pm

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Witnesses would report a bright red

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object moving at supersonic speeds

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during a tropical storm even stranger it

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made no noise whatsoever it remained

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visible for around 10 minutes before

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fading from sight

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on Christmas Eve 2013 over Belgium

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several residents would witness multiple

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orange glowing lights

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one witness would even manage to film

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several minutes of footage of the

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sighting the objects appeared to remain

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in formation and appeared to remain

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completely silent throughout this entire

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encounter incidentally and similar to

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the Capricorn Coast sighting almost 30

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years earlier the region was subject to

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substantial storms in the days before

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the sighting

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the witnesses would debate between

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themselves as to whether the object

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might be a meteor or possibly even a

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military drone however due to the

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relative slow speed they moved they

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would dismiss each suggestion as

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unlikely

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it is certainly possible the lights

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could have been Lantern set off to

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celebrate the festive period however

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despite almost half a million views

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online the sighting and the footage

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remain unexplained

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but this isn't the only Belgian UFO

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incident to happen around Christmas time

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for that we have to rewind to one of the

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most historic waves in modern UFO

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history the Belgian flap of 1989.

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foreign

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[Music]

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here wishing you a very happy holiday

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season are you infamously known to be a

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last minute holiday Shopper well fear

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not because I have the perfect unique

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gift you can give that special person

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during the holidays Jen Gardner is a

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graphic designer who wanted to create a

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foreign

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the events of November 29 1989 would be

