1 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:05,280 Hello and welcome to the program UFO Warning. 2 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:08,520 In this episode we're talking about the George Wheeler UFO 3 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:10,520 encounter. That's correct, the George 4 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:14,280 Wheeler UFO encounter. Now I found this article over 5 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:16,760 here at newspapers.com. This is a famous sighting 6 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:19,800 happened back on May 26th. That's when the article came 7 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:24,400 out, 1976. If we go to newspapers.com, we 8 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:28,200 can find this article and the title of it, says Suddenly, the 9 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:31,240 chief believes begins by telling us. 10 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:35,000 George Wheeler, a police officer in the small Pierre County 11 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:39,520 community who says he used to think that unidentified flying 12 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:44,040 objects were figments of others imagination, recently reported 13 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:48,680 seeing his second UFO. And slightly more than a year. 14 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:50,920 I don't know what I saw, he said. 15 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:55,440 But all I know is that I don't want that experience repeated 16 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:58,600 ever again. Now he says that he is not only 17 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:02,920 a believer in UFOs, but thinks the occupants of such craft are, 18 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:06,360 quote, out to kill us. Wheeler, a veteran of 30 years 19 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:10,920 in law enforcement work, said he made his latest sighting late on 20 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:14,840 the evening of April 22nd when he went to the area of a quarry 21 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:19,120 just South of Elmwood to investigate what he thought was 22 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:21,880 a fire. He said he found a flaming 23 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:27,320 orange object about 250 feet across and as large as a 24 00:01:27,320 --> 00:01:30,960 two-story building hovering above the ground. 25 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:35,160 He said he could see shadowy figures inside. 26 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:40,120 So think about the same 250 feet across, OK, that's almost the 27 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:43,480 size of a football field and height of a two-story building, 28 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:46,800 he says. Elmwood Police Chief Gene Helmer 29 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:50,680 said Wheeler's police radio went dead as he was describing the 30 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:54,640 object and Wheeler was found semi conscious in his squad car 31 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:58,200 a short time later. The car, which had been working 32 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:02,760 well, was found to have burned out spark plugs and points 3. 33 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:06,480 Area residents reported that their television sets went off 34 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:10,560 for about 10 minutes about the time Wheeler said he saw the 35 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:13,680 UFO. Wheeler said he had been struck 36 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:16,720 by a bluish white light which came from the craft. 37 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:20,400 He developed severe headaches several days later and was 38 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:23,840 hospitalized in Menominee and Nuclear for test. 39 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:28,080 Helmer said he had never seen Wheeler as shaken as he was the 40 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:31,400 night of the sighting. George saw something all right 41 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:34,680 or he never would have shut off the squad car engine nor kept 42 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:38,360 the lights off except under extreme circumstances. 43 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:42,760 Helmer said the police officer was not the only person to see a 44 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:46,480 UFO in the area that night. Another was Paul Frederickson, 45 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:50,520 administrator of a nursing home. While Hammer works part time. 46 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:54,240 He lives near the field where Wheeler was found and was 47 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:58,120 notified of the officers sighting by a nurse after a call 48 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:01,160 was placed to the home in an effort to locate the sheep. 49 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:04,800 The chief I got up and looked out the window and saw this 50 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:06,920 flaming orange object in the sky. 51 00:03:06,920 --> 00:03:10,560 Frederickson said Wheeler's first sighting of a UFO occurred 52 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:14,680 April 7th, 1975, when he initially thought he saw a huge 53 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:17,960 play on fire heading toward the ground north of Elmwood. 54 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:22,000 He also described that object as flaming orange and said it was 55 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:23,920 about the size of a football field. 56 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:28,240 Wheeler said he detected a hose dangling from the latest UFO he 57 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:32,520 saw and noted that both sightings were near a 69,000 58 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:35,280 Volt power line, which is located in an area. 59 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:38,960 He speculated that the craft might possibly be using the 60 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:43,800 vicinity as a recharging site. Wow, that's really a crazy one. 61 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:47,840 Now, some people also think that maybe this hose was dangling off 62 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:51,680 of this thing, could have been trying to suck water out of that 63 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:54,040 quarry. Either way, it happened. 