1 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:07,560 Hello and welcome to the program UFO Warning. 2 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:11,920 In this episode we're talking about the post war UFO wave. 3 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:15,720 That's correct, the post war UFO wave. 4 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:20,640 Now, this is made-up by a series of UFO sightings and encounters 5 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:24,320 that happened just after the end of World War 2. 6 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:27,680 Lots of cool sightings. And what I really like about 7 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:31,000 these is that a lot of these encounters and sightings really 8 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:34,920 make up the foundation for the study of UFO ology. 9 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:38,000 Here we are 70 years later, still talking about them. 10 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:41,360 Now, this first article comes to us from spokesman.com. 11 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:46,000 That's spokesman.com. It's written by Charles Apple, 12 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:49,760 says the spokesman. Review UFOs over Washington. 13 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:52,440 That's Washington state. It's got a picture of Kenneth 14 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:57,480 Arnold here back in 1947 wearing a suit in front of his little 15 00:00:57,480 --> 00:01:01,880 single engine airplane. It says on June 24th, 1947, 16 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:04,920 seventy three years ago. So it's been a little bit longer 17 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:06,760 than that. Wednesday, Automatic 18 00:01:06,960 --> 00:01:11,000 Firefighting Systems company owner and licensed pilot Kenneth 19 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:16,360 Arnold of Boise, flying from Chalet to Yakima, spotted 9 20 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:20,360 large metallic looking objects flying rapidly near Mount 21 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:22,440 Rainier. It would be the first of many 22 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:26,760 reports of flying saucers or unidentified flying objects from 23 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:29,560 around the world. While flying to Yakima on a 24 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:35,680 sales call, Arnold read about a downed Marine C46 transport that 25 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:37,840 had crashed near Mount Rainier in January. 26 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:41,840 With skies clear and a little time on his hand, Arnold 27 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:45,480 lingered over the area in hopes of spotting the wreckage and 28 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:50,640 earning a $10,000 reward. I think about it, in 1947 you 29 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:54,360 could have got those $10,000 in the form of silver dollars. 30 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:56,960 Imagine what those of you worth today, Couple 100 grand maybe? 31 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:01,320 Arnold gave up his search shortly before at 3:00 PM and 32 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:04,920 was proceeding to Yakima when a series of bright flashes caught 33 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:07,640 his eye. At first, he thought the objects 34 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:11,120 might be geese, but they seemed to reflect an awful lot of 35 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:14,680 sunlight. Is if someone had started an 36 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:17,680 arclight in front of my eyes, Arnold would say. 37 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:20,800 And they appear to be moving incredibly fast. 38 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:25,400 Arnold figured the objects were 25 or 30 miles away, flying at 39 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:30,320 an altitude of 10,000 feet, judging from their distance, 40 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:32,120 speed and size against the mountaintop. 41 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:34,320 See objects patched in front of and behind. 42 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:38,000 Arnold estimated the size of each to be larger than ADC 4 43 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:43,360 airliner and moving about 1200 mph, which would have suggested 44 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:46,880 the craft were traveling at nearly twice the speed of sound. 45 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:50,920 The first Air Force pilot to break the sound barrier wouldn't 46 00:02:50,920 --> 00:02:53,000 do that until October, four months later. 47 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:57,240 Once he was back on the ground, Arnold filed a report of his 48 00:02:57,240 --> 00:02:59,680 sighting. He said the objects didn't alarm 49 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:02,800 him, he had just assumed they were some kind of experimental 50 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:05,200 aircraft. But the military was baffled by 51 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:08,480 the report. Both the Army and the FBI would 52 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:12,520 interview Arnold and come away impressed by his character and 53 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:16,240 apparent integrity. But they had no clue what Arnold 54 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:18,680 had seen or what might travel that fast. 55 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:23,160 As far as we know, nothing flies that fast except the Vt rocket, 56 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:28,880 which travels about 3500 mph and Army spokesman in Washington, 57 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:31,880 DC, told reporters. And that's too fast to be seen. 58 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:35,400 Everyone says I'm nuts, Arnold told The Associated Press. 59 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:39,440 And I guess I'd say it too, if someone else reported those 60 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:42,440 things, But I saw them and watch them closely. 61 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:45,080 It seems impossible, but there it is. 62 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:49,800 Arnold described the objects as being flat, like a pie pan and 63 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:52,200 saucer shaped. So that's what reporters wrote 64 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:54,760 in their news stories. Headlines slashed around the 65 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:59,200 country of flying saucers. 1 notable exception in a page one 66 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:02,320 story. On June 27th, just three days 67 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:05,520 after Kenneth's encounter, the Spokane Daily Chronicle called 68 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:08,640 them flying pie pans. Arnold didn't enjoy the 69 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:11,520 publicity in the least. A preacher in Texas told his 70 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:14,400 flock the sighting was a harbinger of doomsday. 71 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:18,440 Later that week, Arnold was in Pendleton, OR for an air show 72 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:21,519 when a woman in a cafe recognized him from newspaper 73 00:04:21,519 --> 00:04:24,040 reports and ran out of the joint, sobbing. 74 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:27,000 There's the man who saw the first men from Mars. 75 00:04:27,280 --> 00:04:32,080 However, Arnold spent $150 on your camera with telescopic lens 76 00:04:32,280 --> 00:04:35,400 just to be ready if you saw the flying pipe hands again. 77 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:39,160 We know he sounds like a pretty reasonable guy, you know, 78 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:42,120 business owner. He wasn't somebody I don't think 79 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:43,440 that was really looking for attention. 80 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:48,280 He just saw this thing and he had the presence of mind to 81 00:04:48,280 --> 00:04:50,680 report it. Now, this was kind of the 82 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:54,440 kickoff for these things we go on down here in the article. 83 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:58,440 We see July 5th, 1947. Now. 84 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:00,920 I remember this happened in June of 1947. 