Somewhere in the Skies - UFO Landings You May Never Have Heard Of

Episode Date: May 20, 2024

On episode 356 of SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES, Ryan shares 10 highly obscure UFO landing cases throughout the annals of UFO history. From saucer landings in Oregon to Australia and South Africa to cigar-shaped craft dipping in and out of water in Nova Scotia to Alaska. And how about an alien in Georgia who invited a man on his ship only to tell him that he was the missing Jimmy Hoffa?! Yeah... that apparently happened. And you'll hear this and so much more as we explore UFO landings you may never have heard of! This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try and get on your way to being your best self. Visit: www.betterhelp.com/skies Episode researched by Marcus Lowth: www.ufoinsight.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/somewhereskies PayPal: [e-mail] Website: www.somewhereintheskies.com Store: http://tee.pub/lic/ULZAy7IY12U YouTube Channel: CLICK HERE Order Ryan’s new book: https://a.co/d/4KNQnM4 Order Ryan’s older book: https://amzn.to/3PmydYC Twitter: @SomewhereSkies Read Ryan’s Articles by CLICKING HERE Opening Theme Song, "Ephemeral Reign" by Per Kiilstofte Copyright © 2024. Ryan Sprague. All rights reserved. Part of the eOne Podcast Network and produced by Lionsgate Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/somewhere-in-the-skies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Patreon.com slash SomewhereSkies. Thank you so much for your support and keep looking up. UFO sightings are unarguably common. People in all walks of life from all over the world see UFOs every single day. Now, what they are and where they come from will be debated until the end of time. But what can be debated even further are the rare and controversial cases of UFO landings, up close and personal with these alleged UFOs and their possible occupants or intelligences. And as you'll soon hear, they may not be as rare as first thought.

These are UFO landings that you may never have heard of. This is somewhere in the skies, Brian's bread. According to a case investigated by Donald Kehoe and Gordon Lour for Nycap, on the morning of May 19th, 1964, at around 7.30 a.m. in Hubbard, Oregon, a young boy, Michael Bezon, was outside on his way to let a cow out of a stall. Most mornings, the cow was eager to venture out into the fields. On this particular morning, however, Michael noticed that she was acting very anxious and nervous and was seemingly not interested in leaving.

It was at this point when Michael spotted a silver square-shaped object, measuring about four feet in height, resting in the middle of the nearby wheat field atop four metallic legs. He watched the object for several moments before hearing, a soft beeping sound coming from it. Then it started to go up slowly to begin with. And then, when it was around the height of a telephone pole, it shot up just like a rocket. Following its disappearance, Michael turned and ran back to the house, blurting out to his mother what he'd just seen.

Mrs. Spison would later recall that her son was very frightened and half crying when he arrived back at the property. A short time after telling his mother, the Bison's carpenter, Ray Mortensen, offered to return to the wheat field with Michael. When they arrived, they could see a distinctly flattened section of wheat. Mortensen would state later that this area was between three and four feet across, and appeared to be in a flower-shaped pattern. This section of Plattened wheat, incidentally, was also later witnessed by Marion County Deputy Sheriff Shirley Davidson. He would write in his report that the grain appeared to have been pushed down by some object. With three particular spots standing out, whatever the object might have been, remains a complete mystery.

A little over a year later, on the other side of the world, in Vaklu speech in Sydney, Australia, another close encounter began to unfold. It was around 5 p.m. on July 19, 1965, when Dennis Crow was enjoying a walk along the beach close to where he lived. Despite the rough seas and random rain showers that day, the stroll was peaceful and soothing. That was, until he saw a bizarre glowing object ahead of him. He continued forward, now somewhat cautiously,

as he looked to make out what the curious object might be. Eventually, he could make out what appeared to be a saucer or disc-shaped object resting on the beach on small legs. He estimated the object to be approximately 20 feet across and had a blue-green glow that appeared to encase it somewhat. The exterior of the object was a gray dull color and appeared to be metallic, while on the top was a dome-shaped computer.

He continued in the direction of the object. As he did so, he could hear several dogs barking, and he got the impression they were directing their attention at this craft also. The object remained completely still and silent until he got to within 60 feet of it. Then, it suddenly lifted off the ground. At that time, a sudden sound like air being forced out of a balloon was clearly audible. Crow looked on as the object rapidly ascended into the late afternoon sky, disappearing from sight in no more than ten seconds.

