July 16, 2024
174. UFOs Over Elmwood 3: Landing Pad, Media, & The UFO Days Festival (CHRONICLES)
Today we conclude our coverage of the small town of Elmwood, Wisconsin and their history with strange objects and lights in their skies. On this episode we wrap up with everything else that you need to know in order to get the whole story, including the 50 million dollar proposed landing pad, the media coverage, and the 76 years of the UFO Days Festival. Thank you for joining us as we conclude this series with UFOs Over Elmwood 4: Landing Pad, Media, & The UFO Days Festival. Welcome Back to Infinite Rabbit Hole!
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Jeremy and today.
We're going to wrap up our
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coverage.
On Elmwood and the UFOs.
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That make this place so unique,
so special.
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This is it travellers.
This is the.
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Last bit but.
Don't be fooled because this is
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only the.
Last bit in the initial.
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Documentary series.
On Elmwood.
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We will be revisiting.
This topic quite a.
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Bit as we gather more and more
information hoefully from.
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People who have witnessed.
UFOs in the sky over Elmwood.
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Themselves with that being.
Said.
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And enjoy part three of our
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coverage of UFOs over Elmwood.
See on the other side
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a landing spot.
In February.
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Of 1988.
In front of a crowd of 200
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people.
A quote UN quote landing.
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Spot for UFOs was proposed to be
built.
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On an undecided.
Parcel of land.
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By a businessman from Chippewa
Falls by the name.
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Of Tom Weber during a press.
Conference at Elmwood.
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High school quote this.
Is man's grand?
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Attempt to.
Reach out and make contact, not
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a backyard.
Operation one source.
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Did mention the land.
Directly across from the quarry
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on County Road P, where Officer
Weber had his.
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Second experience.
But.
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I was unable to.
Confirm this with any other
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sources, according to ACBS news
broadcast from April. 8th, 1988.
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The project was the cost. 50
million.
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Dollars and the Chicago.
Tribune adds details that Weber
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needed $25 million to buy the
land and.
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Establish the facility and
another. 25,000,000 to.
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Operate the two square.
Mile building with a.
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Three. 100 yard in diameter
landing pad.
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Heavy radar.
Installments, scientific labs
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and housing for the workers and
scientists.
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Of the facility, all topped off
with a brilliant display to the.
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Heavens that would announce
their presence to the aliens
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that pass by, according to the.
Book the West Files true reports
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of.
Wisconsin's unexplained
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phenomenon.
By author J Rath the facility
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was sketched.
Out by Nightcap's Donald Keogh
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and would employ.
About 200 people.
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Ranging from scientists and.
Security to.
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Janitorial and maintenance
personnel.
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The two ways they.
Plan to do.
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This was with Skyward.
Pointed lights and by depicting
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a.
Large picture of what Tom Weber
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created.
To be a translational piece, to
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send his message and what our
intentions are.
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The intentions being meeting
them face to face, in a friendly
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manner of course.
And the image showed a lone
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alien and a lone human in their
own separate.
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Bubbles with dotted.
Lines with arrows.
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Pointing to a third bubble where
it showed the.
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Alien human shaking hands.
And below that bubble.
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Was A2 dimensional depiction of
a circular landing pad.
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This invitation to the heavens
went.
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Through a few different.
Ideas before finally landing on
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the image.
Previously described.
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One of which was a geometric
design of A.
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Triangle, circle and square.
Interlocked.
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Another was a musical.
Of sorts that included costumes
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and actors similar.
To a Broadway show.
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There was even an idea about
having an enormous image of a
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man and woman having intercourse
that was mentioned in Blum's
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book.
Obviously this last one.
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Didn't have a chance.
Also mentioned by Blum.
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Was the concern from a few
members of his?
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Group that the image of a man,
an alien, shaking hands may not
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mean the same to the aliens.
A few of.
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The specific concerns being that
maybe it meant.
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Goodbye, or even a threat of
some sorts, but Tom Webber stood
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his.
Ground and the friendly image
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of.
Two races of.