85 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:03,880 This is July 5th, 1947. Boise, ID. 86 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:06,880 Shortly after takeoff on a flight from Boise to Portland, 87 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:11,400 OR, United Airline Captain EJ Smith and his copilot Ralph 88 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:16,360 Stevens see 5 flying disc. Smith later tells reporters that 89 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:19,880 before his own sighting, he'd been skeptical of Arnold's 90 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:22,720 widely reported account. And nothing like having your own 91 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:24,080 sighting to make you a believer. Huh? 92 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:30,080 July 7th, 1947, Roswell, NM. The Army Air Force reportedly 93 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:32,840 recovers a crashed saucer and alien bodies. 94 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:36,280 The saucer, oh boy, listen to this, turns out to be a new top 95 00:05:36,280 --> 00:05:39,480 secret balloon borne device intended to detect nuclear 96 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:41,680 blast. And there were never any alien 97 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:44,640 bodies. Still, conspiracy theories would 98 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:47,320 persist 73 years later. And we know that that statement 99 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:50,560 right there is completely false because we've had the documents 100 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:55,880 released showing that there was no secret balloon born device 101 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:57,840 released that day because of the wind conditions. 102 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:02,680 So even though this is this statement has been disproven, 103 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:06,560 OK, that that narrative persist all these years later. 104 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:10,880 This is what I'm talking about when I talk about breaking the 105 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:13,480 narrative and how narratives are used to control us. 106 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:15,160 I'll just get a little bit of a side here. 107 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:17,160 You know, I did the show on dinosaurs the other day. 108 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:20,840 I do a lot of different shows and I just read different 109 00:06:20,840 --> 00:06:22,920 articles. And basically what the the 110 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:25,720 premise of the show was. Hey, look, they found dinosaur 111 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:29,000 DNA and there's two schools of thought on this. 112 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:31,600 Either we were wrong the whole time and it turns out that 113 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:36,400 dinosaur DNA can hang around for 200 million years, or perhaps 114 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:41,680 this turns the whole idea of the old earth theory on its head and 115 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:45,520 these dinosaurs actually did coexist at the same time of man. 116 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:47,680 Boy, I got a lot of hate mail for that. 117 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:52,560 And The thing is, is that one of the proponents of this is a kind 118 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:56,360 of a Christian off suit that believes in young earth theory. 119 00:06:56,800 --> 00:07:01,560 What, you know, funny thing is that show made $0.00 in AD 120 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:03,760 revenue. Now I don't make a lot of money 121 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:09,000 in this podcast. I might bring in 20 to on a good 122 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:12,840 day, $50 on ad revenue, probably run about $30.00 on average per 123 00:07:12,840 --> 00:07:16,320 day that brought in exactly 0 unless it's changed to my 124 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:17,720 knowledge. That's weird. 125 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:20,720 I had people, I had some people make some really nasty comments 126 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:23,720 on that because it challenged this narrative, this, this old 127 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:25,640 earth narrative. Now I was just reading the 128 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:29,240 article and talking about, well, wow, this is interesting. 129 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:32,800 What do you think about this? But but people construe that in 130 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:35,720 all sorts of different ways. Somehow I was a religious bigot 131 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:37,920 when you know, I've been pro Christianity on this podcast 132 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:40,480 since day one. But suddenly I'm anti Christian 133 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:45,520 because I pointed out the fact that this openly Christian 134 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:51,200 group, they're like a nonprofit who they they are proponents of 135 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:53,720 young Earth theory. We're talking about this whole 136 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:55,880 idea of, hey, here's this dinosaur DNA. 137 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:58,000 There's no way it could have lasted this long. 138 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:01,880 So it just goes to show that the the Earth is young, not old. 139 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:04,600 Now I just read the article and commented on it. 140 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:07,680 That's not me saying this is what I believe or, or this is 141 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:09,840 how it has to be. But just bringing up something 142 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:12,320 that could challenge the narrative seemed to really 143 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:15,760 frustrate, anger people on both sides of the fence. 144 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:18,600 To the point where I don't know if some kind of complaint was 145 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:20,520 lodged or if I just found the third rail. 146 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:23,280 But it was like, oh, guess what you get for ad revenue today on 147 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:26,720 that zero $0.00. So not sure what's going on 148 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:28,200 there. You know, I guess I'll just wait 149 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:29,560 and see if that gets straightened out later. 150 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:31,200 Hopefully it will. If it does, I'll let you know. 151 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:35,799 But this is what we're talking about, the narrative, how 152 00:08:35,799 --> 00:08:39,440 narratives are used to control us and why it's so important to 153 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:42,760 judge these people in our own with with our own intellect. 154 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:45,840 When these new whistle wars come out, are they bringing real 155 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:49,240 information or are they just, you know, helping tweak the 156 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:51,320 narrative? And this whole narrative with 157 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:55,640 Roswell, NM, even though it's been disproven repeatedly and 158 00:08:55,680 --> 00:08:58,360 the, the story from the deep state has changed over time, 159 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:01,760 multiple times, people still repeat the lies even though 160 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:03,960 they've been disproven as total falsehoods. 161 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:07,720 So it's just, it's just so in your face. 162 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:10,040 So I'm just, I'm just, I'm just putting that out there. 163 00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:12,040 I'm saying, look, challenge the narrative. 164 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:15,120 What no matter what it is, always challenge the narrative. 165 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:17,520 Always question the narrative. And if it's true, then fine. 166 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:20,040 If it's not, well, maybe there's a different answer to it. 167 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:23,600 OK. This next one is Fort Knox, KY, 168 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:27,600 January 7th, 1948. This is Air National Guard pilot 169 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:31,280 Thomas Mantel, this dispatch to investigate a UFO sighting. 170 00:09:31,560 --> 00:09:33,600 The object goes into a steep climb. 171 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:37,240 Mantel follows but has no oxygen gear in his cockpit. 