As soon as it vanished, the dogs suddenly ceased barking. He looked around to see if any other witnesses were nearby. However, he couldn't see anyone, meaning that he appeared to be the only person to have seen this bizarre event. Despite this, Crow did make a report of the sighting, eventually causing the Royal Australian Air Force to put forward a possible explanation. What Crow had witnessed was a tornado. As you can imagine, Crow outright rejected this suggestion,

although no further witnesses or details surfaced with this sighting. But Crow never once wavered from his version of events, perhaps suggesting that whatever it might have been, he most definitely saw something strange that afternoon, and it most definitely was not a tornado. Several weeks later, at just after midnight, on the evening of September 16, 1965, in Pretoria, South Africa,

two police officers encountered an unknown craft on the highway. According to the account, which appeared in several national newspapers, Constable John Lacham and Constable Coos de Clerk were on patrol driving along the Pretoria Brunk Horses-Pruitt Highway when they were suddenly confronted with a disc-shaped object sitting in the middle of the road.

They brought their police vehicle to a stop both in awe at the site in front of them. They would later describe the object as being around 30 feet across and it was a shiny copper color. Within a few seconds of them, noticing it, flames appeared in two tubes on the underside, and the craft began to rise rapidly into the air. Lockham would later state that its liftoff was quicker than anything he'd ever seen before. Of more concern, however, as it rose into the air, the flames from the object had

caused significant fire damage to the road below, with parts of the gravel and tar being completely burned. Incidentally, samples of the road were collected and sent for analysis, the results of which have never been disclosed to the public. Of further interest, when the District Commandment of Bortoria North, Lieutenant Colonel Brits, was asked for comment by the media. He simply offered that the matter was being treated as being a highly secret nature, and that an investigation would be carried out in top circles.

That investigation and his results were also never made public. In the early hours of November 30, 1965, at around 3.30 a.m. in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, seaman Ian Kinsey was on his early morning watch for Her Majesty's Coastal Service at the Cornwallis Station. It was as he was performing his regular. rounds of the barracks that he happened to glance out one of the windows, and he was amazed to see a glowing, yellow, oval-shaped object standing on the beach. He immediately stopped what he was doing and watched the bizarre scene in front of him. After several minutes, a door in the side of the object slid open, and a brilliant bright light came from it. Out of nowhere, a smaller cigarette-shaped

object appeared and entered the larger craft through this doorway. The object then rose into the air and disappeared over the nearby mountains. Interestingly, when Nycap investigated this encounter, they discovered that two young men, Kevin Davis and Gary Jardine, had witnessed a similar object only hours earlier near Spring Hill in Nova Scotia. According to an account they gave to the Spring Hill record. The object was oval-shaped, and it had a blinking red dome on the upper half. The two men also claimed to have seen a bar-like object emerge from one of the several port-holes along the side, which eventually disappeared into the night, sending sparks flying from it as it did so. Could this bar-like object have been the same thing as the cigarette-shaped object witnessed by Kinsey

and was the domed object, the two men witnessed, the very sane that was seen on the beach by the seaman several hours later. In a potentially more ominous twist, in the weeks that followed this report, Kinsey began to claim that he was being sent for sanity tests by his employers, and even worse, that he was being threatened with being thrown out of the Navy if he continued to insist his version of events that evening were true. When the Navy was approached for comment on the claims by NICAP, Captain J.M. Paul responded that although Kinsey was being released from duty, his release was for, quote, reasons which are in no way connected with the alleged UFO sighting. Although the exact date is unknown, at around 3 a.m. in 1966, a truly bizarre encounter unfolded in Anchorage, Alaska. The witness was only a young boy at the time of the incident, and it was not reported until

40 years later in 2006. According to his report, his first memory of the encounter was standing outside his house on the street where he lived. Although it was in the middle of the night, the street lamps reflected brightly off the freshly fallen snow. He could see that he was the only one outside, and try as he might. He couldn't remember how he had gotten the or why he had decided to leave his house. Of more concern was the saucer-shaped craft around 50 feet in front of him. He later described the object as looking like an upside-down saucer with a cylindrical turret on the top, which appeared to rotate.