587
00:26:05,750 --> 00:26:03,000
documented by no less than 30 different

588
00:26:08,630 --> 00:26:05,760
groups of Witnesses in three separate

589
00:26:11,630 --> 00:26:08,640
groups of police officers all of the

590
00:26:14,750 --> 00:26:11,640
reports described a large object flying

591
00:26:18,289 --> 00:26:14,760
at low altitude the craft was a flat

592
00:26:21,470 --> 00:26:18,299
triangular shape with lights underneath

593
00:26:23,870 --> 00:26:21,480
this giant craft made no sound as it

594
00:26:26,690 --> 00:26:23,880
slowly moved across the landscape of

595
00:26:29,210 --> 00:26:26,700
Belgium during this there was free

596
00:26:32,029 --> 00:26:29,220
sharing of information as the Belgian

597
00:26:34,370 --> 00:26:32,039
populace tracked this craft as it moved

598
00:26:36,529 --> 00:26:34,380
from the town of liege to the border of

599
00:26:39,289 --> 00:26:36,539
the Netherlands and Germany

600
00:26:41,930 --> 00:26:39,299
this first startling sighting would

601
00:26:45,470 --> 00:26:41,940
evolve into a wave over the next several

602
00:26:47,990 --> 00:26:45,480
months on two occasions a pair of F-16

603
00:26:49,850 --> 00:26:48,000
Fighters chased the mysterious object

604
00:26:53,750 --> 00:26:49,860
but to no avail

605
00:26:56,149 --> 00:26:53,760
on March 30th 1990 a frantic call came

606
00:26:59,210 --> 00:26:56,159
to the military headquarters from a

607
00:27:01,549 --> 00:26:59,220
Belgian national police captain the

608
00:27:04,549 --> 00:27:01,559
police captain marveled at a giant

609
00:27:07,909 --> 00:27:04,559
triangle passing over and simultaneously

610
00:27:10,430 --> 00:27:07,919
to ground radar stations were reporting

611
00:27:11,690 --> 00:27:10,440
an object of Unknown Origin on their

612
00:27:14,510 --> 00:27:11,700
screens

613
00:27:17,269 --> 00:27:14,520
one of these spaces was NATO controlled

614
00:27:18,350 --> 00:27:17,279
near the city of glons southeast of

615
00:27:20,750 --> 00:27:18,360
Brussels

616
00:27:23,149 --> 00:27:20,760
after contacting other radar facilities

617
00:27:25,610 --> 00:27:23,159
they learned that at least four other

618
00:27:27,590 --> 00:27:25,620
stations were also reporting the object

619
00:27:29,390 --> 00:27:27,600
on their screens

620
00:27:32,210 --> 00:27:29,400
the object was moving across their

621
00:27:35,510 --> 00:27:32,220
screen slowly and failed to send a

622
00:27:38,750 --> 00:27:35,520
transponder signal to identify itself

623
00:27:41,269 --> 00:27:38,760
again two F-16 fighter jets were ordered

624
00:27:43,909 --> 00:27:41,279
to intercept and identify this

625
00:27:46,610 --> 00:27:43,919
phenomenon in one of the Jets Radars

626
00:27:49,430 --> 00:27:46,620
locked on the object

627
00:27:51,110 --> 00:27:49,440
it appeared as a small diamond on the

628
00:27:53,210 --> 00:27:51,120
Pilot's screen

629
00:27:55,430 --> 00:27:53,220
the pilot reported that only a few

630
00:27:57,649 --> 00:27:55,440
seconds after locking on the target the

631
00:28:00,529 --> 00:27:57,659
object began to pick up speed quickly

632
00:28:04,250 --> 00:28:00,539
moving out of range of the radar

633
00:28:06,830 --> 00:28:04,260
in hour-long Chase ensued during which

634
00:28:10,190 --> 00:28:06,840
time the f-16s picked up the strange

635
00:28:12,710 --> 00:28:10,200
craft signal to additional times only to

636
00:28:15,049 --> 00:28:12,720
see it fade out of view again

637
00:28:17,810 --> 00:28:15,059
the Triangular craft seemed to be

638
00:28:22,610 --> 00:28:17,820
playing a cat and mouse game and finally

639
00:28:25,190 --> 00:28:22,620
was lost in the nightlights of Brussels

640
00:28:28,070 --> 00:28:25,200
the pilots of the fighters reported that

641
00:28:30,230 --> 00:28:28,080
the UFO had been Maneuvers at speeds

642
00:28:33,049 --> 00:28:30,240
beyond the capability of their own

643
00:28:38,210 --> 00:28:33,059
technology and once the radar showed the

644
00:28:40,669 --> 00:28:38,220
craft drop from 10 000 to 500 feet in

645
00:28:43,490 --> 00:28:40,679
five seconds

646
00:28:46,549 --> 00:28:43,500
these extraordinary sightings continued

647
00:28:48,529 --> 00:28:46,559
for months as the Triangular Invader was

648
00:28:51,169 --> 00:28:48,539
witnessed more than a thousand times

649
00:28:53,450 --> 00:28:51,179
both day and night

650
00:28:55,669 --> 00:28:53,460
