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DEADLY ENCOUNTER: THE MANTELL UFO INCIDENT - On January 7th, 1948, following a flurry of reports, an unknown round, silvery UFO was tracked (and observed) by Fort Knox’s Godman Field as it traversed the clear blue skies above the state of Kentucky. Flying nearby, National Guard pilot Captain Thomas F. Mantell, Jr. and his squadron of four F-51D Mustangs (C Flight, 165th Fighter Squadron Kentucky Air National Guard) were ordered to investigate the high-altitude bogie. Pursuing the object, squadron planes soon peeled off from the chase, one-by-one, as they began to run out of fuel and altitude. The plane to get closest to the mysterious object, Mantell’s plane, was later found crashed on a rural farm in Franklin, Kentucky after it had broken up in mid-air. The subsequent media frenzy surrounding this deadly encounter (the popular media already having been in the midst of the “Flying Saucer Craze”) propelled the “Mantell Encounter” into the popular culture and UFO Lore. Official Air Force Investigations concluded that the tragedy was most likely the result of Mantell having blacked out while chasing a balloon or Venus. Many find this interpretation to be laughable and suggest a more hostile encounter with a malevolent craft of Other-Worldy Origin. What really happened to Captain Mantell on this day remains a classic Mystery in UFO History that will, most likely, never be solved. In an odd coincidence, Mantell died in the same town as his birth. An historical marker stands in Franklin to commemorate this tragic event in which a pilot died while chasing a UFO. Graphic by Michael Huntington - January, 2018. @Huntington_Strange_Travels #StrangeTravels #MichaelHuntington #ThomasFMantell #MantellUFOEncounter #1948MantellCrash #UFO #UFOs #UFOHistory #UFOLore #FamousUFOCase #ProjectBlueBook #BadUFOEncounter #DeadlyUFOEncounter #FranklinKentucky https://www.instagram.com/p/BdqxV7dACBJ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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KENTUCKY GOBLIN GROUND - Kelly, Kentucky. Spray painted lines denote where the walls of the former Sutton House in Kelly, Kentucky once met at its northeast corner. On the night of August 21st, 1955, the Sutton Family home was allegedly besieged by strange beings, following an encounter a flying saucer, in what would come to be known as "The Kelly-Hopkinsville Encounter." While getting water from the well, witness Billy Ray Taylor claimed to have observed a colorful “flying saucer” traversing the early-evening sky above the farm. Soon after, a group of short, "bug-eyed" creatures with large ears were seen to exit the tree line and began to harass those inside the house (peering through windows and climbing on the roof). Gunfire erupted as the frightened farm folk shot at the curious “goblin-like” beings with no apparent effect. At the first opportunity, the family fled to nearby Hopkinsville to report the "invasion" to the authorities. The resulting investigation and media frenzy launched the "Goblin Encounter" into the realm of famous unexplained UFO cases. Each August, Kelly celebrates the "Kelly-Hopkinsville Goblin Encounter" in the field next to the incident location during it's annual "Little Green Men Days" UFO Festival. This unusual Close Encounter remains Unknown and is considered a classic tale in UFO Lore. Photo by Michael Huntington - August 21, 2017. @Huntington_Strange_Travels #StrangeTravels #MichaelHuntington #HuntingtonFamily #HuntingtonAdventures #UnusualFamilyOutings #LittleGreenMenDays #2017KellyLGMDays #1955KellyHopkinsvilleEncounter #KellyGoblins #KentuckyGoblins #GoblinWoods #SuttonFarm #FamousUFOCases #EncounterLocation #UFO #UFOs #UFOHistory #UFOLore #CloseEncounterOfTheThirdKind #KellyKentucky #HopkinsvilleKentucky (at Kelly, Kentucky) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5krkIdFVoO/?utm_medium=tumblr