The exterior of the craft was metallic and had what appeared to be windows that emanated a green color. He estimated that it was between 12 to 15 feet across, and rested on the ground on three short legs. He didn't recall the object leaving, and this is when his memory of the event stopped. However, although he didn't know it until years later, his brother had also witnessed the same event. In the early 2000s, the pair were hiking

when the witness suddenly began speaking of the encounter to his brother. To his amazement, it was then that he informed him that he too had seen the object, from his bedroom window. He claimed that he watched the object for around two minutes. He didn't, though, recall seeing his brother on the street. And, like the main witness, he couldn't recall the craft leaving. Of course, this lack of memory suggests the possibility

that the encounter could have been a lot more than a sighting, and could in fact have been an instance of missing time, which is often connected to the alien abduction. phenomenon. The original witness himself even stated that he had often wondered if he had been abducted that evening. No matter the case, the Alaska encounter remains a mystery. According to an article in the January and February 1969 edition of Flying Saucer Review, an unidentified object landed on Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean at around 9 a.m. on July 31st. 1968. On the morning in question, 31-year-old farmer Luce Fontaine was at a clearing in the forest

collecting grass for his rabbits. As he was doing so, however, he was suddenly confronted with a sight of an oval-shaped object around 80 feet away from him. The object appeared to be dark blue in color and was hovering around 20 feet above the ground. The underside of the craft appeared to be slightly transparent, similar to a car windshield. Fontaine would later state that in the center of the cabin were two individuals with their backs towards him. Then the figure to the left of the cabin turned around and looked at him. It was around three feet tall and wore a one-piece overall of sorts. The witness would also describe it as looking a bit like the suit worn by the Mitchell man. While the second figure turned its head to look at him briefly, it remained largely

uninterested. After a few moments, the figure on the left turned back around so its back was once again to Fontaine. The next thing he knew, there was a flash that Fontaine recalled as strong as the electric arc of a wielding machine. He recalled everything going white around him before he felt a powerful heat, followed by a sort of blast of wind. A few seconds later, everywhere cleared, and the object was no longer there. Fontaine returned home and immediately told his wife what he'd seen. From there, he would make a report to the local police. Given what people knew of him, he was taken very seriously, despite the bizarre nature of the events.

Furthermore, although there was no evidence of the craft's presence at the scene, a significant amount of radioactivity was discovered on Fontaine's clothing. But whatever the object was remained a mystery up until today. According to the files of a UFO researcher Bill Chalker, in February 1976, in Kettering, Tansmania, a 38-year-old local man witnessed a bizarre landing event on the shore of Little Oyster Cove. On that night, the witness was awakened by the sound of his young child crying. When he went to investigate, he noticed what seemed to be a small aircraft heading toward the ground near the shore. Thinking that he was witnessing a plane crash, he rushed outside toward the area, not even taking time to get dressed.

When he was around 80 feet away, he could see the object was not a plane. There in front of him, illuminating the entire area, was a little. a dome-shaped object. Around the side of the object were several windows from which came a bright, white light. Through the windows, he could make out a tall cylindrical object, as well as several dark shapes that he likened to seats. The witness continued forward toward the craft. The closer he got, the more he could hear a humming sound, similar to an electric motor turning over. Suddenly, the object began to rise into the air, slowly at first, and then with increased speed. As it rose, the humming sound increased in volume considerably.

Then the next thing he knew, the object was nothing but a dot in the sky. The following day, the witness returned to the spot where he'd witnessed the object. To his disbelief, he found what appeared to be a scorched circle, of grass exactly where the object had hovered or stood. And whatever that object was in Tasmania remains unexplained. Do you like stories of the strange, the weird, and the unexplained? Then we want you to check out Jim Harold's campfire. The concept is pretty simple. Jim talks to regular people about strange stuff that happens to them. And yes, that includes UFOs, along with cryptids, ghosts, and head scratchers.

He doesn't exaggerate or play a lot of spooky music, kind of like I'm doing right now. The stories speak for themselves. Ones like a ghost story involving serial killer Ted Bundy, or the young man who encountered an eight-legged demon. Then there's the story of an alien abduction by what could be considered a reptilian. Now, not all the stories are horrifying. some are actually pretty heartwarming, like a visit from a past loved one or a peaceful near-death experience. Regardless, these are true and fascinating stories told by ordinary people who've had extraordinary experiences.

