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A Spectacular and Extraordinary Thing: Six Exceptionally Strange Close Encounters of the Second Kind.
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A Spectacular and Extraordinary Thing: Six Exceptionally Strange Close Encounters of the Second Kind.

A Spectacular and Extraordinary Thing: Six Exceptionally Strange Close Encounters of the Second Kind.

by Preston Dennett

Sometimes when UFOs appear, strange things happen. The presence of an extraterrestrial craft can affect people and the environment around them in weird and unusual ways. We call these close encounters of the second kind. These cases don’t receive much attention, but they have volumes to tell us about the extraterrestrial presence on our planet. This video presents six exceptionally strange and unusual extraterrestrial encounters that just might change the way you think about UFOs.

THE DEAFENING UFO. One afternoon in July 1944, two 11-year-old twin girls played in a field outside their home in Vandy, Quebec, Canada, when they saw a golden, disc-shaped craft in the sky. It slowly approached until it was 40 feet over their heads. It emitted a deafening whistling sound and a strange forcefield came out of it, pressing the girls onto the ground. The girls remained glued to the ground for three minutes when the craft darted away. Running home, the girls discovered that they were both profoundly deaf. Thankfully, their hearing returned after a few weeks. Investigators learned that other people in the area saw UFOs around the same time. Perhaps related to the encounter, the twins’ father began to get very sick.

THE GREATEST SHOCK OF MY LIFE. On October 2, 1956, security guard Harry Sturdevant was patrolling a construction company in Trenton, New Jersey, when he saw a brilliant red glowing object approach. In seconds, it was so close that he could hear a hissing noise and smell a noxious odor. It quickly darted away. The encounter affected Harry badly. He collapsed in pain, choking and vomiting from the odor. He soon learned that he had lost his sense of smell and taste, and his hearing deteriorated. He lost work because of the incident. As it was a work-related injury, Harry applied for workers' compensation. In support of his case, there were 2 other sightings on the same night in the same area.

I WAS VISITED. On December 20, 1968, a 5-year-old boy was awakened when a blue-white light filled the bedroom of his home in Juneau, Alaska. He went to the window and was shocked to see a UFO hovering outside his window. He found himself unable to move for 15 minutes as the UFO hung there. Finally, the craft left and the boy found himself with a very strange effect; his hearing became abnormally acute.

THE UFO IN THE COTTON FIELD. One night in August 1973, seven men worked in a cotton field in Gerena, Spain when a brilliant light approached. As it got closer, they saw it was a disc-shaped craft. To their horror, it approached and swooped down mere feet above their heads, causing them to lie flat on the ground to protect themselves. Then the UFO returned and buzzed the men again. For the next few minutes, the UFO repeatedly buzzed the dive-bombed the men before finally flying away. A few days later, one of the men had another encounter.

THEY WANT TO TAKE ME WITH THEM. One night in Autumn of 1977, Denise was waiting at a bus-station in Sussex, England when a dark oval-shaped UFO hovered overhead. She mentally called out to the UFO occupants, to come closer and to her amazement, they did. Denise found herself entranced and felt like the UFO occupants were watching her. Suddenly the bus arrived. Denise later realized she had 20 minutes of missing time. She was physically affected by the encounter and later began having dreams where the alleged ETs had a personal message for her.

A SPECTACULAR AND EXTRAORDINARY THING. On the morning of June 5, 1983, Mario Claretta saw a UFO sitting in the fields by his farm in Varzi, Italy. He alerted his wife and neighbor, both who saw the craft. To their shock, a man raced up to the UFO, disappeared briefly, then darted away. Shortly later, the craft took off, leaving behind weird landing traces in the field. The next day, hundreds of people across Italy reported UFOs.

Close encounters of the second kind are an important category because these cases contain evidence beyond just anecdotal eyewitness testimony. Those who say there is no evidence for simply have not done their homework. Of course there is, and a lot of it. The existence of UFOs has been proven beyond reasonable doubt. The day is coming when all humanity will not only believe in the extraterrestrial presence on our planet but will KNOW it is true.

