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Stories14

The Karekare Beach Lights

March 31, 2019 · Karekare Beach, Waitākere Ranges, West Auckland

UAP · Unknown · 9 sources

11Thinly documented

The Rainbow Lake Splashdown

October 2, 1973 · Rainbow Lake, beside Bypass 28, Derry, New Hampshire

UAP · Unknown · 14 sources

19Thinly documented

Ottawa County Sheriff and Deputies' Sighting over Lake Michigan

c. 1967 · Grand Haven, Ottawa County, Michigan (Lake Michigan shore)

UAP · Other · 9 sources

29Thinly documented

The Patchogue "Giant Hot Dog" UFO, Long Island, 1966

c. 1966 · Patchogue, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York

UAP · Cigar · 9 sources

19Thinly documented

The Kenilworth Police and the "Huge Ball" over Lake Michigan

September 24, 1966 · Kenilworth, Illinois, over Lake Michigan

UAP · Sphere · 9 sources

24Thinly documented

Fort Smith Mass Light Sighting, Arkansas (1966)

August 16, 1966 · Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas

UAP · Orb / light · 14 sources

37Partially documented

Bangor Motorist Fires on a UFO: John King, 1966

March 23, 1966 · Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine

UAP · Egg · 11 sources

18Thinly documented

Michigan "Swamp Gas" Sightings: Dexter and Hillsdale

March 20, 1966 · Mannor farm near Dexter, Washtenaw County, and Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan

UAP · Egg · 47 sources

47Partially documented

The Salisbury Diamond with Orbiting Balls, North Carolina, 1966

February 2, 1966 · Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina

UAP · Diamond · 11 sources

20Thinly documented

The Paulding Light, Robbins Pond Road, Michigan (1966 to present)

1966 · End of Robbins Pond Road (Old US 45), between Watersmeet and Paulding, Ottawa National Forest, Upper Peninsula, Michigan

UAP · Orb / light · 14 sources · 1 photos

32Partially documented

The John F. Reeves "Robot" Landing, Brooksville

March 2, 1965 · Scrubland between Brooksville and Weeki Wachee, Hernando County, Florida

UAP · Being / humanoid · 26 sources

29Thinly documented

Houghton Lake Pilot Paced by Six Lights

July 16, 1964 · About 15 miles south of Houghton Lake, Roscommon County, Michigan (in flight at 4,500 ft)

UAP · Formation · 8 sources

21Thinly documented

The Hornet Spook Light (Devil's Promenade, Joplin / Tri-State Spooklight)

January 1936 · E 50 Road ("Spooklight Road" / "the Devil's Promenade"), near Hornet, Newton County, Missouri, at the Oklahoma state line near Quapaw

UAP · Orb / light · 21 sources

29Thinly documented

The Gurdon Light

c. 1931 · Old Missouri Pacific railroad line near Collins Rd and State Road 53, outside Gurdon, Clark County, Arkansas

UAP · Orb / light · 23 sources

27Thinly documented

Names4

swamp gas Term · 8 stories
Two words that became a punchline.
J. Allen Hynek Person · 88 stories
An astronomer, and for years the Air Force's own scientific consultant.
Brian Dunning Person · 53 stories
Brian Dunning, host of Skeptoid, turns up again and again in these archives, usually once the witnesses have spoken.
earth lights Term · 3 stories
A theory of lights born from the ground itself.

Documents29 · see all

Physicist Raps Explanations Air Force Probe of UFOs Called 'Scientific Scandal' FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 2004-01-06· 1 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 1 …He said the most common explanation is that they result from two natural phenomena swamp gas and ball lighting. "Several…
Physicist Raps Explanations 'Air Force Probe of UFOs Called Scientific Scandal' FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 2004-01-06· 1 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 1 …He said the most common explanation is that they result from two natural phenomena swamp gas and ball lighting. "Several…
[07/11/1997]: 26444833-20060474F-001-015-2023 Official release

· 2 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 2 ARMS Email System detachable vehicle roaming across the Martian desert were blatant fiction, provoked by incidences involving swamp gas. But…
Ford Press Releases, UFO, 1966 Document

Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library· 15 pages· 3 pages mention it
- p. 4 …of the recent sightings in Michigan and describes the "swamp gas" version given by astrophysicist J. Allen Hynek as 11flippant…
- p. 7 …he recent sightings in Michigan and describes tb.e "swamp gas • version given by astrophysicist J. Allen Hynek as "flippant…
Ford Press Releases, UFO, 1966 (alternate URL) Document

Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library· 15 pages· 3 pages mention it
- p. 4 …of the recent sightings in Michigan and describes the "swamp gas" version given by astrophysicist J. Allen Hynek as 11flippant…
- p. 7 …he recent sightings in Michigan and describes tb.e "swamp gas • version given by astrophysicist J. Allen Hynek as "flippant…
[07/10/1997 - 12/11/1999]: 26444787-20060474F-001-013-2023 Official release

· 8 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 1 …Martian desert were blatant fiction, provoked by incidences involving swamp gas. But the general public has been slow to accept…
- p. 2 …Martian desert were > blatant fiction, provoked by incidences involving swamp gas. But the > general public has been slow to accept…

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Videos13 · see all

REVISITING AGAIN THE 1966 MICHIGAN UFO SWAMP GAS SIGHTINGS

From Michigan "Swamp Gas" Sightings: Dexter and Hillsdale

UFO Case Review - Michigan Swamp Gas, 1966

From Michigan "Swamp Gas" Sightings: Dexter and Hillsdale

Michigan's 1966 "Swamp Gas" UFO: New Perspectives

From Michigan "Swamp Gas" Sightings: Dexter and Hillsdale

FIFTY YEARS ON: MICHIGAN SWAMP GAS UFOS 1966

From Michigan "Swamp Gas" Sightings: Dexter and Hillsdale

Dr. J. Allen Hynek talks swamp gas

From Michigan "Swamp Gas" Sightings: Dexter and Hillsdale

1966-03-26: J Allen Hynek on Michigan's March UFO Flap

From Michigan "Swamp Gas" Sightings: Dexter and Hillsdale

1966 UFO Sightings in Dexter, Michigan: A Mini-Documentary

From Michigan "Swamp Gas" Sightings: Dexter and Hillsdale

Hynek press conference footage

From Michigan "Swamp Gas" Sightings: Dexter and Hillsdale

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