172 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:41,680 He blacks out after he passes 25,000 feet and is killed when 173 00:09:41,680 --> 00:09:45,560 his P51 Mustang crashes. Well, there's so many blacked 174 00:09:45,560 --> 00:09:47,600 out. Maybe, you know, we don't know 175 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:50,400 for sure what all went on there, but that's kind of the the 176 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:53,120 narrative of this thing. Well, the guy got so excited he 177 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:56,680 went up too high that he blocked out Montgomery, AL. 178 00:09:56,760 --> 00:10:01,880 July 24th, 1948 The crew of ADC 3 passenger liner flying from 179 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:06,160 Houston to Atlanta passes a glowing, fast moving, wingless 180 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:10,120 torpedo shaped aircraft that appears to have two rows of lit 181 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:12,440 windows. Air Force investigators say they 182 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:15,800 probably saw a meteor. Yeah, it seems really plausible 183 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:19,320 because meteors all have windows along the sides of them, don't 184 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:20,760 they? So there you go. 185 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:23,800 There's the narrative. No matter how ridiculous it is, 186 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:25,760 they get it out there and just keep repeating it. 187 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:28,240 This was dated October 10th, 1948. 188 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:33,320 Fargo, ND Air Force pilot George Gorman, flying AP 51 Mustang, 189 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:37,600 chases and is chased by a rapidly moving ball of light. 190 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:41,400 Other pilots flying in the area also see the light. 191 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:46,120 Afterwards, a Geiger counter chose Gorman's plane measures 192 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:48,720 higher in radioactivity than it should. 193 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:51,200 Explanations. Oh no, do we need any? 194 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:53,880 Nope, no explanations there. Just saw a ball of light. 195 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:57,160 Wow. May 11th 1950. 196 00:10:57,400 --> 00:11:02,120 Mcminnville OR a farm couple photographs a slow moving saucer 197 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:04,880 shaped craft flying over a nearby field. 198 00:11:05,560 --> 00:11:08,240 Experts find no evidence the photo had been taken. 199 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:12,400 The photo had been faked. Skeptics point out the crack is 200 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:17,160 exactly the same shape as the rear view mirror of a 1961 Ford 201 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:19,800 F-100 pickup. Yeah, but I wondered how they 202 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:22,480 got it up in the air like that. Amazing isn't it? 203 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:26,440 August 5th, 1950 Great Falls, Mt. 204 00:11:27,680 --> 00:11:31,840 The general manager of the local minor League Baseball team uses 205 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:37,440 a 16mm movie camera to film 2 silvery objects flying over the 206 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:39,640 city. Air Force experts examine the 207 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:42,960 film but are accused of removing some of the footage. 208 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:45,880 Well, you know, that's the risk you run when you allow the 209 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:48,440 military to have your original copy of film. 210 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:51,280 Great thing about the day is you put the stuff online and it's 211 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:53,640 out there. But yeah, another one here's. 212 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:56,320 So there's your narrative. You get the film, you get the 213 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:58,880 indisputable truth, and you just cut the purse out. 214 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:01,280 That proved the point. And guess what? 215 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:03,720 Nothing to see here. Move along. 216 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:07,720 August 25th, 1951. Lubbock, TX Professors of what 217 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:11,080 would have become professors of what would become Texas Tech 218 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:14,960 Watch groups of 20 to 30 bright lights fly overhead. 219 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:18,920 The lights return over the next few weeks, and one student even 220 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:21,840 manages to photograph them at Air Force Invest. 221 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:24,920 An Air Force investigator would say the lights were actually 222 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:27,440 plover birds. Now, remember, this is a group 223 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:29,080 of professors. Yeah. 224 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:32,000 They can't tell the difference between an orb and a bird. 225 00:12:32,480 --> 00:12:34,640 There's your narrative. We got some dumb professors out 226 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:38,200 there, I guess. July 12th through 29th, 1952, 227 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:41,600 Washington DC. A series of radar sightings of 228 00:12:41,680 --> 00:12:46,360 unexplained objects coincides with reports of white moving 229 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:50,640 lights and orange balls of fire with tails like a comet. 230 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:55,280 While investigating, an Air Force F-94 fighter pilot reports 231 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:59,400 he is surrounded by 4 white glowing objects. 232 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:02,360 This is 1 you had comments from Harry Truman made on it. 233 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:05,880 Got these orbs everywhere but nothing to see here. 234 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:09,520 Move along. July 14th, 1952, Norfolk, 235 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:14,200 Virginia 2 commercial pilots flying a Pan Am DC-4 from New 236 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:17,640 York to Miami. Spot 8 red, brightly glowing 237 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:22,280 saucer shaped objects flying in tight formation at 2000 feet 238 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:26,000 above the Chesapeake Bay. Observers on the ground also see 239 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:27,800 the objects. Now see if you get something 240 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:29,240 like this. But you got pilots in the air. 241 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:31,960 Observers on the ground, They both report seeing the same 242 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:34,240 thing. Well, hard to dispute that 243 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:35,560 narrative. So what do we do? 244 00:13:35,680 --> 00:13:37,760 We just ignore it. Here we go. 245 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:43,320 July 24th, 1952 Carson Sink, Nevada 2 Air Force colonels 246 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:48,880 flying AB25 bomber from San Francisco to Colorado Spring to 247 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:53,680 Colorado Springs spot 3 silver Delta Wing aircraft flying at 248 00:13:53,680 --> 00:13:57,800 high speed. Air Defense Command officials 249 00:13:57,960 --> 00:14:00,960 would say no civilian or military aircraft was flying 250 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:04,800 nearby. Wow, just another, just another 251 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:07,840 delta wing aircraft flying along there that nobody can explain. 252 00:14:08,240 --> 00:14:13,640 August 5th through 6th, 1953, Rapid City, SD and Bismarck, ND 253 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:17,880 civilians and military personnel observed colored glowing lights 254 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:21,120 dancing in the sky. Flight commanders follow along 255 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:25,280 on radar as Air Force planes pursue the lights which managed 256 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:30,040 to stay miles in front of them. Or was playing cat and mouse. 257 00:14:30,760 --> 00:14:33,440 No narrative necessary there. I guess it's hard to it's hard 258 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:37,640 to explain that one away. August 21st through 22nd 1955. 259 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:41,400 Hopkins, Hopkinsville, KY. Two families should report a 260 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:45,520 landed disc shaped craft near their house near their homes and 261 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:48,840 that they shot at glowing humanoids who appeared at them 262 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:51,480 through their windows. Air Force investigators would 263 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:54,280 label a case as a hoax and I guess they had nothing better to 264 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:55,760 do but make up stories about aliens. 265 00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:59,920 July 24th, 1956. Drakinsburg, South Africa. 