LINK TO VIDEO: A Spectacular and Extraordinary Thing: Six Exceptionally Strange Close Encounters of the Second Kind.

u/Key-Faithlessness734 — 3 hours ago
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Why it Makes No Sense That Artists Are Creating All of The Crop Circles - From a UK Farming Family

I come from a farming family who are still farming in the UK, so I have some insight into the value of crops and the also the likelihood of a typical UK farmer allowing artists to destroy their crops for artistic purposes.

Crops circles have been appearing every year in the UK for decades and approximately 90% of these are in Wiltshire. The crop circles are reported to appear without the farmers knowledge or permission and are detrimental to their livelihood.

If an artist was to pay a farmer for the damaged crop for a single crop circle, depending on the size, it would cost about £1000-£2000. That is just for the damage. Farmers are quite territorial with their land, and I find it highly unlikely that a farmer would want a group of artists, whom he is not familiar with, destroying his crop on his land for the cost of the damage alone . Farmers are profit driven, so it’s likely that the cost to create one would have to be higher - possibly £1500-£3000.

There have been minimal reports of artists offering money to farmers so that they can create crop circles - the vast majority are created without consent. In fact, farmers will often have to charge an entry fee for people wishing to visit or study the crop circles just so that they can recover a small fraction of the financial loss. I read recently that in the last 10 years, it has been estimated that £1.5 million worth of damage was inflicted on farmers due to these crop circle creations.

I personally find it unlikely that independent artists would have the financial resources to create dozens of these every single year with no opportunity to profit from their anonymous artwork. It doesn’t make sense.

If, however, these crop circles are indeed created by artists without the farmers permission, they are committing criminal damage on a mass scale, every single year, FOR DECADES, without ever getting caught, charged or prosecuted. This also doesn’t make sense.

Personally, I find it unlikely that dozens of extremely large, highly geometric and symmetrical crop circles are being created by anonymous artists, at night, every single year, for no financial gain or personal fame whatsoever and at the risk of going to jail.

In my opinion, crop circles remain a mysterious phenomena and should be taken seriously. If they are a message from NHI, we should take it seriously and pay attention. If they are created by artists inflicting thousands of pounds worth of damage in multiple fields every year, the police should be taking it seriously.

Here is an old interview from UK farmers regarding crop circles:

https://youtu.be/C84-znjOXH4?is=IMzLCnjTKp50bas1

u/FVMK3 — 1 day ago
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Professional Debunker Michael Shermer offered to come on The Good Trouble Show. I politely declined. This is why he should be removed from the White House UAP Science Advisory Council and why I will never have him on the show.

u/TheGoodTroubleShow — 3 days ago
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Frederick Valentich — The pilot who described a UFO on live radio and was never seen again. Made a documentary covering the full case including witnesses nobody talks about.

On the night of October 21st 1978 a young Australian pilot named Frederick Valentich contacted Melbourne air traffic control mid-flight to report an unidentified aircraft above him. What followed was a seven minute conversation that has never been fully explained. The controller confirmed nothing was on radar. Valentich described four bright lights, a metallic surface, and a green light. His engine began running roughly. His final transmission before all contact was lost — ‘It’s not an aircraft.’ A full scale search covered over 1,000 square miles of Bass Strait. Nothing was found. An eyewitness family near the coast described seeing a long green light above a small plane descending steeply. A photographer came forward with photos taken that same evening showing an unidentified shape in the sky. A farmer reported an enormous craft hovering over his property the following morning with what appeared to be a small aircraft attached to its side. The Australian government investigated for years. The case remains officially unsolved. Full documentary in the link — covers every angle including the four main theories.
Link here >>> https://youtu.be/AwsoTMgM32Y?si=PA31-DpbzLsyHgfm

u/mistfiles — 2 days ago
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Buzz Aldrin told NASA debriefers he saw an object near the moon and a light he tentatively called a possible laser. Apollo 17 photos show three lights in a triangle. The Pentagon's own caption says it could be a physical object. Both declassified in 2026 after 54 years. Full transcripts here.