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ALIEN ENCOUNTER AT GULF BREEZE - Gulf Breeze, Florida. Did an extraterrestrial being come through here at one time to visit UFO witness Ed Walters at his home? (Pictured: A view of the overgrown back fence/yard at the former Silverthorn Road home of famed UFO encounter claimant Ed Walters.) On December 2, 1987 - at 3:30 a.m. - contractor Ed Walters alleges that he chased a 4-foot-tall “grey alien” off of his back porch before it was whisked away by a top-like, blue-beam-shooting UFO said to be floating above the school field behind his house. Gulf Breeze was made internationally famous in 1987 when Walters came forward with photographic evidence supporting claims of repeated UFO visitations. The town became “UFO Capitol of the World,” for a time, as a result of the Walters-inspired media frenzy and occurrence of dozens of alleged encounters by others. The UFO community, at the time, divided over Walters and his photos, with MUFON deeming the Walters case as “One of the Most Important Cases of All Time” and Hynek’s CUFOS ruling it as “a likely hoax.” The hoax contention gained traction when a model resembling Walters’ other-worldly photographic subjects was found in his former home and a local kid named Tommy Smith came forward to claim that he helped Ed Walters perpetrate the hoaxes - including using a trampoline to create the supposed “landing trace” in the school field behind Walters’ house. Photo by Michael Huntington - March, 2015. @Huntington_Strange_Travels #StrangeTravels #MichaelHuntington #HuntingtonFamily #HuntingtonAdventures #UnusualFamilyOutings #EdWalters #EdWaltersUFOContactee #EdWaltersUFO #GulfBreezeEncounters #EncountersAtGulfBreeze #GulfBreezeUFO #GulfBreezeUFOWave #GulfBreezeHighSchoolUFO #UFO #UFOs #UFOHistory #UFOLore #FamousUFOs #Aliens #AlienEncounters #UFOHoax #MUFON #CUFOS #JAllenHynek #GulfBreezeHighSchool #GulfBreezeFlorida (at Gulf Breeze, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CY60jYesEUS/?utm_medium=tumblr

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SPACE PENGUINS IN TUSCUMBIA - On the cold morning of February 14, 1967 - near Tuscumbia, Missouri - a rural farmer named Claude Edwards (aged 64) was starting his daily farming duties when he noticed something "strange" sitting in one of his fields. Edwards saw, to his shock and amazement, a large "grayish-green mushroom-like craft" that was perched atop a "tube-like shaft." As the farmer approached the weird vehicle he soon noticed "strange beings" - that can only be described as "green space penguins" - which were frenetically zipping around the base of the craft in a blur. As Edwards edged closer to the bizarre display, he found himself walking headlong into an "invisible wall" that was apparently protecting the “ship” (which he then estimated as measuring 18' long and 8' high with lighted "portholes" around it's base). Edwards then picked up some large rocks and hurled them at the saucer - only to observe that they bounced off the "force field" with no effect. The strange 3-foot-tall creatures then disappeared behind the "tube" and the vehicle began to rise, soon gaining altitude and zipping off towards the east. This unusual "Close Encounter of the Third Kind" was investigated by noted Missouri UFO researcher Ted Phillips who collected landing trace evidence that supported the bizarre account and who found Edwards to be a credible witness. The "Space Penguins" case remains unsolved and is one of the more interesting encounters of high strangeness in the annals of unexplained UFO lore. Graphic by Michael Huntington - February, 2018. @Huntington_StrangeTravels #StrangeTravels #MichaelHuntington #SpacePenguins #TuscumbiaSpacePenguins #SpacePenguinsOfTuscumbia #TedPhillips #MissouriUFOCases #UFO #UFOs #AlienEncounters #CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind #TraceCase #UFOLore #UFOHistory #HighStrangeness #TuscumbiaMissouri https://www.instagram.com/p/BfKsgQdAsst/?igshid=lruvxddxcgrl

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THE FANTASTIC FALKVILLE METAL MAN - October 17, 1973 - Falkville, Alabama. (Pictured: Enhanced image of the alleged creature itself / a nighttime visit to the Metal Man Encounter Spot.) While investigating a reported UFO sighting, Police Chief Jeff Greenhaw encounters and photographs a man in a metallic suit on a country road just on the outskirts of town. He takes four Polaroid pictures before the being "leaps" away across a field in an unbelievable stride. Bad luck soon follows Greenhaw as within weeks he loses his job, his wife, and his home is burnt to the ground. The strange encounter occurred less than a week after the famous Pascagoula Abduction just a few hours south. Similar beings were described in that case. A hoax? A prank? Or something else? The "Metal Man" pics became iconic imagery for a time in the mid-70s, appearing in numerous magazines and on the covers of many UFO books. The true story remains a fantastically intriguing mystery. Photo by Michael Huntington - March, 2019. @Huntington_Strange_Travels #MichaelHuntington #StrangeTravels #HuntingtonAdventures #HuntingtonFamily #GreenhawEncounter #FalkvilleMetalMan #MetalManHoax #1973GreenhawEncounter #FalkvilleUFOs #UFO #UFOs #AlienEncounters #UFOHistory #UFOLore #FamousUFOCases #StrangeAlabama #FalkvilleAlabama https://www.instagram.com/p/B3vpRdYlDob/?igshid=19ugevt5t8u7o