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Beings meeting in.
An embracing handshake.
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Was going to be the official
invitation.
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Although Tom Weber would be the
person who brought the idea to
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the forefront, according to the
Tuesday.
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April 14th, 1988.
Edition of the Stillwater.
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Evening Gazette.
It was Weber's.
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Business known as the.
UFO site.
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Center Corporation, based in.
Chippewa Falls.
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That got the nod as the.
Official party to bring.
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The landing spot to town, The
organization would meet every
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Wednesday night in the Chippewa
Falls.
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Library and eventually.
Move into A2 room suite in a
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small.
Brick office.
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Building in Chippewa Falls.
The group held.
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About a dozen members.
And a few.
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Of their names that I was able
to.
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Find in my research came from
Howard Blum's book Out There,
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which were David Martineck and
Lee Horn.
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Who would become the?
Group's treasurer.
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The hopes were that by.
Creating a safe and inviting.
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Place for UFOs the land that
there could potentially be a
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dialogue created.
Between them and us, everything
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was going great.
For a while.
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When plans were announced, the
then mayor or.
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Town.
President Larry Feeler mentions
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to the Stillwater evening.
Gazette that he had received
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phone calls from far away places
such as British.
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Columbia.
South Africa and Australia,
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while Weber was.
Working on getting all this
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going.
Another man with.
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A Wall Street Journal estimate
net worth of. $10 million at the
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time by the name of.
Gabe Sergio of Coral Gables, FL.
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Wanted to add to the fun Sergio
had made.
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His first $1,000,000 by.
Dipping his toes into.
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Different industries.
Such as television, mail order
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businesses, fashion, aviation,
and even.
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Founded a club for.
Men to meet women.
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Sergio's idea?
Was to send a 200.
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Foot mylar sculpture into.
Orbit 100 miles.
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Up the thought would be that it
would appear to.
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Those on the ground to be as.
Large as the full.
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Moon when passing over.
Just like Weber's idea.
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For the landing spot in Elmwood.
Sergio also.
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Wanted his creation to depict a
friendly image of humans and
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aliens.
The reason would be so.
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That the aliens who were passing
by would see something in orbit
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and then look down and see
something.
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Similar on the ground.
Meaning the Elmwood landing spot
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and know that they were
connected somehow and hopefully
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leading to them coming down to
investigate on May 19th, 1988 A.
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Letter by Tom Weber was mailed.
To the then President of the
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United States.
Ronald.
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Reagan requesting that he come
forward and publicly announce
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the existence of UFOs.
This of course.
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Didn't happen on.
February 4th, 1989, a year after
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the first talks and proposal.
With the Elmwood Landing.
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Spot an article was.
Run by the leader.
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Telegram that began the.
Public knowledge of a.
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Failure or decline?
In interest in the.
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Project by almost everyone.
When speaking about the $50
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million goal.
That was originally planned.
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Tom Weber was quoted.
Quote.
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I think everyone's going to be.
Shocked at how low the figure
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is, I think.
It's going to be under $20,000.
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However.
Didn't go down easily, though he
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made mention of changing the
firm to a.
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For profit organization as well
as having talks.
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With the famed heavyweight
champion boxer Muhammad Ali, who
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has claimed to have many UFO
sightings in his life in hopes
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that he would stand as a
spokesperson.
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For the cause, but
unfortunately.
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None of his efforts in the end
helped bring his plan to
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fruition for Elmwood.
As when.
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Weber went to Chicago.
Illinois to meet with Muhammad.
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Ali, Mr. Ali.
Was not at home in an article in
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the May 24th, 1989 edition of
the City Pages magazine, then
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Mayor of Elmwood and insurance
salesman Larry.
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Fuehler would be quoted.
As saying.
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Quote the whole.
Thing just.
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Totally exploded today.
Everything has come back.
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To Earth, so to speak.
The site center offices.
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Have been closed and the land
has yet to be.
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Acquired and the project.
Has been put on hold the
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landing.
Spot that Weber dreamed.