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u/frankreddit5 — 3 days ago
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BREAKING: LOCKHEED MARTIN COMMS TECH KYLE KNOPP "I Should NOT Have Seen That UFO"

Kyle Knopp is a Space and Aerospace Technician and Radar Electronics Mechanic with the United States Space Force at Hurlburt Field, Florida. A U.S. Air Force veteran (2008–2016), he specialized in aircraft maintenance, communications, navigation, and radar systems.Kyle later worked at Lockheed Martin before returning to government service with the Space Force, where he maintains an active Secret security clearance. Kyle shares his raw, firsthand account of a personal sighting of an unidentified triangular craft.

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u/POPCultureCorner2020 — 2 days ago
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UFO contactee from Sirius.

I found this in a very old drive. I got it on youtube long time ago. I don't think its there anymore, but this was the title of the video.

She was an artist im not sure if shes alive anymore...

u/HDReddit_ — 3 days ago
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Skinwalker Ranch, UFO Crash Retrievals & Off-World Vehicles | Dr. Eric Davis LIVE

This Sunday (July 5, 1PM PT): Dr. Eric Davis, the astrophysicist who worked the Pentagon's UFO program and briefed Congress on "off-world vehicles not made on this earth," takes your questions live

Dr. Eric Davis is joining The Good Trouble Show for a live Q&A this Sunday. Davis is a theoretical and applied physicist, a former Aerospace Corporation researcher, and a Senior Science Advisor at EarthTech. He worked on the Pentagon's AAWSAP program, authored several of its Defense Intelligence Reference Documents, and is the source behind the Wilson-Davis memo.

We will cover crash retrievals and the legacy program, the Wilson-Davis memo and who controls access, what the president actually knows, AAWSAP and AATIP, Skinwalker Ranch, non-human intelligence, and the disclosure fight in Congress. He is a corroborating witness alongside David Grusch.

🔴 Live Sunday, July 5 at 1:00 PM PT
https://www.youtube.com/live/v-TlUnnJduQ

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u/TheGoodTroubleShow — 5 days ago
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The Greatest Evening in My Life: The Onboard UFO Encounter of Sid Padrick

The Greatest Evening in My Life: The Onboard UFO Encounter of Sid Padrick

by Preston Dennett

For more than a year, Sid Padrick (a TV and radio repairman) had repeatedly felt compelled to take early morning walks on Manresa Beach near his home in Watsonville, California. On the morning of January 30, 1965, he learned the reason why. It was 2am; he had finished his walk and was in the parking lot at Manresa Beach when he heard a buzzing sound. Looking up, he saw a strange disc-shaped craft descend and move closer. As it moved closer, he saw it was a massive flying saucer, 50 feet wide and 30 feet high. Terrified, he turned and ran.

A male voice came from the craft, and said, “Do not be frightened, we are not hostile.” Sid was still frightened and kept running, and the voice repeated the phrase and told him, “You may come aboard, we assure you of no harm.” Sid became curious and stopped to watch the craft descend and hover a few feet above the ground. As he moved closer a door opened, and somehow, Sid found the courage to step inside.

He entered a small room which suddenly brightened with a blinding light. As it dimmed, he realized that it was some kind of decontamination chamber. Another door opened and voice invited him to step through. With no idea what kind of creature he would meet, and still trembling with fear, Sid stepped through the door. He was greeted by a young-looking, dark-haired man wearing a skin-tight blue-white suit who introduced himself as Xeno. The man invited Sid to ask him questions.