Tune in to Jim Harold's Campfire on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to somewhere in the skies. And remember, stay spooky. According to a report by UFO researcher Billy Rachel's, and featured in the files of Albert Rosales, a little-known landing occurred on August 6, 1977 in Pelham, Georgia. On the morning in question at around 10.30 a.m., 63-year-old Tom Dawson was making his way to a pond at a local farm with his two dogs, as he contemplated a spot of fishing later that afternoon. As he approached the water, a circular-shaped spaceship suddenly zipped past and came to a sudden stop in between the nearby trees, hovering a very short distance above the ground. He could see that the top side of the object had a domed section, while portholes were visible around the side. He later estimated that the object was around 50 feet across and approximately 15 feet in height. of more concern though

he found that he and his two dogs were suddenly unable to move as if they had been immobilized by some strange force or technology even more bizarre several cows in a nearby field also appeared to become suddenly

motionless then as he looked unhelplessly a hatch opened in the side of the object and a ramp began to extend to the ground A moment later, several strange humanoid figures, each around five feet tall, made their way down the ramp. Each was completely hairless and had a particularly pale complexion. Even stranger, they had very pointy ears and pointed noses.

While some of the figures were a one-piece-type suit, others appeared to have no clothes on at all. Dawson listened, noting that the figures appeared to be. speaking high-pitched gibberish to each other. The beings made their way to where Dawson was standing, still frozen in place. And the beings proceeded to place some kind of attachment to his skull, with several cords or wires coming from it. These wires were connected to some kind of hoop, which they proceeded to run over his body as if carrying out some kind of experiment. It was during this experiment that an already strange situation turned even stranger. Appearing to come from inside the craft, a voice suddenly cried out,

I am Jimmy Hoffa. It would say this three times. Then, halfway through the fourth call, the voice was suddenly cut off. And as if nothing out of the ordinary had happened, the figures continued on with the their examination. This Jimmy Hoffa thing was intriguing, if not completely bizarre. Jimmy Hoffa, a labor leader, had disappeared in seemingly suspicious circumstances two years earlier in the summer of 1975.

Clearly, the insinuation here is that these strange creatures, whoever they were, were responsible for his disappearance. And while this may sound completely crazy, it is a truly unique detail that makes this case all the more interesting. Upon its apparent completion, all of the figures, except two, returned to the ramp and re-entered the craft. The two that had remained walked off to one side of Dawson, seemingly having some sort of conversation. He contemplated if they were debating whether to take him inside. the spacecraft. After several moments, they turned to him, one of them moving its head through the air as if gesturing goodbye before they too re-entered the hovering object. It then rose approximately

75 feet into the air. Then, in the blink of an eye, it disappeared into the distance. As soon as it vanished, Dawson, along with his dogs and the cows in the nearby field, were all able to to move once more. Dawson immediately ran back home, blurting out to a neighbor what had happened. Ultimately, he was taken to the hospital, where he was given a sedative in order to calm his nerves before being discharged. He would later state that he believed that if he had been younger, the creatures most likely would have taken him on board the craft. Indeed, what is interesting about this last detail is that six years later in England

83 year old Alfred Bertou found himself in a similar situation after he'd been taken aboard a landed spacecraft and undergone an examination he was informed that he was too old for his host's purposes and with this

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slash Spotify. Terms apply. Another lesser-known UFO landing was reported online in the early 2000s by an anonymous woman who claimed the incident unfolded at some point in the summer of 1983. She claimed in her report that at the time she was living with her boyfriend in a remote logging camp around 10 miles out of Suk, Vancouver Island. On the evening in question, she was in her backyard performing chores when she became aware of a low hum, something that she could feel rather than hear. Feeling a evening in question, she was in her backyard performing chores when she became aware of a low hum, something that she could feel

rather than hear. Feeling unnerved, she immediately went inside to get her boyfriend before both of them returned to the yard to investigate. They had lived on the property for several years and were more than familiar with the usual sounds of the area, and both agreed that this particular noise was most definitely out of the ordinary. Several back roads ran along the back of the property, some of which led to a nearby logging camp. It was to this logging camp. It was to this logging that they headed, feeling sure that the sound was coming from that direction. Not least as the closer they got to it, the louder the noise became. The couple came upon a crossroads and immediately noticed a glow coming from ahead

in a flat area of the logging site. From here, they were close to a 40-foot sand dune, and so decided to climb to the top of it so that they could get a better view of the flat clearing where their light appeared to be coming from. When they reached the top, they could see an enormous dark structure that almost filled up the entire site, a site that was several hundred feet wide. They would later state that the object was approximately the size of a football field, was cigar-shaped with rounded edges, and bright lights positioned around the edge. They both looked around the site to see if there was anyone else to see this, but they appeared to be alone. from here the sound that had first alerted them to something strange taking place was so low that it could be felt in the ground itself

the next thing they realized one of the lights from the craft had turned in their direction and was now shining directly on them as soon as it did so they both jumped back to escape its glare almost slid down the sand dune and immediately began running back to their property At sunlight, at just after 6 a.m., the pair ventured back to the sand dune to inspect the area once more. To their shock, there was no evidence or any signs whatsoever that anything out of the ordinary had even taken place. They would later ask several of their neighbors if they had witnessed anything unusual or heard strange sounds. One of them offered that he had often heard such strange noises, and that he believed it was the military. performing some type of training or secret operation. Whatever that operation might have been, or where that craft came from, also remains a complete mystery.