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Of never came to fruition but in
his efforts.
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To create a good rapport with
the.
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Town of Elmwood He did succeed
in bringing something along the
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same lines to life in the June
1st, 1980.
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Edition of the Pierce County.
Herald, it was announced.
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That quote.
Renovation plans are underway in
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downtown Elmwood.
To restore a former pump house
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just West of State Road 72.
Near an.
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Old fire hall for future use as
a UFO Information Center.
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Unfortunately, this is no longer
the case as it is simply a
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storage space for the local.
Legion, but at.
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Least he did.
Accomplish bringing some.
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Structure to the subject of
UFOs.
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In the small town of Elmwood,
other landing pads.
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The truth is.
That there had been a few
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different UFO landing spots.
Built throughout North America,
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the first of which, according to
Guinness World Records, dot.
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Com was in St.
Paul, Alberta, Canada, as part
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of the.
Canadian Centennial celebrations
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on June 3rd, 1967 by the.
Honorable Paul Hellyer.
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The then Canada's Minister of
National Defense, although much
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smaller than the one that was
proposed for Elmwood, the Saint
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Paul landing spot, still stands
as a. 130.
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Ton large concrete structure.
Since then there have been a
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few.
Added to the list.
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One has popped up in.
Bakersfield, North Carolina.
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At the Willis.
Observatory as well as.
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Lake City, PA where in 1976 a
UFO landing site.
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Was constructed at the.
Entrance the community.
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Park in celebration.
Of the town's bicentennial
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celebrations, this information
came from Lake.
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Cityborough.com.
In El Cajon, CA.
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Where the space cult?
Known as the Uranus Academy of
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Science.
Built their own pad to welcome
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quote 33 ships of the.
Federation in the year 2001,
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with information coming from
roadsideamerica.com.
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Looking outside of North America
for a moment, a landing spot was
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erected in the foothills of
Mount Fuji, Japan, where an
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unnamed millionaire came up with
a design after being contacted
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by a being of superior
intelligence.
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Situated on a.
Five acre complex resembling a
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temple highlights a 10 foot
thick and.
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Elevated reinforced concrete.
And asbestos slab that measures
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40 by. 60 feet.
But the most?
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Elaborate attempt would have.
Been that of the Starlight
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International landing spot in
Austin.
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Texas where Ray.
Stanford erected enormous
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lights, radar system cameras
among.
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Other very expensive and
elaborate.
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Editions in 1970.
Five, but it's.
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Since been abandoned, but the
one that is the most interesting
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landing spot in.
Relation to the proposed.
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One in Elmwood.
Was the.
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One that was established by a
woman who was.
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Present at Weber's initial news
conference.
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In the Elmwood High School
gymnasium by the name of Susu.
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Jeffrey.
Jeffrey did not.
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Believe that the landing pad had
to be something so enormous and
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grand.
So she built one. 18 feet in
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diameter, made completely out
of.
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Pebbles from her property.
In Minneapolis and the
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Mississippi.
River and was completed shortly.
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After Weber's announcement.
The Press.
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Hollywood.
And opinions?
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As mentioned before, the small
town at Elmwood, which according
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to the 2020 census only houses
683 people in total, has had its
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time in the limelight.
Unfortunately in the case.
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Of the Geraldo television show
in February of 1988, it was less
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to spread the word of
incredible.
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Events happening in Elmwood but
rather seemed to be more set on
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comedy with some seeing it as
ridicule of the town and those
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that.
Appeared on the show in Geraldo.
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'S opening statement in the.
Episode that highlighted key
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figures of the.
Events in Helmwood.
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He.
Drops the less than hilarious
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yet snarky lines quote coffee,
Tea and ET and the pan alien.
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Airways when referring.
To the famed landing spot, which
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consistently sets the
environment for exactly.
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How the episode of Geraldo.
Was going to go to be honest
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with.
You.
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I did watch.
This episode.
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And yeah, he did make some
snarky.
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Lines.
There at the beginning.
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But honestly, I thought it was a
really.
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Good informative.
