As hard as it is to imagine now, there was once a time when UFOs were given serious, front-page coverage in US national news, and when the Air Force would hold press conferences at the Pentagon to brief the public on what it knew. All of this began to change after a highly-publicized pair of UFO sightings over the nation's capitol in the summer of 1952. Despite the Air Forces' attempts, these events remain one of Project Blue Book's hardest cases to dismiss. Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/user?u=3375417 Donate on Paypal: https://ThinkAnomalous.com/support.html Website: https://ThinkAnomalous.com Full transcript and mp3: https://ThinkAnomalous.com/washington-dc-ufo-sightings.html Facebook: https://facebook.com/ThinkAnomalous Twitter: https://twitter.com/Think_Anomalous Instagram: https://instagram.com/Think.Anomalous Think Anomalous is created by Jason Charbonneau. Illustration by Colin Campbell. Music by Josh Chamberland. Animation by Brendan Barr. Sound design by Will Mountain and Josh Chamberland. Special Thanks to my patron, Alexander Torres, for his generous financial support. Sources: Edward Ruppelt, The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects. New York: Doubleday, 1956). Richard Dolan. UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up, 1941-1973. Charlottesville: Hampton Roads, 2002. 1938): 247-260. All Think Anomalous videos in a playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc9zbu1ZOD2sqRLzBPX0hpSCZugZCmIiQ UFO Case Review playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc9zbu1ZOD2vmqHj-Lttz-oAX4lDBXC4r UFO Case Review contains sound design with elements downloaded from Freesound.org. Typewriter_2rows.wav, Uploaded by Fatson under the Attribution License. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEQxHytDcws

There is probably no case of alien abduction more widely known than that of Travis Walton, a 22-year-old logger from Snowflake, AZ. Travis's case includes a number of details that strongly suggest at the involvement of extraterrestrial beings; but it also has some similarities to older accounts of "abduction" in other times and places. Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/user?u=3375417 Donate on Paypal: https://ThinkAnomalous.com/support.html Website: https://ThinkAnomalous.com Full transcript and mp3: https://ThinkAnomalous.com/Travis-Walton.html Facebook: https://facebook.com/ThinkAnomalous Twitter: https://twitter.com/Think_Anomalous Instagram: https://instagram.com/Think.Anomalous Check out more from our illustrator, V.R. Laurence: https://vrlaurence.com Think Anomalous is created by Jason Charbonneau. Illustration by V.R. Laurence (https://vrlaurence.com) Research by Clark Murphy. Music by Josh Chamberland. Animation by Brendan Barr. Sound design by Will Mountain and Josh Chamberland. Sources: [Updates soon] Kemp, Stephen, dir. “The Abduction.” Paranormal Witness, season 2, episode 9, USA: Syfy, October 3, 2012. https://imdb.com/title/tt2418336. https://syfy.com/paranormal-witness/episodes/season/2/episode/9/the-abduction. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranormal_Witness. Klass, Philip J. UFOs: The Public Deceived. Buffalo, NY, USA: Prometheus Books, 1983. https://archive.org/details/ufospublicdeceiv0000klas. Klass, Philip J. UFO-Abductions: A Dangerous Game. Buffalo, NY, USA: Prometheus Books, 1988. https://archive.org/details/ufoabductionsdan0000klas. Klass, Philip J. “Walton Claims He Is Afraid To Recall What Occurred Aboard UFO.” Skeptics UFO Newsletter 50. March, 1998. https://centerforinquiry.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/docs/SUN/SUN50.pdf. Lieberman, Robert, dir. Fire in the Sky. Hollywood, CA, USA: Paramount Pictures, March 12, 1993. https://imdb.com/title/tt0106912. http://worldcat.org/oclc/28884115. Stein, Jennifer, dir. Travis - The True Story of Travis Walton. USA: Onwinges Productions, Bloomgarden Films, Ivolve Media Group, Terrio Productions, Two of Us Productions, February 17, 2015. https://imdb.com/title/tt4762684. Trailer: https://youtu.be/6HjC28s_5nQ. Website: https://traviswaltonthemovie.com. Watch for free: https://tubitv.com/movies/550812/travis_the_true_story_of_travis_walton. Rent or buy: https://amazon.com/Travis-True-Story-Walton/dp/B086QB94NY. Stein, Jennifer, dir. Alien Abduction: A True Story. https://imdb.com/title/tt7996678. Vallée, Jacques and Chris Aubeck. Wonders in the Sky: Unexplained Aerial Anomalies from Antiquity to Modern Times. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/ Penguin, 2009. https://archive.org/details/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=So_Np8EQ_XQ

