The 1966 Michigan UFO Outbreak
07/17/23 • 24 min
What in the world happened in the skies over Michigan?
A rash of UFO sightings across Michigan in the mid-1960s were widespread and well-documented. So much so that they launched investigations at the highest levels of the U.S. government.
Documents in archives in Michigan and beyond have a lot to say about these close encounters. The papers, photos, articles, and more are concrete evidence that something happened.
But what, exactly? Was it swamp gas or something else?
The real question might be whether someone (or several someones) wanted it all to just go away.
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https://archiveunknown.com/s1ep15
Episode release date: July 17, 2023
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What in the world happened in the skies over Michigan?
A rash of UFO sightings across Michigan in the mid-1960s were widespread and well-documented. So much so that they launched investigations at the highest levels of the U.S. government.
Documents in archives in Michigan and beyond have a lot to say about these close encounters. The papers, photos, articles, and more are concrete evidence that something happened.
But what, exactly? Was it swamp gas or something else?
The real question might be whether someone (or several someones) wanted it all to just go away.
SHOW NOTES:
https://archiveunknown.com/s1ep15
Episode release date: July 17, 2023
Contact Archive Unknown
- Support the show by joining the Unboxed Club
- Follow on Instagram and Facebook
- Email Lara at: [email protected]
Thanks for listening, and I'll see you in the stacks!
Previous Episode
The Case of the Stolen Presidential Records
Why did the private home of a former president have boxes of records that should have been in an archive?
Archives seem to be in the news a lot these days!
You may have heard the recent CNN town hall, where Trump once again said – falsely – that the presidential records uncovered at Mar-a-Lago were his. He owned them.
Um, that’s a big ol’ NO.
Those records belong to the American people. And they SHOULD have been in an archive.
The National Archives Records Administration was legit freaked out about what Trump did (and didn't) send them after he left office.
Which led the FBI to raid the private home of a former president, all because of archived records.
Yikes!
Although this is an ongoing investigation, this episode takes you behind the scenes of archivists doing their jobs exceptionally well, even when it puts them into a potentially dangerous position.
SHOW NOTES:
https://archiveunknown.com/s3ep5
Contact Archive Unknown
- Support the show by joining the Unboxed Club
- Follow on Instagram and Facebook
- Email Lara at: [email protected]
Thanks for listening, and I'll see you in the stacks!
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