Episode There were some people
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in the crowd.
Who you know.
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Took their.
Moment in the.
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Spotlight to be able to.
Take some jabs, but.
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For the most part, I think the
episode was very.
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Informative and if you want, you
can.
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See this episode, I watched it
on YouTube.
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You'll see the likes of Missus
Carol Forrester.
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Mayor Fielder, Tom Weber.
And a few others.
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The town's events.
Would also show up in.
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Articles from many different.
Local newspapers.
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National publications such as
the Chicago Tribune and Queen
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Magazine, which included a map
and.
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Story by Lee Frank there was.
Even the fictional novel The
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Doomsday Conspiracy.
By Sidney.
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Sheldon, which mentions Elmwood
and its events briefly.
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Then there was mentioned by
Warren Betts, a writer with 20th
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Century Fox movie production
company, that claimed he was
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interested in learning.
More about the UFO.
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Encounters of Elmwood for a
potential.
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Inclusion in a screenplay he
was.
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Working on Fielder would even
make mention.
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Of a possible.
Spielberg film being shot right
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in Elmwood.
Then there was the.
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Day a helicopter full of a crew.
And equipment showed up on the
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town's.
Doorstep ready to introduce them
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to the world, the crew spent
three days.
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Interviewing everyone in town
that would talk to them and the
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segment that would ultimately
air.
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On the April. 8th 1988 edition
of CBS News with Dan Rather
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following the many different
media.
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Coverages of the.
Small town of Elmwood.
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Many letters would be written
and.
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Mailed to then Mayor Larry.
Feeler, who had.
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Mentioned the many different
entities that nearly 90% of the
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letters were positive and.
Supportive of the role.
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That Elmwood was playing when it
came to the idea of the Landing.
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But Mayor?
Feeler.
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Also made mention that there
were many very negative letters
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from skeptics and lunatics as
well.
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This was also.
Reflected in the population of
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the small town, as many were
very.
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Pleased with the possibility.
Of an increased revenue for the
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town due to tourism alone.
But there were also.
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Many that were not.
So happy about the.
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Plans.
The Chicago Tribune quotes the
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then.
Pastor of Elmwood.
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United Methodist Church Reverend
James Thunstrom as saying quote
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the whole thing lacks logic in
any.
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Depth of real thinking.
About it A.
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Misguided effort to seek answers
or help from spiritual forces.
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Other than.
God, the Reverend.
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Was not a fan of the concept of
UFOs, a landing site or even the
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UFO days.
Festival.
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According to author Howard Bloom
in his.
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Book out there Thunstrom.
Likened the obsession with.
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UFOs to that of the biblical
story of the Israelites
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degenerative worship of the.
Golden Calf, his belief and and
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what he taught in his sermons
when discussing the festival and
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the craft in the skies of
Elmwood.
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Was that they were.
Evil and likely demonic forces
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Reverend James Tantrum.
Stuck to his word.
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And left town with his family
every July to be away from the
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town of.
Elmwood during the UFO Day's
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festival.
In Saint Peter's Lutheran and
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the Sacred Heart across town,
the message.
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Delivered was more neutral as
the likes of UFOs in the.
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Festival were seen as political.
Issues.
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And it was the.
Belief of these churches.
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To not mix politics.
With their sanctuary as.
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Mentioned by Bloom A.
Card was left tacked.
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To a bulletin.
Board at the sacred.
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Heart that many.
Believe was left by Father.
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Thomas that stated.
A quote by Father Theodore M.
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Heshburgh, once president of
Notre.
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Dame quote It is pricely because
I believe theology that there is
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a.
Being called God and that he is
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infinite in intelligence,
freedom and power, that I cannot
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take it upon myself to limit
what he might have done.
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This card stayed.
Pinned to the bulletin board for
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almost an entire year.
Jack Bostrack, professor of
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biology at the University of
Wisconsin River Falls, Jack
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Bostrack stated in an interview.
Once that the Wheeler events
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were the cases that he spent the
most time on as an.
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Investigator for both.