the object dipped low enough to easily

651
00:28:58,669 --> 00:28:55,679
be seen with the naked eye and the event

652
00:29:00,470 --> 00:28:58,679
became one of the biggest stories in the

653
00:29:03,529 --> 00:29:00,480
Belgian media

654
00:29:06,590 --> 00:29:03,539
the Belgian UFO wave has obtained

655
00:29:08,870 --> 00:29:06,600
classic status in UFO lore with over a

656
00:29:11,990 --> 00:29:08,880
thousand Witnesses confirmed radar

657
00:29:14,810 --> 00:29:12,000
sightings plane radar lock-ins and

658
00:29:16,970 --> 00:29:14,820
Military confirmations the fact that an

659
00:29:20,029 --> 00:29:16,980
unknown craft moved across the country

660
00:29:22,310 --> 00:29:20,039
of Belgium cannot be denied

661
00:29:24,110 --> 00:29:22,320
even one of the most high ranking

662
00:29:26,930 --> 00:29:24,120
Colonels in the Belgian Air Force

663
00:29:30,529 --> 00:29:26,940
Colonel Wilford debrauer would comment

664
00:29:33,289 --> 00:29:30,539
on the events publicly initially we

665
00:29:37,669 --> 00:29:33,299
thought that some of these observations

666
00:29:41,049 --> 00:29:37,679
were caused by atmospheric interference

667
00:29:43,269 --> 00:29:41,059
such as weather conditions or

668
00:29:47,570 --> 00:29:43,279
electromagnetic interference

669
00:29:50,169 --> 00:29:47,580
but later on we found out that certain

670
00:29:54,289 --> 00:29:50,179
moments indeed we could

671
00:29:56,990 --> 00:29:54,299
relate one visual observation with one

672
00:30:00,289 --> 00:29:57,000
observation of the radar and of course

673
00:30:04,130 --> 00:30:00,299
then we said well to have a confirmation

674
00:30:07,909 --> 00:30:04,140
it may be very useful to have an

675
00:30:12,049 --> 00:30:07,919
additional observation from America and

676
00:30:14,570 --> 00:30:12,059
we had an observation on the radar and

677
00:30:18,409 --> 00:30:14,580
in addition a visual observation on the

678
00:30:21,350 --> 00:30:18,419
ground confirmed by the police

679
00:30:22,090 --> 00:30:21,360
we decided to send two airplanes in the

680
00:30:24,730 --> 00:30:22,100
air

681
00:30:29,210 --> 00:30:24,740
around midnight

682
00:30:32,630 --> 00:30:29,220
detected was well outside the normal

683
00:30:35,990 --> 00:30:32,640
flying envelope of an airplane sometimes

684
00:30:40,310 --> 00:30:36,000
they had what we call lock-ons which

685
00:30:43,630 --> 00:30:40,320
gave a parameters varying from speeds

686
00:30:45,590 --> 00:30:43,640
between 115 knots till

687
00:30:48,769 --> 00:30:45,600
990 knots

688
00:30:51,409 --> 00:30:48,779
an acceleration which occurred in a few

689
00:30:55,789 --> 00:30:51,419
seconds this speeds would be impossible

690
00:30:58,870 --> 00:30:55,799
to tolerate for a human being that's a

691
00:31:01,730 --> 00:30:58,880
first point the second point is

692
00:31:04,450 --> 00:31:01,740
the visual observations

693
00:31:09,710 --> 00:31:04,460
always described

694
00:31:12,409 --> 00:31:09,720
a system a machine which hangs and

695
00:31:15,049 --> 00:31:12,419
hovers above the surface of the quite

696
00:31:16,130 --> 00:31:15,059
the low altitude without making any

697
00:31:20,870 --> 00:31:16,140
noise

698
00:31:23,630 --> 00:31:20,880
now uh with the current technology that

699
00:31:27,950 --> 00:31:25,970
so while there are UFO sightings in

700
00:31:30,830 --> 00:31:27,960
Close Encounters that have taken place

701
00:31:34,610 --> 00:31:30,840
during the holiday season there's also

702
00:31:36,649 --> 00:31:34,620
no shortage of UFO doomsday cults during

703
00:31:40,370 --> 00:31:36,659
Christmas as well

704
00:31:43,070 --> 00:31:40,380
on Christmas Eve December 24th 1954

705
00:31:45,710 --> 00:31:43,080
around a dozen people gathered on the

706
00:31:48,470 --> 00:31:45,720
front lawn of a house to sink Christmas

707
00:31:50,630 --> 00:31:48,480
carols but they weren't singing for

708
00:31:53,990 --> 00:31:50,640
other people they were singing Christmas

709
00:31:56,570 --> 00:31:54,000
carols to UFOs that they believed were

710
00:31:58,549 --> 00:31:56,580
coming down to save them from the end of

711
00:32:01,430 --> 00:31:58,559
the world

712
00:32:04,090 --> 00:32:01,440
The Seekers were a group formed in

713
00:32:07,010 --> 00:32:04,100
Chicago by a woman named Dorothy Martin

714
00:32:10,190 --> 00:32:07,020
who claimed that she was a messenger for