266 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:03,040 A meteorology, just a former Royal Air Force intelligence 267 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:05,360 staffer, photographs and flying objects. 268 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:08,040 She would later claim to have had repeated contact with 269 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:12,280 occupants of alien craft and that her son was fathered by one 270 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:14,160 of the aliens. And again, I wonder about some 271 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:15,440 of these to get a little bit out there. 272 00:15:15,680 --> 00:15:17,760 But, you know, a very interesting stuff. 273 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:21,360 It would be really fun to find out that kick to take ADNA test 274 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:23,920 today and see if there was anything unusual about that. 275 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:26,960 Yeah, a pretty good article overall. 276 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:29,600 I want to go back and look at a couple of these really good ones 277 00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:33,680 that kind of make up this UFO wave that happened in about a 10 278 00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:36,080 year period just after World War 2. 279 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:38,480 You know, this is pre cell phone, this is pre mass 280 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:41,760 communication, pre Internet. And so I really enjoy these 281 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:45,400 sightings because man, what did people have to go through to 282 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:48,240 take the time to report these and for these things to actually 283 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:53,360 make it into the mainline news? Now in this July 5th 1947 Boise, 284 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:56,280 ID sighting we find it. Shortly after take off on a 285 00:15:56,280 --> 00:16:00,320 routine flight from Boise, ID to Portland, OR United Airlines, 286 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:04,800 Captain EJ Smith along with his copilot First Officer Ralph 287 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:09,280 Stevens and a stewardess witnessed 5 mysterious flying 288 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:12,840 discs in the evening sky. The objects appear to be moving 289 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:16,200 in formation, maintaining a steady course and speed. 290 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:19,640 Initially, Smith and Stevens observed 4 disc, followed 291 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:22,680 shortly by a fifth, which appears to join the group. 292 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:27,960 Captain Smith, a seasoned pilot with years of experience, later 293 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:32,000 recounts that before his own encounter, he had been highly 294 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:35,720 skeptical of the recent reports of unidentified flying objects, 295 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:39,280 particularly the widely publicized sighting by private 296 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:44,560 pilot Kenneth Arnold on June 24th, 1947 near Mount Rainier. 297 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:48,600 Arnold's account of nine fast moving Crescent shaped objects 298 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:53,080 had ignited a media frenzy and popularized the term flying 299 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:55,480 saucer. However, after his first hand 300 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:58,720 experience, Smith acknowledged that there is something 301 00:16:58,760 --> 00:17:02,120 unexplained in the skies. The flight crew watches the 302 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:05,880 objects maneuver for several minutes before they vanish from 303 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:08,280 view. Despite their efforts, they are 304 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:12,000 unable to identify any conventional explanation for the 305 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:15,760 strange aerial phenomena. Smith later tells reporters that 306 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:19,319 the sighting left him convinced that UFOs were a real and 307 00:17:19,319 --> 00:17:23,599 significant mystery, reinforcing the growing wave of reports from 308 00:17:23,599 --> 00:17:28,200 other pilots and civilians in the summer of 1947, the period 309 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:31,520 that marked the beginning of the modern UFO era. 310 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:35,280 Next, we look at this July 24th, 1948 sighting. 311 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:38,960 This is called the Child's Witted UFO Encounter. 312 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:44,720 In the early hours of July 24th, 1948, at approximately 2:45 AM, 313 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:48,920 2 veteran pilots, Captain Clarence's Chiles and copilot 314 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:53,440 John B Witted, were at the controls of an Eastern Airlines 315 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:58,120 DC3 passenger liner flying from Houston, TX to Atlanta, GA. 316 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:02,920 As they approached Montgomery, AL at an altitude of about 5000 317 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:06,400 feet, the crew was suddenly startled by the sight of a 318 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:10,400 mysterious glowing object hurtling toward them at high 319 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:12,120 speed. And imagine they're in this 320 00:18:12,120 --> 00:18:14,200 airplane, those things coming toward them. 321 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:18,200 According to Charles and Wyden, the unidentified craft was 322 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:21,720 wingless and had a distinct torpedo like shape. 323 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:25,960 It was illuminated by an eerie bluish white glow and appeared 324 00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:30,120 to have two rows of rectangular windows from which a brilliant 325 00:18:30,120 --> 00:18:33,640 light emanated. The object's trajectory brought 326 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:38,440 it within close proximity to the DC3, passing just off the right 327 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:41,920 side of the aircraft before vanishing into the night sky. 328 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:45,880 The encounter was brief but dramatic, lasting only a few 329 00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:48,600 seconds. Some accounts suggest that one 330 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:52,280 of the passengers, looking out of a window at the time, also 331 00:18:52,280 --> 00:18:54,280 caught a glimpse of the strange craft. 332 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:57,800 Charles and Witted later described it as a solid 333 00:18:57,960 --> 00:19:02,800 mechanical object with a fiery exhaust trail, suggesting it was 334 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:06,040 powered by some form of advanced propulsion. 335 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:09,200 They insisted it was not a conventional aircraft, and 336 00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:12,800 certainly not a meteor, as the Air Force investigator but later 337 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:15,200 proposed. So there you have the 2 pilots 338 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:18,600 who saw this thing, challenging the narrative that the Air Force 339 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:20,360 tried to put out there after the fact. 340 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:24,280 Investigation and controversy. The sighting was reported to 341 00:19:24,280 --> 00:19:27,640 military authorities, drawing immediate interest from the US 342 00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:31,800 Air Force, which was actively investigating UFO reports as 343 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:35,120 part of the Project Sign, an early effort to study the 344 00:19:35,120 --> 00:19:39,200 growing number of unusual aerial sightings in post World War 2 345 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:41,080 era. Say maybe cover up. 346 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:43,480 Also. While some investigators 347 00:19:43,760 --> 00:19:47,600 speculated that the pilots had witnessed a bolide that's a 348 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:51,440 particularly bright meteor, others within Project Sign were 349 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:54,120 less convinced. The structured appearance of the 350 00:19:54,120 --> 00:19:57,360 object, it's apparent windows, and the fact that it seemed to 351 00:19:57,360 --> 00:20:01,640 maneuver rather than simply streak across the sky let some 352 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:04,840 officials to privately consider the possibility of an 353 00:20:04,840 --> 00:20:08,200 extraterrestrial craft. The child's wooded sighting 354 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:12,200 became one of the most famous UFO cases of the time, adding to 355 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:15,920 the growing wave of reports. That trouble both military and 356 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:19,840 civilian observers. The Air Force ultimately listed 357 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:23,600 the sighting as unexplained in early reports, though later more 358 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:26,920 skeptical analysis attempted to attribute it to natural 359 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:28,400 phenomena. So you see, they come back 360 00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:30,120 later, try to adjust the narrative. 