MUFON and Nightcap Jack
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Bostrack, an international UFO.
Investigator Robert Pratt
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interviewed Officer George
Wheeler about his.
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Second experience that he had on
top of Tuttle Hill on County
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Road P.
According to Bostrack, a
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thorough medical.
Examination was conducted.
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For Wheeler, which showed no.
Signs of radiation and the blood
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count was normal, which would
not be the case in radiation
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exposure.
As the white.
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Blood cell count will.
Slowly start to diminish.
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Quote Apparently he truly
believed he was enveloped in
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this light and thought maybe it
was some sort of radiation.
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At least in his mind, he was
convinced he had been exposed to
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something.
Unusual bostrack would also.
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Make mention that prior to
Wheeler's death in February of
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1977, he was planning on writing
a book on the happenings of
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Elmwood.
But why is?
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Bostrack an important.
Person in the story of Elmwood
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and their world of UFOs after
reading.
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Many, and I mean many articles
highlighting.
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Bostrack as a lead investigator
I.
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Found that in.
All the light.
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That was Shine and Elmwood by
Geraldo and non believing
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people, mostly educators and
scientists.
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Bostrack approached the
possibility.
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Of not only.
Extraterrestrials living on
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other planets, but the specific.
Cases involving Elmwood with a
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positive and scientific point of
view.
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And the best part?
Was that he relished the idea
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that he was the professor of
biology.
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That believed in.
ETS, but even better.
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He not only talked about it in
a.
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Positive light, but he.
Contributed to the community.
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Of UFO believers by.
Joining both MUFON and Nightcap.
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With the Stillwater evening.
Gazette also pointing out his
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activities in such entities as
the Ground Saucer Watch of
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Phoenix, AZ and the Aerial
Phenomenon.
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Research organization, or APRO?
In Tucson, AZ unfortunately.
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Jack Bostrak passed away.
In 2016.
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Why Elmwood?
Why is it that Elmwood.
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Is referred to.
As the quote UN quote flying.
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Saucer capital of Wisconsin.
And why is it that in the
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Wednesday, June 15th, 1988
edition of the Stillwater
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Evening Gazette did?
Then Mayor Larry Fewer.
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Mention that in the. 40 plus
years that he has lived.
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In the town of Elmwood quote to
talk about seeing.
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Saucers was never considered
extraordinary.
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As pointed out by Bostrack in
many articles, it has been long
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theorized that many UFOs seem
to.
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Have the ability to use or
steal.
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Power from man made sources this
is seen more famously.
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Around nuclear powered objects
or.
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Buildings such as the famed
incident at Malstrom Air Force
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Base in 1967 where 10 nuclear.
Warheads were quite literally
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turned off.
When an unknown.
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Orange colored.
Disk was in the vicinity and he
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believed that this was one of
two things.
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Either this was a UFO.
That had complete control of US.
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Military nuclear warheads.
And all the electronics used to
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use.
Or take care of.
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Them.
Or the power that they were.
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Using was stolen.
For a number of.
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Different.
Reasons ranging from nuclear.
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Power being the power.
Choice of UFOs to the pilots of
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said UFOs.
Deciding that they didn't want
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us to use nukes.
Now this does seem to be an
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interesting theory when it comes
to Elmwood.
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Officer George Wheeler did
report seeing a large black hose
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shaped.
Object dangling down from the
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craft in his second encounter.
Could this have been a tool?
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Used in steel power.
There have been many.
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Reports of rolling blackouts.
As seemingly random times, and
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as is popular in many different
UFO encounters in history,
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Elmwood doesn't lack minor
events that render a person's.
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Vehicle temporarily useless
while a UF.
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O is in the vicinity.
This has even been.
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Reported to happen.
When there is no UFO within
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sight, but that doesn't mean
that there isn't.
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But yet again, why Elmwood?
Some say it is the High Tension
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69. 1000 Volt electrical wires
that checker fields.
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In and around town that was once
owned by the Northern States
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Power Company, some.
Point to the limestone.
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Or.