715
00:32:12,889 --> 00:32:10,200
an alien race known as the Guardians who

716
00:32:15,169 --> 00:32:12,899
predicted a catastrophic flood that

717
00:32:17,450 --> 00:32:15,179
would kill billions on Earth

718
00:32:19,669 --> 00:32:17,460
Martin first believed that she could

719
00:32:22,010 --> 00:32:19,679
communicate with her late father by

720
00:32:24,950 --> 00:32:22,020
clearing her mind and holding a pen to

721
00:32:27,409 --> 00:32:24,960
paper to allow him to write through her

722
00:32:29,269 --> 00:32:27,419
these claims were dismissed by her

723
00:32:32,810 --> 00:32:29,279
mother and husband

724
00:32:35,810 --> 00:32:32,820
but Martin's beliefs only grew stronger

725
00:32:38,450 --> 00:32:35,820
the then 54 year old worked to develop

726
00:32:41,750 --> 00:32:38,460
her alleged gift but said her father's

727
00:32:45,710 --> 00:32:41,760
voice was soon replaced by another who

728
00:32:48,289 --> 00:32:45,720
named himself only as elder brother

729
00:32:50,690 --> 00:32:48,299
elder brother first said that he was

730
00:32:52,789 --> 00:32:50,700
aiding her father to speak to her but

731
00:32:55,850 --> 00:32:52,799
soon altered his tone and accused

732
00:32:58,070 --> 00:32:55,860
Martin's dad of being too consumed with

733
00:33:00,830 --> 00:32:58,080
Earthly things

734
00:33:04,430 --> 00:33:00,840
elder brother took over the conversation

735
00:33:07,190 --> 00:33:04,440
and Martin's dad soon disappeared the

736
00:33:10,789 --> 00:33:07,200
voice of elder brother was also taken

737
00:33:14,990 --> 00:33:10,799
over by a being named Sanada who claimed

738
00:33:17,450 --> 00:33:15,000
to be The Reincarnation of Jesus Christ

739
00:33:20,090 --> 00:33:17,460
Sonata Martin said was from the

740
00:33:21,710 --> 00:33:20,100
Guardians who had chosen her as a

741
00:33:24,230 --> 00:33:21,720
messenger as they planned to bring

742
00:33:25,190 --> 00:33:24,240
Cosmic intelligence to the rest of the

743
00:33:28,370 --> 00:33:25,200
planet

744
00:33:31,610 --> 00:33:28,380
at first sonata's messages were vague

745
00:33:34,370 --> 00:33:31,620
and gave no cause for concern but then

746
00:33:37,430 --> 00:33:34,380
the messages begin to turn dark as

747
00:33:40,190 --> 00:33:37,440
Martin earned herself more followers

748
00:33:42,649 --> 00:33:40,200
it was at a new age type event that

749
00:33:45,830 --> 00:33:42,659
Martin came to the attention of Dr

750
00:33:47,870 --> 00:33:45,840
Charles A lockhead who then worked on

751
00:33:50,509 --> 00:33:47,880
the student health staff of Michigan

752
00:33:54,529 --> 00:33:50,519
State University and had an extreme

753
00:33:57,289 --> 00:33:54,539
interest in UFOs and flying saucers

754
00:33:59,889 --> 00:33:57,299
as Dr Charles became a follower of

755
00:34:03,169 --> 00:33:59,899
Martins and started to recruit others

756
00:34:05,750 --> 00:34:03,179
sonata's messages begin to speak of the

757
00:34:08,450 --> 00:34:05,760
guardian's arrival on Earth and how it

758
00:34:11,570 --> 00:34:08,460
would bring about a time of warfare that

759
00:34:14,389 --> 00:34:11,580
much of humanity would not survive

760
00:34:17,389 --> 00:34:14,399
again Martin felt that the lack of an

761
00:34:21,889 --> 00:34:17,399
exact date for this war prompted no need

762
00:34:24,609 --> 00:34:21,899
for worry until in July of 1954 the

763
00:34:28,310 --> 00:34:24,619
messages became more certain

764
00:34:30,889 --> 00:34:28,320
began to say that on August 1st a

765
00:34:33,230 --> 00:34:30,899
spaceship would land at an air base that

766
00:34:35,210 --> 00:34:33,240
would Mark the coming invasion

767
00:34:37,669 --> 00:34:35,220
Martin had wanted to keep the

768
00:34:40,790 --> 00:34:37,679
information to herself but Dr Charles

769
00:34:43,190 --> 00:34:40,800
spread the word to the followers who by

770
00:34:44,629 --> 00:34:43,200
this point had become known as The

771
00:34:46,970 --> 00:34:44,639
Seekers

772
00:34:49,970 --> 00:34:46,980
when they visited the air base The

773
00:34:51,829 --> 00:34:49,980
Seekers picked a spot to wait but

774
00:34:54,470 --> 00:34:51,839
nothing happened

775
00:34:57,170 --> 00:34:54,480
yet as the group went home disappointed

776
00:35:01,070 --> 00:34:57,180
Martin then claimed that a man they had

777
00:35:02,570 --> 00:35:01,080
met close to the air base was Sonata in

778