Several weeks before Kenneth Arnold's famous sighting, two men from Washington state claimed to have encountered several flying saucers on Maury Island, and later, a Man in Black. The incident is commonly dismissed as a hoax, but a few details of the case point to something more sinister than a mere prank... Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/user?u=3375417 Donate on Paypal: https://ThinkAnomalous.com/support.html Website: https://ThinkAnomalous.com Full transcript and mp3: https://ThinkAnomalous.com/maury-island-ufo.html Facebook: https://facebook.com/ThinkAnomalous Twitter: https://twitter.com/Think_Anomalous Instagram: https://instagram.com/Think.Anomalous Think Anomalous is created by Jason Charbonneau. Illustration by Colin Campbell. Music by Josh Chamberland. Animation by Brendan Barr. Sound design by Will Mountain and Josh Chamberland. Sources: Charlette LeFevre and Philip Lipson. "The Maury Island UFO Incident: the Story behind the Air Force’s first military plane crash." Seattle: LeFevre and Lipson, 2014. George Dudding. "The Maury Island UFO Encounter." Spencer, WV: GSD, 2015. Kenn Thomas. "Maury Island UFO: The Crisman Conspiracy." San Francisco: Last Gasp of San Francisco, 1999. All Think Anomalous videos in a playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc9zbu1ZOD2sqRLzBPX0hpSCZugZCmIiQ UFO Case Review playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc9zbu1ZOD2vmqHj-Lttz-oAX4lDBXC4r ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwSdOmKFJdk

While many UFO sightings may appear to be random, isolated events, others are actually quite patterned - almost predictable. The Hudson Valley sightings came in waves, frequently recurring in the same few areas north of New York City. After years of sightings, it became clear that these sightings followed a few strange, but discernible patterns that seem to suggest that there is some logic to the UFO phenomenon. Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/user?u=3375417 Donate on Paypal: https://ThinkAnomalous.com/support.html Website: https://ThinkAnomalous.com Full transcript and mp3: https://ThinkAnomalous.com/hudson-valley-ufo.html Facebook: https://facebook.com/ThinkAnomalous Twitter: https://twitter.com/Think_Anomalous Instagram: https://instagram.com/Think.Anomalous Check out more from our illustrator, V.R. Laurence: https://vrlaurence.com Think Anomalous is created by Jason Charbonneau. Illustration by V.R. Laurence (https://vrlaurence.com) Music by Josh Chamberland. Animation by Brendan Barr. Sound design by Will Mountain and Josh Chamberland. Sources: Dunning, Brian. “The Hudson Valley UFO Mystery.” Skeptoid. Nov 21, 2017. Accessed August 17, 2019: https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4598. Garelik, Glen. “Special Report: The Great Hudson Valley UFO Mystery.” Discover. November 1984, 17 - 20. Available as part of a compilation by UFO History Files, accessed August 17, 2019: http://ufohistoryfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/338C.pdf Hynek, J. Allen, Philip J. Imbrogno, and Bob Pratt. Night Siege: The Hudson Valley UFO Sightings. New York: Ballantine Books, 1987. Randle, Kevin. “The Crash of Philip J. Imbrogno. July 17, 2011. Accessed August 17, 2019: http://kevinrandle.blogspot.com/2011/07/crash-of-philip-j-imbrogno.html Schmalz, Jeffrey. “Strange Sights Brighten the Night Skies Upstate.” New York Times. Saturday, August 25, 1984. Preview available: https://www.nytimes.com/1984/08/25/nyregion/strange-sights-brighten-the-night-skies-upstate.html For Further resources, including newspaper clippings and witness’s drawings of the UFOs they saw, see the material compiled in the following documents: Discover article, witness drawings: http://ufohistoryfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/338C.pdf Newspaper clippings: http://files.afu.se/Downloads/Magazines/United%20States/UFO%20Newsclipping%20Service/UFO%20Newsclipping%20Service%20-%201984%2011%20-%20no%20184.pdf All Think Anomalous videos in a playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc9zbu1ZOD2sqRLzBPX0hpSCZugZCmIiQ UFO Case Review playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc9zbu1ZOD2vmqHj-Lttz-oAX4lDBXC4r UFO Case Review contains sound design with elements downloaded from Freesoun ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syj1T11xFMA