Other minerals that are found in
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the ground.
With proof being shown in the
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sheer.
Number of sightings at the
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quarry on Tuttle Hill.
And then there's the.
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Idea that.
It's the rolling.
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Hills that attract.
Them since it seems to be a
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similarity.
That Elmwood shares with other
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UFO hotspots in the country.
It was even stated by the 1990
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UFO Days Queen.
First runner up Catherine Roche
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quote.
It might be because they want to
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study.
A rural atmosphere.
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Maybe it is exactly what Tom
Webber.
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Described for his reason.
To Mayor Fielder.
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As transcribed by reporter.
Marcia Nellison of the
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Janesville Sunday Gazette,
printed in Howard Blum's book
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Out There, quote The only
collective message that mankind
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has ever sent them was to try
and shoot them down.
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Maybe they just want to land
here.
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Truth is that there seems.
To be nothing that separates
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Elmwood from any of the
neighboring towns cities.
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Or rural areas that.
Would make this place stand out
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as an.
Attraction for UFOs There are no
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huge power plants, enormous
military bases besides the.
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Small Army National Guard
facility 15 miles away in South
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Menominee.
Or suspected top secret
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facilities.
Anywhere near Elmwood it's just
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1.5.
Four square miles of.
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Rural Elmwood, but one.
Thing is for certain, there are
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strange.
Things in the sky, in and around
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Elmwood and the encounters are
ongoing.
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As author, journalist and
investigator, Howard.
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Bloom once representing
entities.
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Such as the village.
Voice Vanity Fair and The New
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00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:12,360
York Times expressed to the.
Publisher Weekly.
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00:23:12,360 --> 00:23:16,560
Magazine in their August 17th,
1990 edition.
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00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:19,600
Quote if any place can be called
the Nation's.
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00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:22,120
UFO Capital.
It may well be.
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00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:27,440
Elmwood, Wisconsin.
UFO Days, according to the book.
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00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:30,320
Wisconsin legends and lore.
By T Krulos.
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00:23:30,360 --> 00:23:34,040
Wisconsin has a.
Total of three UFO capitals of
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00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:36,440
the world with.
Each having a UFO.
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00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:39,720
Days festival of their own.
One of which being Elmwood.
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00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:41,960
With the other two.
Being in Belleville.
476
00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:45,480
Which holds its festival.
Annually in October and Long
477
00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:48,320
Lake Holding.
Theirs in July with their UFO
478
00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:51,120
Days festival.
Being the only one spelt with AZ
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00:23:51,120 --> 00:23:54,520
at the end rather than an S in
1978, the town of Elmwood
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00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:58,040
decided to take the fame, both
positive and negative, and turn
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00:23:58,040 --> 00:24:00,160
it into something useful for the
town and its.
482
00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:03,320
People in order to celebrate the
rich story that is the.
483
00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:06,280
Connection between Elmwood and
the unidentified Flying.
484
00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:09,320
Objects that frequent their
skies and quarry.
485
00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:11,600
The town announced the then
stars.
486
00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:13,880
And stripes.
Festival would be renamed.
487
00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:16,080
To the UFO days.
Festival with the name.
488
00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:19,560
Originally being proposed.
By the then 13 year old Randy
489
00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:22,560
Huebner, who walked.
Away with a sweet $5 grand
490
00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:23,800
prize.
According to the.
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00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:27,560
Tuesday, June. 14th, 1988.
Edition of the Stillwater.
492
00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:29,520
Evening Gazette, nine years
later, the.
493
00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:32,800
Festival would be broadcasted.
Nationally in good light when
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00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:35,320
NBC.
Purchased the footage and story
495
00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:39,520
originally recorded by Eau
Claire TV station WEAU.
496
00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:42,000
TV.
And reporter Rob Krievik.
497
00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:45,560
The clip was seen on 560 NBC
affiliate.
498
00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:47,480
Channels throughout the United.
States.
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00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:50,200
The festival still goes strong
every.
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00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:52,360
Year on the last full weekend in
July.