64 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:56,320 This seemed like there's a tremendous amount of energy 65 00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:57,840 involved. Now I want to take a look at 66 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:00,640 another article about this. Now I want to take another look 67 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:06,480 at this Wheeler case here. This is from up nnewswi.com and 68 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:08,880 I'll have a link at the Kofi site. 69 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:12,000 It says that the eight most convincing UFO sightings in 70 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:15,600 Wisconsin history. We'll look at this Elmwood UFO 71 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:18,160 sighting first. It says in 1976, police officer 72 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:22,240 George Wheeler witnessed what he thought was a fire in a quarry 73 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:25,840 in Elmwood, WI. When he got a closer look, he 74 00:04:25,840 --> 00:04:29,200 reported back on his radio that it was a UFO instead. 75 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:33,800 Then his radio went dead. Wheeler wasn't the first person 76 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:36,760 in Elmwood to spot something unexpected in the sky. 77 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:40,320 Locals in the western Wisconsin village had been reporting UFO 78 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:43,240 sightings for nearly a year before the police officer had 79 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:46,640 his encounter. After his sighting, Wheeler was 80 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:49,640 found sitting in his car, which had stopped working. 81 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:53,800 The police officer said that he was zapped with a blue light 82 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:57,760 from the UFO and didn't remember anything else until he was 83 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:00,040 found. Adding to the mystery of this 84 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:03,320 encounter, Wheeler died less than a year later. 85 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:07,200 And then it goes on here and has a, a little talk about they have 86 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:11,040 a UFO convention up there at the last weekend of July. 87 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:13,960 That's some strange stuff. Now, this guy had two different 88 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:15,880 encounters. I read somewhere where he was 89 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:21,040 actually a World War 2 fighter, combat fighter pilot, veteran. 90 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:24,280 And of course this town only had like 1000 people in it or 91 00:05:24,280 --> 00:05:27,520 something, maybe 700 back then. He was just, he was filling in 92 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:31,040 for the one law enforcement officer they had that they 93 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:33,160 employed that day. He was kind of a substitute guy. 94 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:36,880 He sees what he thinks is a fire over on this place called Tuttle 95 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:40,200 Hill, and he goes over to investigate and instead of 96 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:44,920 fighting a fire, he finds this giant almost like a flaming UFO 97 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:46,720 in the sky. Now, he reported this thing 98 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:50,160 being like 200 feet across, 250 feet across, saying it was two 99 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:53,640 stories, that there are portals in it and that he could look 100 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:56,720 inside and see these entities or aliens or whatever walking 101 00:05:56,720 --> 00:05:59,440 around in there. So he had a really up close and 102 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:02,440 personal experience. Very, very strange sighting. 103 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:04,320 It's got some other sightings listed here. 104 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:07,800 Seems like there's a lot of activity in that area, It says 105 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:11,480 it talks about these Mayville crop circles. 106 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:14,320 It says one of the state's most interesting and convincing UFO 107 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:17,320 stories doesn't even involve an actual UFO sighting. 108 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:20,720 Instead, it centers around crop circles that were found in 109 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:26,120 Mayville, a city located in southwestern Dodge City, in 2000 110 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:28,680 Dodge County. Rather, in 2003, Mayville 111 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:33,000 resident author Rentella said that he watched 3 crop circles 112 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:37,400 appear in a field near his home. Rentella said he first noticed 113 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:40,680 when a strong wind picked up and he saw trees in a cornfield 114 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:44,760 violently moving around. Members from MUFON investigated 115 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:47,400 the crop circles and have said that they did not believe it was 116 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:50,240 a hoax. However, the legitimacy of the 117 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:51,800 crop circles has been questioned. 118 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:55,640 And then it quotes Some silly Reddit user here. 119 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:57,360 I don't know why they want to do this. 120 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:04,800 You've got a good a good report and MUFON has investigated it 121 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:08,560 and then in order to refute roof on people that do this 122 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:10,480 professionally, they investigate these scenes. 123 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:14,480 They quote some random unnamed Reddit user who says, well, this 124 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:17,840 could have been a prank. I I just not very good writing 125 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:19,520 really. Anyway, goes on down here. 126 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:21,800 Ask a couple more Dundee mountain UFO sightings. 