At Iran 5.30 a.m. on April 10, 2002, in Tennessee, an anonymous woman was standing in the kitchen of the house, looking for deer near the lake. As she was doing so, she noticed a bronze, metallic, octagon-shaped object. that appeared to be floating on the surface of the water. She estimated that it was around 20 feet across and had a raised dome section in the middle of the upper side. At this point, uncertain if she was seeing some kind of reflection, she walked over to the glass doors and viewed the object from there. She watched the object for around a minute

before rushing back to the bedroom to wake her husband. He followed her to the kitchen. However, the object was an old. longer there. Even stranger, the water appeared serene and undisturbed. The couple had been friends with a Mufon investigator for almost 20 years, and so wasted little time informing them of what they'd seen when they happened to visit them in Tennessee several weeks later. The Mufon investigator would go to the location where the incident had taken place, but he could see nothing that might provide any clues as to what might have happened that evening. There was, however, another encounter several

days later. At around 7.30 p.m. on the evening of May 3rd, the witness was looking out over the same part of the lake and was more than shocked to see a strange light emerging from the water. Only moments after, it had broken the water, a blinding flash came from the object, and it disappeared instantly. Although she didn't see anything else that evening, the events were far from over. She went to bed as normal, but had severe trouble sleeping, not least because of the unusual sound of coyotes howling in the distance. Of more concern in unsettling noise like something banging against the side of the house persisted in the night.

Further details concerning the witness would also come to light, following the Mufan investigator's research into the case. It was discovered, for example, that she regularly witnessed shadows moving around the house. What intrigued the investigator was that this is reported by many alien abductees, especially those who have been discovered who have been abducted on multiple occasions when they would also claim to see these shadow people. The witness would also discover strange bruises on her arms, with no memory of how she got them,

which once more would indicate a struggle of some kind, possibly with their alien abductors. Even stranger, toilets in their home would often flush on their own accord, which could be considered some sort of poltergeist-like activity that has also been connected to UFO and alien encounters. But whatever it was left the witness completely dumbfounded and searching for answers up until today. Another recent landing encounter occurred on the afternoon of October 8, 2005, in Sarajevo in Bosnia. What's more, the encounter, which was investigated by Rudolf Boschak, resulted in several seconds of seemingly clear video footage being captured.

On the afternoon in question, while a local news crew was recording a segment for an unrelated, show, a dark saucer-shaped object was spotted moving across the sky a short distance away. It is unclear if this footage was broadcast live or not. In the video, witnesses can be seen pointing at the object. According to the report, when a location in front was inspected, it appeared that the object had left traces, or landing points. although it's not clear if any of the witnesses actually saw the object land. However, skeptics would say that this video footage was nothing but promotional video for the International Theatre Festival in Sarajevo.

No matter the case, the video footage was intriguing in the incident just as much. These are just a sampling of the many UFO landing cases on record. The fact is, many, many more landing cases have been reported, and undoubtedly, there will be many more that have yet to be reported, whether from recent times or many years ago in the past. Given the vast amount of such occurrences on record, it's perhaps a little perplexing that these claims are not treated more seriously than they are. While we certainly have to be cautious with such claims and should most definitely treat them with extreme objectivity, the fact that so many people around the world and across the decades are reporting such encounters should alert us to the fact that something very strange is indeed taking place, whatever that might be. And if only a small percentage of the claims that we have explored here are creditors.

and accurate, it would be life-changing and perspective-altering for all of us. And it would potentially confirm that not only are we not alone in the universe, but that those other intelligences are visiting our world and have been for some time, somewhere, in our skies. This episode was researched by Marcus Loth. To learn more, visit UFOinsight.com. You can follow us on Twitter, at SomewhereSkies and on Instagram at SomewhereSkies pod. Please take just a few moments to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, the largest platform to gain visibility and find new listeners. You can also rate and review us on Spotify or wherever possible.

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