UFOs in the US

American History Hit

History Hit

America, History

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🗓️ 2 December 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Alien spacecraft, phenomena from another dimension, ghosts, demons of satan, a trick of light - whatever you might believe UFOs to be, they have a long history.

Don is joined by Greg Eghgian for this episode. Professor of History and Bioethics at Penn State University, Greg is the author of 'After the Flying Saucers Came: A Global History of the UFO Phenomenon'. Together with Don, he explores the origins of the 'flying saucer', the end of the stigma against researching UFOs, and much more.

Produced by Sophie Gee. Edited by Aidan Lonergan. Senior Producer was Charlotte Long.

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0:29.6	The USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group conducts exercises about 100 nautical miles off the coast of San Diego.
0:42.0	It's November 14, 2004, and the strike group has deployed a number of F.A. 18 Super Hornets,
0:48.7	high-performance twin-engine tactical aircraft.
0:52.2	On board the guided missile cruiser USS Princeton, the radio crackles.
0:57.4	It has been tracking anomalous aerial vehicles on its advanced radar for weeks.
1:03.4	They need someone now to go out for a closer look.
1:06.8	This thing they've observed has been doing some crazy maneuvers.
1:12.2	At one point, it seems to have descended 80,000 feet in less than a second. Two planes piloted by Commander David
1:18.6	Fravor and Lieutenant Commander Alex Dietrich are dispatched to check it out. Each aircraft has
1:24.5	a weapon systems officer on board in the rear seat.
1:28.5	As these four men in their two fighter jets approach the location, they are confounded by what they see.
1:35.1	Below them is a white oblong object.
1:38.2	Praver later describes it, looking like a tic-tac mint.
1:42.0	About the same size as the planes, but with no markings, exhaust plume, or even wings,
1:47.3	the object seems to mirror Favors' movements.
1:50.5	But when he tries to cut it off, it accelerates away,
1:54.4	disappearing from sight.
1:56.1	All four of these men,
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