What followed was a lengthy question and answer session, with Sid asking the ET a long list of questions. Who are you? Where do you come from? Why are you here? Why did you contact me? Are there others like you? What do you eat? How do you power your craft? Have you met with world governments? And many other questions. The human-looking ET answered all of Sid’s questions, though some of the responses puzzled him or went over his head.

After the Q&A, Sid was invited to view the craft and meet the other crewpersons, which included six other men and one woman. All wore the same clothing and looked human, with minor differences. The ETs had fair unblemished skin, dark hair, pointed noses and chins, and slightly longer but well-manicured fingers. Sid was shown seven rooms on the lower floor and was then transported via a type of elevator to the second floor where he saw seven other rooms. Most were filled with advanced-looking computer-like equipment and soft chairs. One had a type of bed. Another had cabinets filled with food supplies. Sid was shown a sort of viewing port which displayed a larger mother ship hovering high in the atmosphere. He was also shown an image of the ETs home planet, which had dome-shaped buildings in a natural rural setting.

At one point, the ET told him that they had moved the ship and landed in another area, not only so that they would be unobserved but also so that Sid could go outside and inspect the ship. Not only that, but so that Sid could look at the area, go there later and verify that his onboard encounter could not be explained as a dream. (After his encounter, Sid did later find this area.)

Towards the end of his encounter, Sid was taken to a room that the ETs called “the consultation room.” Said Sid, “The color effect in that room was so pretty that I almost fainted when I went in, a mixture of many beautiful colors. I can’t describe it.” It had many chairs and what appeared to an altar. The ET explained that the believed in “a Supreme Deity,” and offered Sid a moment to pray. At this point, Sid became so overwhelmed he broke down and cried.

The ET explained that in their society they live very long lives and have overcome disease, crime, poverty, vice, overpopulation and the other problems which plague humanity. Soon it became time for Sid to depart. The ETs promised to return and dropped him off at the location where he had been invited onboard.

Following the encounter, Sid told only his family and one friend. But he was urged to report it to the Air Force, which he did. The Air Force showed great interest in his case and conducted a full investigation but asked him not to reveal most of the details of his encounter. Sid, however, felt it was important that people know the truth and soon gave many interviews and lectures about his encounter. The response was overwhelmingly positive. But after a year or two, Sid stopped speaking publicly. Reportedly, he did have further encounters, but if so, he never talked about them publicly.

Sid says that he was forever changed by his encounter. His health improved dramatically. He began having out-of-body experiences. He lost all fear of death. His mind filled with new technological ideas. He was awakened spiritually and more. He called the encounter, “the best evening of my life,” and says that the ETs were entirely benevolent and that we have nothing to fear from them.

LINK TO VIDEO:

The Greatest Evening in My Life: The Onboard UFO Encounter of Sid Padrick

u/Key-Faithlessness734 — 7 days ago
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Bob Lazar Meets Travis Walton for the First Time - The Flying Saucer Diner

Bob Lazar (Area 51 / S-4) and Travis Walton (Fire in the Sky) finally sit down together for an in-depth, rare conversation at the Flying Saucer Diner. They compare their extraordinary experiences, discuss the beings they encountered, craft details, government secrecy, Hollywood’s dramatization of Travis’s abduction, physics, free energy, and what it all means for humanity. A candid, fascinating discussion between two of the most famous UFO experiencers of all time.

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u/NewWasabi4318 — 10 days ago
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Alien Abduction Evidence: Implants, Scoop Marks, and the Beings Replacing Us | Steve Aspin Part 2

This Sunday (June 28, 1PM PT): Steve Aspin on the alien implant he coughed up, the forensic lab analysis, and the beings he says now look human | Part 2

Part 2 of my conversation with alien abduction researcher Steve Aspin premieres on YouTube this Sunday, June 28 at 1 PM PT, and I'll be in the live chat. In Part 1 he told his own story; Part 2 is the physical evidence: the implants podiatric surgeon Dr. Roger Leir removed from abductees (19 of 20 anomalous, one analyzed by a nanotech lab and reported to contain iridium and carbon nanotubes), the implant Steve himself coughed up and lost down the sink, the four types of beings he describes (small and tall grays, reptilians, and mantids), and his claim that transgenic beings who look exactly like humans have begun replacing the grays. We close on the book of his that was pulled from Amazon overnight in 2023.