127 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:25,680 It says mountains aren't a common sight in the Midwest, but 128 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:28,200 there's something extra unusual about Dundee Mountain. 129 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:32,720 Some nearby residents believe that the 270 foot formation has 130 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:36,640 a UFO hiding underneath it. For decades, residents who live 131 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:39,240 near the massive hill and surrounding lake have reported 132 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:43,360 seeing glowing orbs near the top of Dundee Mountain, including 133 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:46,800 resident Bill Benson, along with five others who spotted an 134 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:49,320 orange ball over the mountain in 1998. 135 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:52,880 For more than 30 years, residents of Dundee and UFO 136 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:56,720 enthusiasts have gathered together at an annual event, UFO 137 00:07:56,720 --> 00:07:59,720 Days has spelled Daze, organized by Benson. 138 00:07:59,960 --> 00:08:02,680 The event, which was held annually in July, officially 139 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:06,120 ended in 2021 after Benson passed away. 140 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:09,280 But for three decades it was an opportunity for the local 141 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:13,520 community and visitors who are passionate about UFOs to come 142 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:16,520 together to discuss the unusual sightings in the area. 143 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:20,080 And sounds fun. And then here we have Coral 144 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:24,200 Lorenzen's 1934 sightings. This is before 1976. 145 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:28,320 Coral Lorenzen was a biographer, journalist and Co founder of the 146 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:30,200 Aerial Phenomena Research Organization. 147 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:34,360 But before any of that she was a young girl in Baron, Wisconsin 148 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:37,440 who saw a UFO. Baron, a small city in 149 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:41,880 northeastern Wisconsin, was home to 9 year old Lorenzen who 150 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:45,600 noticed something floating in the sky and pointed it out to 151 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:48,920 two of her friends. The soundless saucer like object 152 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:54,080 appeared to Lorenzen as an open umbrella without ribs or spurs. 153 00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:57,880 According to Wisconsin Frights, the 9 year old told her father 154 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:01,160 about what she saw, but no other sightings of the object were 155 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:03,840 recorded that year. That would have probably been 156 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:05,360 pretty scary for a nine year old kid. 157 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:09,400 Here's 1 from 1934 says flying saucer spotted in Door County 158 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:13,600 The 1934 sighting wouldn't be the last time that Lorenzen 159 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:17,320 spotted a saucer in the sky. Nearly two decades later, in 160 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:21,640 1952, the journalist and Wisconsin resident, along with 161 00:09:21,640 --> 00:09:24,400 many other Door County residents, witnessed a large 162 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:27,720 flying saucer over Sturgeon Bay. According to Lorenzen's 163 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:32,840 description, the UFOs were large metallic flying saucers with red 164 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:37,200 glows emerging from the bottom. That wasn't the last time that a 165 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:40,280 UFO was reported to be spotted over Door County. 166 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:44,720 Ellison Bay resident Ryan Mueller had seven UFO sightings 167 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:49,200 within a year, according to Door County Pulse, and took pictures 168 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:53,200 of a mysterious white light that he's seen several times near his 169 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:56,440 home. And here once says UFO, pancakes 170 00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:58,600 and numerous examples from pop culture. 171 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:01,480 Extraterrestrials normally demand to be taken to a leader, 172 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:05,600 but in the case of Joe Simonton, a Wisconsin resident who claims 173 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:09,320 he saw a UFO and then three small aliens emerged from it, 174 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:12,280 all they wanted was pancakes. Yeah, we did a podcast on this a 175 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:13,720 long time ago. I should do another one. 176 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:18,560 According to Cult of Weird, a UFO landed at Simonton's Eagle 177 00:10:18,560 --> 00:10:22,920 River home in 1961. When 3 extraterrestrials 178 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:27,720 emerged, they gave the Wisconsin man a large container, which 179 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:31,440 Simonton somehow interpreted needed to be filled with water. 180 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:35,840 After he filled the container with water, the aliens proceeded 181 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:39,280 to make pancakes with their concoction, which they left with 182 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:42,240 Simonton before departing. While the story sounds 183 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:46,080 unbelievable, it was credible enough to be investigated by the 184 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:49,360 United States Air Force, who concluded that the mysterious 185 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:53,400 alien pancakes seem to be buckwheat pancakes. 