00:35:04,970 --> 00:35:02,580
disguise

779
00:35:07,730 --> 00:35:04,980
the messages she received began to get

780
00:35:10,370 --> 00:35:07,740
more serious with Martin claiming that

781
00:35:13,910 --> 00:35:10,380
an ancient civilization was to emerge

782
00:35:16,670 --> 00:35:13,920
from the ocean and kill Millions

783
00:35:19,010 --> 00:35:16,680
yet she said that the Seekers would be

784
00:35:22,010 --> 00:35:19,020
saved by the Guardians

785
00:35:24,650 --> 00:35:22,020
again Martin didn't want to risk failure

786
00:35:26,990 --> 00:35:24,660
by sharing the message but Dr Charles

787
00:35:29,870 --> 00:35:27,000
was the one to try to tell the entire

788
00:35:32,150 --> 00:35:29,880
world as Martin tried to stay out of the

789
00:35:35,390 --> 00:35:32,160
spotlight more people heard about her

790
00:35:37,730 --> 00:35:35,400
message in school children began to come

791
00:35:40,970 --> 00:35:37,740
to her door asking if she was the woman

792
00:35:43,310 --> 00:35:40,980
who believed in Aliens

793
00:35:46,010 --> 00:35:43,320
when the parents of these children begin

794
00:35:49,550 --> 00:35:46,020
to call the police Martin knew she was

795
00:35:52,670 --> 00:35:49,560
on notice but Dr Charles continued his

796
00:35:55,250 --> 00:35:52,680
quest to tell as many people as possible

797
00:35:57,230 --> 00:35:55,260
that was until he was asked to leave his

798
00:35:59,930 --> 00:35:57,240
job after the cause to the police had

799
00:36:02,510 --> 00:35:59,940
become more insular allowing no new

800
00:36:05,810 --> 00:36:02,520
people to join The Seekers

801
00:36:08,630 --> 00:36:05,820
at this point Martin became paranoid and

802
00:36:10,190 --> 00:36:08,640
began to refuse to leave her home it was

803
00:36:12,710 --> 00:36:10,200
also at this point that her husband

804
00:36:15,109 --> 00:36:12,720
finally became concerned as her

805
00:36:17,270 --> 00:36:15,119
followers began to leave their jobs and

806
00:36:20,930 --> 00:36:17,280
families in order to ready themselves

807
00:36:23,750 --> 00:36:20,940
for the UFOs bringing them to safety

808
00:36:26,750 --> 00:36:23,760
The Seekers were now convinced that the

809
00:36:28,730 --> 00:36:26,760
Guardians were set to arrive on December

810
00:36:32,210 --> 00:36:28,740
22nd

811
00:36:35,270 --> 00:36:32,220
however on December 17th Martin received

812
00:36:38,210 --> 00:36:35,280
a phone call from a quote captain video

813
00:36:41,450 --> 00:36:38,220
that told them to go out into the lawn

814
00:36:44,030 --> 00:36:41,460
to wait at midnight while the call was

815
00:36:47,150 --> 00:36:44,040
likely a prank the group emerged to wait

816
00:36:49,970 --> 00:36:47,160
and when nothing happened convince

817
00:36:52,430 --> 00:36:49,980
themselves that Sonata had carried out a

818
00:36:55,490 --> 00:36:52,440
drill to prepare them for the real deal

819
00:36:58,250 --> 00:36:55,500
in the five days to come

820
00:37:00,290 --> 00:36:58,260
Martin readied The Seekers for the

821
00:37:03,410 --> 00:37:00,300
Moment of Truth at the strike of

822
00:37:06,349 --> 00:37:03,420
midnight on December 22nd

823
00:37:08,690 --> 00:37:06,359
by now Dr Charles efforts to get

824
00:37:11,270 --> 00:37:08,700
attention to their salvation had mounted

825
00:37:13,310 --> 00:37:11,280
serious media attention and the Press

826
00:37:15,470 --> 00:37:13,320
was on hand to watch the coming

827
00:37:18,170 --> 00:37:15,480
Ascension

828
00:37:20,510 --> 00:37:18,180
the group of a dozen followers waited

829
00:37:23,630 --> 00:37:20,520
until 3am in the cold

830
00:37:26,210 --> 00:37:23,640
and waited and waited

831
00:37:28,670 --> 00:37:26,220
and nothing happened

832
00:37:31,790 --> 00:37:28,680
once again they were disappointed and

833
00:37:34,430 --> 00:37:31,800
would give up however they were once

834
00:37:37,430 --> 00:37:34,440
again convinced by Martin that the end

835
00:37:41,210 --> 00:37:37,440
of the world was still coming in that

836
00:37:43,550 --> 00:37:41,220
the aliens would save them this time on

837
00:37:45,470 --> 00:37:43,560
Christmas Eve

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while the Press had again given up

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interest leaving Martin despondent that

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the guardian had not given her enough