361 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:34,520 It's all about the narrative. Despite official skepticism, the 362 00:20:34,520 --> 00:20:37,120 event left a lasting impression on both pilots. 363 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:41,840 Charles and Witted, both highly experienced aviators with combat 364 00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:44,960 backgrounds, remain firm in their accounts of the mysterious 365 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:49,320 structured craft that passed dangerously close to the DC3 and 366 00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:51,080 the skies over Alabama that night. 367 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:53,960 So you're talking about two guys who I guess were either Co 368 00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:56,240 pilots or pilots and combat pilots. 369 00:20:56,920 --> 00:20:59,160 This is World War Two, man. They're up there. 370 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:01,720 They're up there in these old World War 2 fighter planes 371 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:05,920 shooting it out. Pretty important, I think, that 372 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:07,920 they were able to identify the planes you were shooting at. 373 00:21:08,120 --> 00:21:13,200 But they tell me they saw a UFO. They saw a UFO sighting October 374 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:17,880 10th, 1948 The Gorman Dogfight Fargo, ND On the evening of 375 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:22,160 October 10th, 1948, a chilling aerial encounter took place over 376 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:25,480 Fargo, ND. A 25 year old National Guard 377 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:30,040 pilot, George F Gorman, found himself engaged in bizarre high 378 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:32,640 speed chase with an unidentified flying object. 379 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:36,360 The encounter, which lasted nearly half an hour, remains one 380 00:21:36,360 --> 00:21:40,040 of the most compelling UFO cases of the late 1940s and is often 381 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:43,160 cited as one of the first documented dogfights between a 382 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:47,920 military pilot and a UFO. At approximately 9:00 PM, Gorman 383 00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:52,520 was piloting AP 51 Mustang on a Seoul night training flight. 384 00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:55,040 The skies were clear with excellent visibility. 385 00:21:55,360 --> 00:21:58,720 As he prepared to land at Hector Airport in Fargo, he noticed a 386 00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:02,480 bright round light below him moving fast over the city. 387 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:06,040 At first, he assumed it was a civilian aircraft, but when air 388 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:08,600 traffic control confirmed there were no other planes in his 389 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:12,760 vicinity aside from a Piper Cub flying nearby, he grew 390 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:15,360 suspicious. Gorman decided to investigate, 391 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:17,400 changing course to intercept the light. 392 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:21,520 As he closed the distance, the object abruptly accelerated, 393 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:25,520 executing sharp, rapid maneuvers that seemed beyond the 394 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:27,720 capabilities of any known aircraft at the time. 395 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:32,240 When Gorman attempted to engage, the object dodged his advances, 396 00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:36,760 responding with instantaneous direction changes and bursts of 397 00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:40,160 extreme speed. At one point, the glowing object 398 00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:44,400 reversed course and headed directly at him, forcing Gorman 399 00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:47,200 to take evasive action. As he banked hard to avoid a 400 00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:50,280 collision, the light whipped past his canopy and ascended 401 00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:53,600 sharply. Determined to to keep pace, he 402 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:58,160 pushed his P51 to its maximum speed, but the mysterious object 403 00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:02,760 effortlessly outmaneuvered him. The aerial duel lasted for 27 404 00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:06,160 minutes, during which Gorman reported experiencing severe 405 00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:08,400 difficulty keeping up with the object's movement. 406 00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:13,200 Eventually, after executing one final sharp turn, the unknown 407 00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:17,240 light shot straight up into the sky and vanished at an 408 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:21,000 incredible speed. Exhausted and bewildered, Gorman 409 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:23,600 landed safely and immediately reported the incident. 410 00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:26,400 Obviously this is kind of a cat mouse game, this things playing. 411 00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:29,240 If it can do movements like that, it could have shot this 412 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:32,200 P51 down if it wanted to without a problem. 413 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:34,360 I think. Gorman was not alone at 414 00:23:34,360 --> 00:23:36,360 witnessing the strange aerial phenomena. 415 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:41,280 The pilot of the Piper Cub, as well as his passenger, observed 416 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:46,400 the glowing object as it engaged with Gorman's Aircraft 2 Control 417 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:50,120 tower operators at Hector Airport also confirmed seeing 418 00:23:50,120 --> 00:23:52,960 the mysterious light moving erratically through the sky. 419 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:56,520 Their accounts corroborated Gorman's report, adding 420 00:23:56,520 --> 00:23:59,520 credibility to his experience. Following the encounter 421 00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:03,880 performance, P51 Mustang was subjected to a routine 422 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:06,120 inspection using a Geiger counter. 423 00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:10,280 To the shock of investigators, the aircraft showed elevated 424 00:24:10,280 --> 00:24:13,480 levels of radioactivity, significantly higher than 425 00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:15,960 expected. While this finding was never 426 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:19,560 fully explained, it added an eerie layer of mystery to an 427 00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:23,600 already perplexing case, the US Air Force, which had recently 428 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:26,520 launched Project Sign. This could have called a project 429 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:28,040 cover up as far as I'm concerned. 430 00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:32,240 A precursor to Project Blue Book to study UFO sightings 431 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:34,520 immediately investigated the incident. 432 00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:38,200 Their final explanation dismissed the object as either a 433 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:42,120 weather balloon or a misidentified celestial body, 434 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:45,440 such as Venus or Jupiter. Yeah, because Venus and Jupiter 435 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:46,680 dart all over the place like that. 436 00:24:47,040 --> 00:24:49,800 However, this conclusion did not set well with Norman, who 437 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:53,320 insisted that the object was under intelligent control and 438 00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:56,760 performed maneuvers no balloon or planet can replicate. 