186 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:57,000 Interesting. And it's got a picture of this 187 00:10:57,080 --> 00:11:01,120 Simonton fellow here. Now it goes on and says at 2022 188 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:05,360 Western Wisconsin sightings. Many potential UFO sightings are 189 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:08,440 able to be ruled out or explained by more realistic 190 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:11,400 reasoning, like the lights of a bright city or a plane in the 191 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:14,120 sky rather than an unidentified object. 192 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:17,120 But there's still plenty of mysteries surrounding several 193 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:19,800 sightings that happened in western Wisconsin. 194 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:25,920 In December 2022, a woman in Howard, WI, a village near Green 195 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:29,800 Bay, witnessed flashing and swooping multi colored lights in 196 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:33,720 the sky. A few hours later, a West Bend 197 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:37,440 resident saw a glowing white object swoop down in front of 198 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:40,720 her while she was driving. The next day, a couple in 199 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:44,200 Greenfield saw unexplainable lights in the sky over the Fox 200 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:46,440 River. The reason that these sightings 201 00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:48,920 are so convincing? Well, there's a ton of footage 202 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:51,280 of them. A 2022 article from the Daily 203 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:55,080 Mail has photos and videos of from several sightings across 204 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:58,360 these parts of western Wisconsin, as well as multiple 205 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:02,280 locations in Michigan and some crazy stuff. 206 00:12:02,560 --> 00:12:06,360 Here's one that says one of the state's most eerie UFO stories 207 00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:10,560 is also one of its most recent. According to Wisconsin Frights, 208 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:15,000 a married couple experienced a UFO sighting in Hell's Corners 209 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:18,040 in late 2023. While the couple was driving, 210 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:20,920 they initially noticed a bright light that looked as if it was 211 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:25,000 on top of a pole, but then the shape took on more of a saucer 212 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:27,440 form. But beyond the initial sighting, 213 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:29,920 the couple has no recollection of the rest of the experience. 214 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:32,760 They believe the UFO caused them to lose their memory. 215 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:36,040 Despite, or maybe due to the bright lights of the city of the 216 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:40,080 state's largest city, the Milwaukee area is a hotbed for 217 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:43,240 UFO sightings, including a recent occurrence when residents 218 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:45,840 mistakenly thought that bright lights in the area could be a 219 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:49,240 UFO. In early 2023, the same year as 220 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:52,160 the Hell's Corner sighting, bright lights were seen by 221 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:54,520 Milwaukee residents, but those turned out to be Jupiter and 222 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:57,960 Venus. I mean, turned out to be Jupiter 223 00:12:57,960 --> 00:12:59,840 and Venus. Maybe, maybe. 224 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:02,040 Were they there watching them? Were they there? 225 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:03,960 Were they there measuring? I mean, I don't know the 226 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:06,360 pictures. I, I The thing is, with an 227 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:10,760 article like this, it's got some decent information in it, but 228 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:15,960 the person writing it seems to be so bent toward debunking that 229 00:13:15,960 --> 00:13:19,000 they really kind of degrade the article a lot. 230 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:22,600 But still, it shows that there's a lot of sightings happening up 231 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:26,360 here with this old World War 2 pilot had his experience at the 232 00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:27,600 stuff still going on. Now. 233 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:29,120 We'll take a look at another article here. 234 00:13:29,560 --> 00:13:33,480 Now back to Wheeler. I found this article at SCUSE 235 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:37,000 dot IO. It's a little history website. 236 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:40,360 It looks like it says police Officer George Wheeler and it's 237 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:43,480 got a picture of this fellow pointing at the area where he 238 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:46,280 saw this UFO at. After police Officer George 239 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:50,880 Wheeler first encounter with UFO at Elmwood in April 1975, he was 240 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:54,480 eager to see another as respected Pierce County Village 241 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:57,760 police officer who has a satisfaction of knowing that 242 00:13:57,760 --> 00:14:01,760 many other persons saw the same flaming ball he did six months 243 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:04,680 ago, confesses his life isn't what it used to be. 244 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:08,840 First, George Wheeler hasn't felt well since the clear spring 245 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:13,280 night, April 6th, when a flaming ball the size of a football 246 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:18,360 field raced over a hill from the northeast and flew silently over 247 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:22,480 Wheeler after he halted his squad car abruptly and drove 248 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:26,240 into a nearby ditch. Nobody seems able to determine 249 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:28,760 what my ailment is. The 70 year old Wheeler said, 250 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:32,080 even though he looks 15 years younger than he is. 251 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:35,600 I'm