Episode 22: Swamp Gas and UFOs

/ Samantha Engel

This time on Great Lakes Lore, Samantha and Aaron tackle their first modern UFO case. They’ll introduce the broader topic of UFO sightings and the government response to them in the 1950s and 1960s and then dive into looking at the 1966 wave of sightings in southeast Michigan that garnered national attention and led, eventually, to huge changes in how the US military dealt with UFOs.

Read J. Allen Hynek’s final Blue Book Report on the sighting here!

A UFO Primer- 3:45
Sightings and Reporting- 9:51
NICAP and the Robertson Panel- 13:05
Project Blue Book and J. Allen Hynek- 15:22
The Dexter and Hillsdale Sightings- 22:09
Midway Break- 34:38
The Investigation- 39:17
The Findings- 45:26
The Reaction- 49:30
The Consequences- 52:43
Questions and Wrapping Up- 55:57

  • Sketch by Dexter police officer David Severance. Image courtesy of the Bentley Library.
  • Cartoon sent to Ann Arbor News Editor by a 1966 reader. Image courtesy of the Bentley Library.
  • Letter from 14-year-old Gregory Gulyas. Image courtesy of the Bentley Library.
  • Image Courtesy of the Bentley Library

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