439 00:24:57,560 --> 00:25:00,880 Some skeptics later suggested that Gorman may have been 440 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:05,440 chasing an optical illusion or after image, possibly caused by 441 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:09,120 his own cockpit reflections, as an astronomical phenomena 442 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:11,560 magnified by atmospheric conditions. 443 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:15,360 However, such explanations fail to account for the multiple 444 00:25:15,360 --> 00:25:18,960 eyewitnesses and the Geiger counter readings on his 445 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:20,760 aircraft. Yeah, I suppose that the 446 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:24,040 radioactive fallout on the aircraft just got there 447 00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:28,040 inexplicably, huh? The Gorman encounter remains one 448 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:31,840 of the most famous UFO cases in American history, primarily 449 00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:34,640 because it involved inexperienced military pilot 450 00:25:35,120 --> 00:25:38,400 engaging in direct aerial combat with an unknown craft. 451 00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:41,640 Unlike many UFO sightings, which are fleeting and lack 452 00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:44,840 corroboration, the lengthy duration of this event, the 453 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:47,560 multiple witnesses, and the physical evidence of increased 454 00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:50,000 radiation make it particularly compelling. 455 00:25:50,360 --> 00:25:53,640 Despite official explanations George Gorman obtained for the 456 00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:56,120 rest of his life, but that what he had encountered that night 457 00:25:56,120 --> 00:25:59,680 was not of this world, the incident remains unsolved and 458 00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:03,520 continues to fuel speculation about advanced aerial technology 459 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:06,680 beyond human comprehension. Well, of course. 460 00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:08,560 So you had to. I mean, you've got this 461 00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:10,760 experienced pilot, it tells you what happened. 462 00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:12,440 You've got eyewitnesses on the ground. 463 00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:14,880 You've got eyewitnesses in a nearby airplane. 464 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:17,920 And hey, none of that matters because the narrative doesn't 465 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:20,520 agree with what the deep state wants you to believe. 466 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:23,040 We'll do three more here and we'll wrap this up. 467 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:27,920 I think this is a great case because the people involved, 468 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:31,920 just rural folks, simple folks who happen to grab a camera and 469 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:34,960 take an iconic picture. This is May 11th, 1950. 470 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:39,360 The Mcminnville UFO Photographs Mcminnville, OR On the evening 471 00:26:39,360 --> 00:26:44,240 of May 11th, 1950, a rural farm couple in Mcminnville, OR Paul 472 00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:48,160 and Evelyn Trent captured two of the most famous and debated UFO 473 00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:51,360 photographs in history. Their images, showing a saucer 474 00:26:51,360 --> 00:26:55,120 shaped craft hovering over their property remain among the most 475 00:26:55,120 --> 00:26:58,280 enduring pieces of photographic evidence in UFO history. 476 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:02,560 According to the Trents, at around 7:30 PM, Evelyn Trent was 477 00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:05,800 outside feeding the rabbits when she noticed a large metallic 478 00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:08,960 disc shaped object silently moving across the sky. 479 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:12,480 She quickly ran inside to alert her husband Paul, who grabbed 480 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:15,080 his Kodak Roamer camera and ran outside. 481 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:19,040 As the unidentified craft continue to slow trajectory over 482 00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:22,520 a nearby field, Paul managed to take two photographs before it 483 00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:24,760 speed off to the West and disappeared. 484 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:29,160 The couple later described the object as solid, metallic and 485 00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:32,760 reflecting sunlight, moving without any visible means of 486 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:35,200 propulsion. They emphasized that the UFO 487 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:38,480 made no discernible sound as it moved through the sky. 488 00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:42,200 The trance initially did not develop the film immediately 489 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:44,640 thinking little of the encounter. 490 00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:47,080 However, after sharing their story with friends and 491 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:49,640 neighbors, they were encouraged to develop the negatives. 492 00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:53,320 Once printed, the images quickly drew attention from the local 493 00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:56,040 community. The photos first appeared in the 494 00:27:56,040 --> 00:28:01,080 Mcminnville Telephone Register on June 8th, 1950, and were soon 495 00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:04,160 reprinted by The Oregonian newspaper. 496 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:07,800 Within weeks, the story had spread nationally, catching the 497 00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:10,640 attention of Life magazine, which published a photograph in 498 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:15,600 its June 26th, 1950 edition. This exposure helped cement the 499 00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:18,800 images is some of the most widely recognized UFO photos 500 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:22,280 ever taken. Over the years, the Minville UFO 501 00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:25,680 photographs have been subjected to intense scrutiny by experts 502 00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:29,520 and skeptics alike. Notably, in 1967, the Condon 503 00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:33,000 Committee, a government funded study of UFOs at the University 504 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:35,920 of Colorado, examined the photographs and found no 505 00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:37,680 evidence of tampering or hoaxing. 506 00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:41,600 Investigators determine that the object in the photos was a 507 00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:46,160 genuine 3 dimensional airborne object, ruling out obvious hoax 508 00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:48,920 methods like suspending a small model with a string. 509 00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:52,320 Later analysis, including one conducted in 1974 by Doctor 510 00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:55,000 William K Hartman for the US Air Forces Project Blue Book, 511 00:28:55,320 --> 00:28:58,440 concluded that the object was real and distant, rather than a 512 00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:01,640 small close up object like a thrown hubcap or mirror. 513 00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:06,000 Optical density measurements indicate that the UFO was not a 514 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:09,200 lightweight object hanging by a string, the skeptics had 515 00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:11,640 suggested. Despite the credibility of the 516 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:15,360 trends and the lack of evidence suggesting a hoax, skeptics have 517 00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:18,560 long attempted to debunk the minimal UFO photos. 518 00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:21,160 One of the most widely circulated claims is that the 519 00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:24,760 object bears a striking resemblance to the side view 520 00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:28,920 mirror of a Ford F-100 pickup from the 1960s. 521 00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:30,840 However, this argument is flawed. 522 00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:35,000 The Ford F-100 model with that particular mirror design did not 523 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:39,720 exist until 1961, eleven years after the photos were taken. 