17. The Swamp Gas Case

For over 50 years there has been a debate in the Ann Arbor area to the Hillsdale area of Michigan. In March of 1966 people reported seeing strange lights and UFOs. This prompted an investigation by the government soon after. People have debated on this mysterious event for years- was it aliens or was it just swamp gas?

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Episode Pictures and Videos:

https://record.umich.edu/articles/flying-saucers/

https://www.biography.com/scientist/j-allen-hynek

https://www.clickondetroit.com/all-about-ann-arbor/2017/03/15/the-michigan-ufo-craze-of-1966/

https://www.amazon.com/UFO-experience-scientific-inquiry-ebook/dp/B07ZKQTNVK

Episode Sources:

• https://www.ufoinsight.com/michigan-1966-the-swamp-gas-incidents/

• https://www.history.com/news/j-allen-hynek-ufos-project-blue-book

• https://www.michiganradio.org/post/aliens-or-swamp-gas-mystery-michigan-s-most-famous-ufo-sighting-lives

• https://record.umich.edu/articles/flying-saucers/

• https://fox17online.com/2019/09/20/ahead-of-area-51-raid-mi-ufo-enthusiasts-say-aliens-are-real/

• https://www.wzzm13.com/article/news/local/a-few-minutes-with-a-man-who-believes-aliens-visited-michigan/90856390

• https://www.clickondetroit.com/all-about-ann-arbor/2017/03/15/the-michigan-ufo-craze-of-1966/

• https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/03/14/ufos-ufo-sightings-ann-arbor-mufon-swamp-gas-conference/81777236/

• https://www.wkar.org/post/ufo-or-swamp-gas-mi-s-close-encounter-50-years-later#stream/0

• https://wwmt.com/news/local/50th-anniversary-of-michigan-ufo-sightings

• http://hillsdalecollegian.com/2017/09/38351/

• https://www.hillsdalehistoricalsociety.org/alien-invasion