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u/TheGoodTroubleShow — 8 days ago
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British King’s Counsel Says George H. W. Bush Was Briefed on a Nordic Looking Nonhuman at Holloman Air Force Base

Jonathan Caplan says a previously undisclosed document tied to a contact group meeting at Holloman Air Force Base may give real weight to one of the most famous stories in UFO lore.

Rather than pushing the dramatic version about a president meeting extraterrestrials, he points to a secret meeting, a classified contact group, and a possible nonhuman encounter that was kept under strict intelligence control.

What do you make of that?

Full Video/Article Here: https://uapexpozed.blogspot.com/2026/06/jonathan-caplan-says-george-h-w-bush.html

u/Icy-Perspective-6244 — 12 days ago
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The Westall UFO incident (1966): New witness interviews and on-location documentary

Hi everyone,

I’ve just released on my channel, a second documentary on the Westall UFO incident, Australia’s largest mass UFO sighting, witnessed by more than 200 students, teachers, and local residents in Melbourne on April 6th, 1966.

Here’s the link to the documentary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vqsbptVgHU&t=2073s

For this project, I filmed on-location at both Westall and an area nearby known as The Grange, where witnesses claim one of the objects descended that day.

The documentary includes interviews with several additional witnesses to the event, including a lady Terry Peck, who says she came within roughly 10 metres of one of the craft at The Grange that day. Her description of what she saw that day is genuinely startling.

The video also explores the alleged cover-up surrounding the incident, including witness intimidation, the arrival of authorities afterwards, and claims that a teacher’s camera was confiscated after photographs were reportedly taken of the object.

If you’re interested in UFO history, credible mass sightings, or cases involving alleged government secrecy, you might find this one worth watching.

Would love to hear your thoughts once you’ve seen it.

– Project Unknown: Field Files

u/D_P101 — 11 days ago
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UFOs Fast & Furious! UFO-Car Encounters

UFOs Fast & Furious! UFO-Car Encounters

Imagine you’re driving along a remote highway late at night when you see a glowing object ahead of you right above the road. As you approach, you can see that it’s actually a saucer-shaped craft, a UFO! Suddenly, the UFO swoops down towards your car and starts following you down the highway. It circles around your car, hovering right above it, on either side, coming closer and closer. Your radio becomes filled with static, your headlights dim, and the car engine begins to sputter. Then the UFO takes control of the car!

This may sound incredible, but it happens more often than you might think. In fact, there are hundreds of UFO-car chases on record, coming from all over the world. These are among the most dramatic of UFO encounters. They have been occurring since at least the 1950s up to the present day. For some reason, UFOs love to play cat-and-mouse games with unwary drivers who suddenly find themselves driving fast and furious to outrun a UFO that chases them down the highway, sometimes for hours!

The question is why? What exactly is it about people driving cars down highways late at night that attracts so many UFOs? This video presents dozens of cases of UFO car chases, from the 1950s onward, and coming from all across the planet. Here are a few of them.

1952: Gene Povey and two others are driving through the remote Storms River Pass in south Africa. Coming around the corner, they see a UFO blocking the road. The UFO zooms towards the car, forcing the driver to swerve to avoid it. The interior of the car lights up as bright as day. The UFO darts off, but little do they know their encounter has only just begun.

1967: A bus-driver is hauling a load of titanium along the A32 highway near Reading, England. Without warning the engine to his vehicle dies. He notices a large object hovering above the road ahead of him. He gets the engine started and moves forward when the engine dies again. The object is now much closer. Following the encounter, the man’s hands and fingers are numb and a persistent toothache disappears.