reluctant to say it, but I think it's possible I got a good 252 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:39,480 dose of radiation from that UFO. Second, the veteran police 253 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:42,880 officer, 20 years here in Pierce County in 10 years as a New York 254 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:46,760 State Highway Patrol trooper says he's a believer now that 255 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:49,520 UFOs exist. Before April 6th. 256 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:51,280 I more or less shrugged them off. 257 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:55,640 Third, Wheeler's name has been added to the mailing list of UFO 258 00:14:55,640 --> 00:14:59,920 enthusiasts all over the US and Canada, and he has received 259 00:14:59,920 --> 00:15:03,720 correspondence from government agencies as well as from many 260 00:15:03,720 --> 00:15:06,000 organizations interested in UFOs. 261 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:10,720 Wheeler's story has appeared in the weekly tabloid The Tattler 262 00:15:10,720 --> 00:15:14,600 Magazine, and in about two weeks this same picture of him with 263 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:18,040 today's story will appear the National Enquirer, another 264 00:15:18,040 --> 00:15:20,560 weekly tab newspaper distributed nationwide. 265 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:24,800 His voice will now be on a new record being produced by 266 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:27,600 Columbia Records, which is compiling eyewitness accounts 267 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:31,680 from many of the estimated 32,000,000 Americans who claimed 268 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:35,240 to have observed UFOs. That record is due for release 269 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:39,840 late this year or early 1976. Man, I'd love to listen to that. 270 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:43,800 But what is past is prologue. And the next time George Wheeler 271 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:48,080 sees a UFO, he'll be prepared. In his squad car now are field 272 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:51,200 glasses and two types of cameras, including one spatially 273 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:55,320 adapted to night photography. I'm dying to get another chance 274 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:56,720 at seeing one, he said this week. 275 00:15:57,120 --> 00:16:01,240 Last April 6th, while on night patrol just north of this small 276 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:04,920 Pierce County village, Wheeler saw what appeared to be a huge 277 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:08,400 airplane in distress coming right at him from over a hill to 278 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:11,960 the northeast. Wheeler halted his car, drove 279 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:14,480 into a nearby ditch, and prepared to brace for the 280 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:18,080 expected whine of jet engines. While he must have really 281 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:21,480 thought this thing was on top of him, instead he heard no sound. 282 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:25,520 The silent flaming ball he estimated to be about 1500 feet 283 00:16:25,520 --> 00:16:29,760 above and about the size of a football field made no noise. 284 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:34,280 Still thinking it might be a 747 jet attempting to avoid crashing 285 00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:37,920 in the village, Weider hopped back into his squad car and 286 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:41,600 drove to the South side flats where he hoped to get a better 287 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:43,400 look. When he arrived there and 288 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:47,800 stopped, he observed the flaming craft hovering motionless before 289 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:52,080 it speed up at tremendous speeds, making 90° turns without 290 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:54,920 slowing. It finally took off to the West. 291 00:16:56,680 --> 00:16:59,640 Wheeler, father of a former University of Wisconsin football 292 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:02,520 player Sam Wheeler, later learned that several persons in 293 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:05,680 North Carolina also observed a UFO the same night. 294 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:08,640 What saved me, Wheeler recounted this week, is that several other 295 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:11,480 respected persons in Pearson County saw the same thing. 296 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:14,720 These persons include a young mother and Pierce County Deputy 297 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:17,760 Sheriff's. Before April 6th, George Wheeler 298 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:21,520 was, like most Americans, doubting stories told by UFO 299 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:23,960 siders. Wheeler said that whenever he is 300 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:27,920 on night duty assisting Elmwood Police Chief Gene Helmer on a 301 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:31,400 part time basis now that he has retired, he is constantly 302 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:34,680 looking up in the sky. I am a firm believer that they 303 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:36,800 are coming back and that we'll see them again. 304 00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:40,560 Many persons around here are skeptical when they first heard 305 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:43,160 a Wheeler spotting the flaming wall, But when others said they 306 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:46,000 saw the same thing and stop being a joke, Wheeler said the 307 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:49,440 craft made no sound. There was no radio interference 308 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:52,840 and my wife knew the minute I arrived home that something was 309 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:55,000 wrong. I guess it was written all over 310 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:57,480 my face. Yeah, that's a pretty good take 311 00:17:57,480 --> 00:17:59,600 on this article. OK, so we've kind of got a 312 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:03,160 couple different perspectives from George Wheeler's 313 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:04,880 experience. And then I I want to look at 314 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:07,360 some recent stuff that's happened here as we tie this all 315 00:18:07,360 --> 00:18:09,920 in together about these really strange sightings happening, 316 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:13,400 happening in and around Elmwood, WI. 317 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:17,360 So we'll finish up here at this last article comes from 318 00:18:17,360 --> 00:18:20,960 thesun.com. thesun.com. I'll put the link over COFI like 319 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:25,080 it did with the other stuff. The title on this says not so 320 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:27,600 alien. I saw my first UFO when I was 321 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:30,840 four years old. It first looked like a bright 322 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:32,840 star but made me stop in my tracks. 