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JOHN KEEL'S FLYING SAUCER SUBCULTURE - UFO Researcher and Monster-Hunting Adventure Writer John Keel (1930-2009) penned many paranormal-related books, most notably being the famous cryptid-classic "The Mothman Prophecies" (1975). While generally considered to be a visible proponent of inquiry into strange "Forteana," Keel also acted as a vocal critic of the very sensationalized culture that he was immersed in. John Keel's controversial "The Flying Saucer Subculture" (published in 1994) re-prints a scathing critique of the Culture of Ufology from an article Keel previously wrote in 1973 for "The Journal of Popular Culture" (published in 1975). The 90s booklet includes additions that convey Keel's increasing dissatisfaction with a field/culture that had come to be dominated by "fringe beliefs" and had continued to move away from the path of rational inquiry - demonstrating that there has been little progress over the years. Decades since the booklet's printing, Keel's critical take on the UFO Subculture still holds weight - and relevance - to many modern critics that contend that the field still has yet to progress beyond being a disaffected belief-culture and exploitative fringe cottage-industry. Well worth a read and consideration. #StrangeTravels #MichaelHuntington #JohnKeel #MothmanProphecies #Mothman #FlyingSaucerSubculture #UFOCulture #CulturalStudies #Fortean #Forteana #UFO #UFOs #UFOHistory #UFOLore #UFOResearch #UFOReform

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GOLFING WITH ALIENS: GLEASON AND NIXON IN FLORIDA - (Photo from the Nixon Presidential Library Archives, 1969). Comedic actor-legend Jackie Gleason (1916-1987) enjoys the Florida sunshine - and a smoke - with his good friend, the 37th President of the United States, Richard Nixon (1913-1994), as they get ready for a full day of golfing fun in the sun. Great pals and close confidants, Jackie and “Dick” shared many common interests: their love of golf, their love for the Sunshine State, their conservative political leanings, and - reportedly - their mutual fascination with the subject of UFOs. Gleason was so into aliens, in fact, that a number of his homes were designed to resemble flying saucers and his personal UFO book collection was voluminous enough to be donated to a university. Jackie and Dick enjoyed many Miami-area golf excursions throughout the Nixon Presidency (1969-1974) and rumor/urban legend (and one of Jackie’s ex-wives) tells that, during one trip in 1973, President Nixon arranged to sneak Gleason onto Homestead Air Force Base so that he could show The Great One some actual “alien corpses” from a presumed crashed UFO! True or not, the tale is an interesting one that has circulated through the tabloid press and the internet for multiple decades, and now holds a place in UFO Lore and popular culture. (Photo enhancement by Michael Huntington - February, 2018.) @Huntington_Strange_Travels #StrangeTravels #MichaelHuntington #JackieGleason #RichardNixon #GleasonAndNixon #TheGreatOne #JackieGleasonUFOs #GleasonAndNixonUFOs #GleasonAndNixonAliens #HomesteadAFBAliens #UFO #UFOs #Aliens #CrashedAliens #UFOLore #UrbanLegend #PopularFolklore #NixonLibrary

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DEADLY ENCOUNTER: THE MANTELL UFO INCIDENT - On January 7th, 1948, following a flurry of reports, an unknown round, silvery UFO was tracked (and observed) by Fort Knox’s Godman Field as it traversed the clear blue skies above the state of Kentucky. Flying nearby, National Guard pilot Captain Thomas F. Mantell, Jr. and his squadron of four F-51D Mustangs (C Flight, 165th Fighter Squadron Kentucky Air National Guard) were ordered to investigate the high-altitude bogie. Pursuing the object, squadron planes soon peeled off from the chase, one-by-one, as they began to run out of fuel and altitude. The plane to get closest to the mysterious object, Mantell’s plane, was later found crashed on a rural farm in Franklin, Kentucky after it had broken up in mid-air. The subsequent media frenzy surrounding this deadly encounter (the popular media already having been in the midst of the “Flying Saucer Craze”) propelled the “Mantell Encounter” into the popular culture and UFO Lore. Official Air Force Investigations concluded that the tragedy was most likely the result of Mantell having blacked out while chasing a balloon or Venus. Many find this interpretation to be laughable and suggest a more hostile encounter with a malevolent craft of Other-Worldy Origin. What really happened to Captain Mantell on this day remains a classic Mystery in UFO History that will, most likely, never be solved. In an odd coincidence, Mantell died in the same town as his birth. An historical marker stands in Franklin to commemorate this tragic event in which a pilot died while chasing a UFO. Graphic by Michael Huntington - January, 2018. @Huntington_Strange_Travels #StrangeTravels #MichaelHuntington #ThomasFMantell #MantellUFOEncounter #1948MantellCrash #UFO #UFOs #UFOHistory #UFOLore #FamousUFOCase #ProjectBlueBook #BadUFOEncounter #DeadlyUFOEncounter #FranklinKentucky