524 00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:43,560 Others have suggested the UFO could have been a garage light 525 00:29:43,560 --> 00:29:46,880 fixture or a discarded hubcap suspended by wire, but thorough 526 00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:50,440 analysis have failed to produce conclusive evidence supporting 527 00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:53,160 these claims. The Mcminnville photographs 528 00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:56,640 remain one of the most famous and debated UFO sightings in 529 00:29:56,640 --> 00:29:58,360 history. Unlike many UFO cases where 530 00:29:58,360 --> 00:30:02,000 witnesses faded to obscurity, Paul and Evelyn Trent stood by 531 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:05,200 their story until their deaths, maintaining that they had seen 532 00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:08,600 and photographed something extraordinary and unexplained. 533 00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:12,000 The town of Mcminnville has embraced his place in UFO 534 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:16,360 history, hosting the annual Magnanimous UFO Festival, second 535 00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:19,400 only to the famous Roswell UFO Festival. 536 00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:23,280 The event celebrates the 1950s sighting with speakers, 537 00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:27,000 researchers, and even a parade, keeping the mystery alive for 538 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:29,400 new generations. Even in the modern era of 539 00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:32,320 advanced image analysis, the Mcminnville UFO photographs 540 00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:36,400 continue to defy conclusive debunking, making them one of 541 00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:40,000 the most compelling and enduring UFO cases on record. 542 00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:42,040 No matter how hard they try, they couldn't debunk this. 543 00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:46,120 So this was August 25th, 1951 called the Lubbock Lights, 544 00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:48,040 Lubbock, TX. On the night of August 25th, 545 00:30:48,040 --> 00:30:52,720 1951, a group of respected science professors at Texas 546 00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:56,920 Technological College, now Texas Tech University, witnessed a 547 00:30:56,920 --> 00:31:00,600 stunning and unexplained aerial phenomena over the city of 548 00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:03,320 Lubbock, TX. The sighting, later dubbed the 549 00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:07,120 Lubbock Big Lights, would become one of the most famous UFO cases 550 00:31:07,360 --> 00:31:11,280 in the early 1950s, sparking national attention and drawing 551 00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:13,440 the interests of the US Air Force. 552 00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:16,080 Now keep in mind this is a collection of professors that 553 00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:18,400 are seeing this stuff. The first sighting at around 554 00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:22,600 9:20 PM, three professors of Science and engineering, Doctor 555 00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:26,400 AG Oberg, Dr. WI Robinson and Doctor George were sitting in 556 00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:29,120 one of their backyards in Lubbock, TX when they noticed a 557 00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:33,920 formation of 20 to 30 bright bluish white lights moving 558 00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:37,920 silently across the sky. The lights travelled swiftly in 559 00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:41,960 AV shaped or semi circular formation flying from north to 560 00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:44,440 South. Astonished, the professors 561 00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:47,720 continued watching the sky for more signs of the lights. 562 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:51,520 Within the next hour they saw several more formations of 563 00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:54,240 lights flying overhead in a consistent pattern. 564 00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:57,280 The men, all trained observers with scientific backgrounds, 565 00:31:57,280 --> 00:32:01,120 ruled out Meteors aircraft for weather related explanations for 566 00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:03,680 what they had seen. Over the next several weeks, 567 00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:06,760 dozens of Lubbock residents reported seeing the strange 568 00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:10,000 formations of lights, describing them as glowing, circular and 569 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:14,200 moving at high speeds. On August 30th, 1951, Carl Hart 570 00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:17,600 Junior, an 18 year old freshman at Texas Tech, managed to 571 00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:21,440 capture 5 photographs of the lights using his Kodak 35mm 572 00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:23,720 camera. Hart, who had heard of the 573 00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:26,920 sightings from others, was watching the sky when the lights 574 00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:29,480 appeared again. Acting quickly, he took a series 575 00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:33,360 of photos which clearly showed AV shaped formation of glowing 576 00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:35,440 lights. The images were published in 577 00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:39,680 newspapers across the country, including Life magazine, making 578 00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:43,160 the Lubbock lights one of the most widely publicized UFO cases 579 00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:46,040 of the decade. As reports continue to pour in, 580 00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:49,680 the US Air Force launched an investigation under Project Blue 581 00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:52,400 Book, the government's official study of UFO phenomena. 582 00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:55,600 One of the primary investigators assigned to the case was Captain 583 00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:59,360 Edward J Rupelt, who would later become the first director of 584 00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:02,640 Project Blue Book. Rupelt travelled to Lubbock and 585 00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:05,840 conducted interviews with the Professors Hart and other 586 00:33:05,840 --> 00:33:07,840 witnesses. While he was convinced the 587 00:33:07,840 --> 00:33:10,440 sightings were genuine, he struggled to find a conventional 588 00:33:10,440 --> 00:33:12,920 explanation. Eventually, the Air Force 589 00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:16,200 suggested the lights were reflections of city lights off 590 00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:21,160 the undersides of plover birds, a common species in the Lubbock 591 00:33:21,160 --> 00:33:26,080 area that migrates at night. Wow, what a stretch. 592 00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:29,960 However, many experts, including the professors, dismissed this 593 00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:32,520 explanation. They pointed out that the 594 00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:36,240 formations of lights were too precise and uniform for a flock 595 00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:39,320 of birds and that the lights moved at a much higher speed 596 00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:43,960 than any known bird species. Additionally, the Plover theory 597 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:47,440 did not account for Carl Hart's photograph, which showed 598 00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:52,000 distinct circular lights rather than reflections or scattered 599 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:55,000 points. While the Air Force officially 600 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:57,800 closed the case, stating that the Lubbock lights have been 601 00:33:57,800 --> 00:34:00,800 explained as a natural phenomena, many researchers and 602 00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:04,400 eyewitnesses remain unconvinced. The professors at Texas Tech 603 00:34:04,640 --> 00:34:07,280 never accepted the plover theory, and Captain Repel 604 00:34:07,280 --> 00:34:10,159 himself later admitted in his book The Report on Unidentified 605 00:34:10,159 --> 00:34:13,280 Flying Objects, that the Lubbock lights remained one of the most 606 00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:16,440 puzzling and credible UFO cases he had ever investigated. 607 00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:19,639 Some alternative explanations suggest the lights could have 608 00:34:19,639 --> 00:34:23,040 been classified military aircraft being tested at nearby 609 00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:26,000 air base, but no official records have ever confirmed this 610 00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:27,920 theory. Others speculated about 611 00:34:27,920 --> 00:34:31,280 atmospheric plasma formations or unknown aerial technology, 612 00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:34,120 though no conclusive evidence has been found. 