323 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:36,040 And this is written by Rachel Dobkin, published July 3rd, 324 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:39,920 2023. And the article says a Midwest 325 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:42,800 man has recalled his close encounter with UFO when he was 326 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:46,960 just four years old. Tom Forster from Elmwood, WI, 327 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:50,600 said that he and his family saw something strange in the sky 328 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:54,280 when he was a boy in 1975. So you see you're back here in 329 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:58,080 the same time frame that George Wheeler had his first experience 330 00:18:58,080 --> 00:18:59,440 and then I think he had the second experience. 331 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:02,640 April was the 8th or 22nd and 1976. 332 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:06,480 Now they began by saying we were coming home from my grandma and 333 00:19:06,480 --> 00:19:09,280 grandpa's and we had seen a bright star in the sky, 334 00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:12,480 Forrester told ABC affiliate WQOW. 335 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:16,280 He explained We were singing Starlight Star Bright and it 336 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:18,840 didn't land in the road in front of us, but it came close and 337 00:19:18,840 --> 00:19:21,360 stopped us and we stopped at a neighbor's. 338 00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:23,880 Are they from outer space? Is it the government 339 00:19:23,880 --> 00:19:25,640 experimental ships? Forster said. 340 00:19:26,120 --> 00:19:29,480 Will we ever know? Elmwood, known for the many 341 00:19:29,480 --> 00:19:32,960 reported UFO sightings in the town, is near the West border of 342 00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:37,400 Wisconsin, about 60-7 miles away from Minneapolis. 343 00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:42,480 While Forster may have seen his first UFO at age 4, it certainly 344 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:46,120 was not his last. Forster and his wife saw a UFO1 345 00:19:46,120 --> 00:19:49,320 night on top of the pole shed on their property, he told 346 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:53,480 Republican Eagle in 2019. His wife was concerned and asked 347 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:56,880 him what they should do, Forster said, to which he recalled 348 00:19:56,880 --> 00:20:00,840 saying I'm going to bed. Forster said at the time that 349 00:20:00,840 --> 00:20:05,600 the most recent UFO he saw it was in 2007, and he said he was 350 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:07,160 never drinking when he saw one of them. 351 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:11,320 No one claims to be the UFO capital Wisconsin, however it 352 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:15,680 has competition from Bellevue and Dundee who have also claimed 353 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:20,440 the title from 1975 to 1976. Local police officer George 354 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:23,720 Wheeler. Claimed he saw multiple UFOs 355 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:26,840 near a rock quarry right outside of town. 356 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:30,360 People started talking about it because he doesn't have anything 357 00:20:30,360 --> 00:20:32,560 to gain. His whole reputation is at 358 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:35,720 stake, said Amy Beckel, president of the Elmwood 359 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:38,600 Community Club. Beckel's group puts on the UFO 360 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:42,400 Days festival every year in late July, which includes tours of 361 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:46,440 reported sighting locations. We're not the state football 362 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:48,800 players every year. We're not the state basketball 363 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:51,520 players every year. So that would be our claim to 364 00:20:51,520 --> 00:20:54,880 fame, would be the UFO sightings and our talent celebration. 365 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:59,480 Bekel said Elmwood's 44th annual UFO Days will take place from 366 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:03,200 July 28th to July 30th. Not that would have been last 367 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:05,840 year. Yeah, very cool sightings. 368 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:08,480 I mean, you can just see it. It seems like a lot of stuff 369 00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:11,840 going on there over the years and especially back in this 370 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:16,040 197576 period seems to have been just a hotbed of activity. 371 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:18,640 Now were these things coming down there like like Wheeler 372 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:21,680 said to possibly draw energy off the power good? 373 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:24,560 Were they there to bring up water into the spaceship? 374 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:29,280 And what was it that possibly caused the death of George 375 00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:32,040 Wheeler just a year after the 2nd sighting? 376 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:34,760 All really cool stuff and interesting stuff. 377 00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:37,000 Sad for George that he passed away so shortly after the 378 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:39,720 sighting, but you know these things are still showing up in 379 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:42,320 Wisconsin. Until next time, this is UFO 380 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:43,720 warning over and out.