1970: Reidar Salvesen is driving late at night to Kristiansand, Norway when a UFO approaches and swoops down ahead of him. He stops the car to observe when the craft zooms forward and hovers right over the hood. He falls to the ground, the windshield shatters and the object lifts up. Afterwards, his vision is altered, his mouth and tongue are numb, and the skin on his hands is burned to the point of peeling.

1972: The Hall family is returning to their home in Thief River Falls, MN. Mr. Hall notices a light pacing their car. They use a flashlight to blink at the craft, and it starts blinking back at them! Then, the object zooms towards their car, sending down a beam of light on them. The radio quits, the engine starts coughing, and a powerful heat envelops the witnesses. Mrs. Hall, who had a bad cold, realizes that her cold is gone!

1978: Three truckers are driving along the I-70 near Indianapolis, IN when a brilliant blue-white light shines down from above, causing all three truck engines to sputter. The beam lasts for about five seconds, then disappears. But when one of the trucks calls out on the CB, “Hey, UFO, if you have your ears on, I want to go with you,” the beam of light returns. The incident is witnessed by more than 100 people!

1981: Linda Brown and two others are driving along the I-93 near Meredith, NH when they notice a UFO pacing their car. Frightened, they exit the freeway and drive to a gas-station. The UFO follows and drops down to 100 feet right over the station, where it hovers in place. After ten minutes, Linda drives away, and the UFO continues to follow them.

1982: Frances Collins and Maggie Yeend are driving late at night along the remote South Coast Highway in Australia. Suddenly an object drops down from the sky right in front of their car and zooms towards them in a collision course. For the next hour, the object follows them down the highway, scaring the daylight out of them.

1984: Carolyn Green and her son Timothy are driving along Highway 85 in Seven Points, TX when a UFO appears overhead and begins to wreak havoc with their car. The lights of their car begin flashing on and off by themselves and the UFO appears to take control of the car, which is now driving by itself.

1985: Ezio Zuliani, his wife and son notice a strange light following their car as they travel to their home in Bergamo, Italy. The object follows them for three hours, getting closer and closer. When they pull into a gas station, the object drops down and hovers right above them, in full view of several witnesses. When they leave the station, the object still follows them!

These are just a small sampling of the many cases of UFO-car chases. It appears that the UFO occupants are intentionally chasing cars down highways to announce their presence and let people know they are real! It’s certainly an experience that the witnesses will never forget!

LINK TO VIDEO: UFOs Fast & Furious! UFO-Car Encounters

u/Key-Faithlessness734 — 10 days ago
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Why don’t UAP/UFO whistleblowers use a dead man’s switch?

Something I’ve always wondered:

If a UAP/UFO whistleblower genuinely has evidence of a secret program, non-human technology, or information that could put them at risk, why don’t they set up a dead man’s switch?

By that, I mean a system that automatically releases documents, videos, or testimony if they disappear or fail to check in for a certain period of time.

The technology already exists, and it seems like it would make silencing someone much harder since any attempt to do so would trigger the release of the information.

Is there a reason this isn’t more common? Are there known examples of whistleblowers using such systems, or are dead man’s switches less practical than they sound?

In 2026, with encrypted cloud storage and automated release tools readily available, it seems strange that we hear about secret evidence but almost never hear about dead man’s switch arrangements.

Curious to hear your thoughts.

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u/proxyEntity — 13 days ago

I Had the Wonderful Opportunity to be on Area 52 Podcast with Chris Ramsay!

OMG, guess what? I went on the Area 52 Podcast with Chris Ramsay and it was awesome! Such a nice guy. I got to talk about my own research, my own UFO experiences and OBEs too! I hope you can check it out. Chris is the best out there.

LINK TO SHOW: AREA 52 PODCAST

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u/Key-Faithlessness734 — 13 days ago