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time to Rally people together she

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managed to encourage the followers

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remaining that singing was the key to

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entice their saviors

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as night fell on Christmas Eve they

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emerged to wait once more this time

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singing Christmas carols to the heavens

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when a crowd of up to 200 people

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gathered to watch the commotion the

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police recalled once more and after only

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20 minutes The Seekers gave up hope

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shortly afterward Martin's husband was

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warned that there was a warrant out for

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her arrest over the crowd that had

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gathered outside the home

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Martin would flee to Arizona

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it's unclear if Martin's husband went

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with her but the cult soon disbanded

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Martin's followers fell to the Wayside

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yet Dr Charles still continued to push

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the belief at UFO conferences across the

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United States

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while Martin's premonition did not come

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to fruition The Seekers contributed to

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one of the most important psychological

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breakthroughs in years the term

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cognitive dissonance was coined after

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our study was published by researchers

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who had infiltrated this group to

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explore how the followers had convinced

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themselves to continue even when they

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were presented with evidence that

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Martin's statements were false

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researchers also believe that Martin was

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not lying and truly thought she was a

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messenger

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in Arizona Martin went on to found the

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order of Sonata continuing her work and

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hoping that perhaps another Christmas in

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the near future would bring about the

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Ascension she truly believed was on the

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it's clear that UFOs love to make stops

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around the holidays so be sure to keep

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your eyes Skyward this Christmas it

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would appear the chances of seeing

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something quite extraordinary are rather

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High

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and even if you don't see a UFO there's

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always a chance you'll see you know

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