613 00:34:34,400 --> 00:34:37,000 Well, I mean think about it this 1950, do you rather think 614 00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:38,480 they're going to have that kind of tech is going to be 615 00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:41,040 available? The Lubbock Lights case remains 616 00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:45,080 one of the most well documented and debated UFO sightings in 617 00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:47,960 American history. Unlike many other UFO cases 618 00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:51,840 which rely on and little evidence this the event had 619 00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:55,159 multiple highly credible witnesses, photographic 620 00:34:55,159 --> 00:34:57,960 evidence, and repeat occurrences over several weeks. 621 00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:01,760 To this day, the mystery of the Lubbock Lights remains 622 00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:05,200 unresolved, Continuing to intrigue UFO researchers and 623 00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:08,240 skeptics alike. The case stands as one of the 624 00:35:08,240 --> 00:35:12,200 earliest mass UFO sightings of the modern era and help shape 625 00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:15,600 public perception of unidentified aerial phenomena in 626 00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:18,600 the 1950s. Well, no doubt about it. 627 00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:22,680 These things were not burged. It's amazing how far the deep 628 00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:26,880 state will go establishment to come up with some kind of a 629 00:35:27,720 --> 00:35:29,720 narrative to explain away these UFOs. 630 00:35:29,720 --> 00:35:32,200 They don't care how crazy it is. They just don't care. 631 00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:34,560 Whatever they, whatever they have to say, that's what they'll 632 00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:35,800 say. OK, we're going to go ahead and 633 00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:37,440 we're going to finish up one last one here. 634 00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:40,280 There's a bunch we could do, but just for sake of time I'll have 635 00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:42,680 to wrap this up. This last night we're talking 636 00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:48,680 about from this 1950s UFO wave is the July 14th, 1952 Norfolk 637 00:35:48,720 --> 00:35:51,960 UFO Encounter. On the evening of July 14th, 638 00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:56,920 1952, a routine Pan Am Airways flight from New York to Miami 639 00:35:57,320 --> 00:36:00,840 turned into a chilling encounter with unidentified flying objects 640 00:36:00,840 --> 00:36:04,320 over the skies at Norfolk, VA. The sighting, witnessed by both 641 00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:07,760 the flight crew and observers on the ground, added to the growing 642 00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:12,480 wave of UFO reports in the summer of 1952, a period that 643 00:36:12,480 --> 00:36:16,520 would later be known as one of the most active UFO flaps in 644 00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:21,240 U.S. history. At approximately 8:10 PM, the 645 00:36:21,240 --> 00:36:26,880 Pan Am DC-4 airliner, piloted by Captain William B Nash and First 646 00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:31,160 Officer William H Fortenberry, was cruising at 8000 feet above 647 00:36:31,160 --> 00:36:33,680 the Chesapeake Bay just South of Norfolk. 648 00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:38,280 Suddenly, Nash and Fortenberry noticed a group of eight glowing 649 00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:42,760 red orange objects rapidly approaching from the West at an 650 00:36:42,760 --> 00:36:47,360 estimated altitude of 2000 feet. The objects were described as 651 00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:52,240 disc shaped, glowing brilliant red, and flying a tight V 652 00:36:52,240 --> 00:36:54,160 formation at an incredible speed. 653 00:36:54,720 --> 00:36:57,560 As the crew watched in astonishment, the objects 654 00:36:57,560 --> 00:37:03,360 suddenly reversed direction in unison, making a sharp 120° turn 655 00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:06,880 without slowing down and maneuver far beyond the 656 00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:09,560 capabilities of any known aircraft of the time. 657 00:37:10,040 --> 00:37:14,920 The pilot estimated the object speed to be well over 1000 mph, 658 00:37:15,160 --> 00:37:18,880 significantly faster than the top speeds of contemporary 659 00:37:18,880 --> 00:37:23,280 fighter jets like the F86 Sabre, which had a maximum speed of 660 00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:28,200 about 600 and 70 mile per hour. As Nash and Fortenberry continue 661 00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:32,080 to watch, the objects briefly disappeared behind a thin cloud 662 00:37:32,080 --> 00:37:36,360 layer before reemerging in a new formation of pairs, suggesting 663 00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:39,760 intelligent control. Moments later, they accelerated 664 00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:42,680 and vanished over the horizon within seconds. 665 00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:45,920 Simultaneously, multiple witnesses on the ground in the 666 00:37:45,920 --> 00:37:49,520 Norfolk area also reported seeing the strange red lights 667 00:37:49,560 --> 00:37:52,760 darting across the sky. These independent confirmations 668 00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:55,480 strengthen the credibility of the pilot's account. 669 00:37:55,960 --> 00:37:58,880 Upon landing in Miami, the crew immediately reported the 670 00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:02,360 incident to Pan Am officials and later to US Air Force 671 00:38:02,360 --> 00:38:05,240 investigators. The report was taken so 672 00:38:05,240 --> 00:38:08,480 seriously that it was quickly passed along to Project Blue 673 00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:12,440 Book, the Air Force's official UFO investigation program. 674 00:38:12,760 --> 00:38:16,400 Air Force analysts were unable to identify the objects. 675 00:38:16,840 --> 00:38:20,760 No known military exercises, aircraft, or celestial phenomena 676 00:38:20,920 --> 00:38:23,840 could explain the sighting. While some skeptics suggested 677 00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:27,320 that the lights might have been reflections or meter activity, 678 00:38:27,480 --> 00:38:30,680 this theory failed to account for the disk light shape of the 679 00:38:30,680 --> 00:38:33,760 objects, their coordinated maneuvers and abrupt changes in 680 00:38:33,760 --> 00:38:37,360 directions, their extreme speed, or the fact that multiple ground 681 00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:41,360 observers also saw them. The Norfolk sighting was just 682 00:38:41,360 --> 00:38:44,840 days before one of the most famous UFO sightings in history, 683 00:38:45,120 --> 00:38:49,640 the Washington, DC UFO sightings of July 19th through 20th and 684 00:38:49,640 --> 00:38:54,880 July 26th through 27th, 1952. During those nights, multiple 685 00:38:54,880 --> 00:38:58,320 unidentified objects were detected on radar over the 686 00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:01,400 nation's capital, causing national security concerns and 687 00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:03,240 prompting fighter jets to be scrambled. 688 00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:07,080 Many UFO researchers believe the Norfolk site may have been 689 00:39:07,080 --> 00:39:10,320 related to the Washington instance, suggesting that both 690 00:39:10,360 --> 00:39:14,000 are part of a larger wave of unexplained aerial activity 691 00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:16,240 across the US during that summer. 692 00:39:17,120 --> 00:39:20,080 Despite extensive investigations, the Norfolk UFO 693 00:39:20,080 --> 00:39:24,360 encounter remains unexplained. Captain Nash, a highly respected 694 00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:27,320 commercial pilot, stood by his testimony for the rest of his 695 00:39:27,320 --> 00:39:30,920 life, dismissing conventional explanations and insisting that 696 00:39:30,920 --> 00:39:34,880 what he and his copilot saw that night was not a human origin. 697 00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:37,840 The sighting remains one of the most credible and well 698 00:39:37,840 --> 00:39:42,320 documented cases in aviation and UFO history, reinforcing the 699 00:39:42,320 --> 00:39:45,160 mystery of the unexplained aerial phenomena that dominated 700 00:39:45,160 --> 00:39:49,320 the skies in the summer of 1952. Oh what a cool sighting. 701 00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:52,280 I just love these post World War 2 sightings from the 40s and 702 00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:54,480 50s. The people just seemed so 703 00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:57,440 sincere and credible to me. These guys were coming out of 704 00:39:57,440 --> 00:40:01,000 World War 2, they'd been through a lot of trauma, they knew how 705 00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:05,240 to how to behave under pressure and to me their stories couldn't 706 00:40:05,240 --> 00:40:07,800 be more credible. Until next time, this is UFO 707 00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:08,800 warning over and out.