501
00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:55,760
And over the last 46 years.
Only one year was.
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00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:56,760
Skipped.
That.
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00:24:56,760 --> 00:25:00,280
Being for the coronavirus,
COVID. 19 in 2020.
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00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:02,440
Every year the festival
highlights.
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00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:05,840
A parade, the crowning of Miss
Elmwood and offers.
506
00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:09,320
Food such as UFO Burgers.
In the afternoon and evenings
507
00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:13,080
and large pancakes on Saturday
and Sunday morning served with.
508
00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:16,640
Locally produced Maple syrup.
Live music St.
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00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:19,480
Dancing Games A medallion hunt
for.
510
00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:22,480
Cash prizes.
And vendors selling a wide range
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00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:25,240
of things from.
Knickknacks, art, jewelry, and.
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00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:29,960
UFO Days merchandise This year
2024, the festival falls on the
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00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:32,320
dates of.
Friday, July 26th.
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00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:38,720
Saturday, July 27th and Sunday,
July 28th and I Jake and Jeff.
515
00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:40,600
Will all be.
There with a small.
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00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:43,600
Crew of helpers to take.
Part in the celebrations and
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00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:46,560
create content for you.
The travellers of the infinite
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00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:48,720
rabbit hole.
Stop by if you're in the.
519
00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:53,000
Area and come see us at our.
Booth to grab some free swag.
520
00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:55,880
And meet the people behind the
voices that you have been
521
00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:57,880
listening to.
For the last four years.
522
00:25:58,160 --> 00:25:59,840
And check out our presentations
at the.
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00:25:59,840 --> 00:26:02,000
Auditorium right off the main
strip on.
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00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:05,520
Friday and Sunday at 2:30 PM if
you're not in the area.
525
00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:07,200
But wish to.
Attend anyways.
526
00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:10,200
I would highly recommend setting
up a room at a hotel in either
527
00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:13,560
nearby Menominee or Eau Claire
since Elmwood does not have a.
528
00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:16,640
Hotel for you to stay at.
But if you have an RV and wish
529
00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:18,920
to attend, there are plenty of
campgrounds nearby.
530
00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:33,960
For you to choose from and
that's it.
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00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:37,360
Travellers, that is.
All that I have on my coverage
532
00:26:37,360 --> 00:26:40,960
of Elmwood and the.
UFO Days festival which?
533
00:26:41,120 --> 00:26:43,440
Yet again, myself, Jake and
Jeff.
534
00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:46,560
Will be a part of this.
Year on Friday, Saturday and
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00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:49,320
Sunday the 26th, 27th and 28th
of.
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00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:52,200
July, please stop by.
Come say hi.
537
00:26:52,360 --> 00:26:54,920
We want to meet you.
We want to say hello.
538
00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:57,600
We want to meet you.
We want to shake your hands and
539
00:26:57,600 --> 00:26:58,800
thank you in.
Person for.
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00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:01,400
Listening to the show and.
If you're still.
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00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:03,200
Listening just like I announced
on last.
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Week's episode if.
You come by the booth and let us
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Until next time, travellers,
I'll see you right back here.
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The next fork in the path of the
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Fork in the past.
The infinite rabbit hole.
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Welcome back to.
The infinite rabbit hole,
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everybody.
I'm your host.
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Jeremy and today.
We're going to wrap up our
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coverage.
On Elmwood and the UFOs.
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That make this place so unique,
so special.
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This is it travellers.
This is the.
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Last bit but.
Don't be fooled because this is
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only the.
Last bit in the initial.
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Documentary series.
On Elmwood.
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We will be revisiting.
This topic quite a.
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Bit as we gather more and more
information hoefully from.
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People who have witnessed.
UFOs in the sky over Elmwood.
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Themselves with that being.
Said.
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If you are listening to this and
you.
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Are one of those people that we
are looking for actually,
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honestly?
If you have witnessed UFO's and
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you.
Have a really cool story to
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tell?
Or.
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Anything honestly.
Within the realm of what?
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We cover here on the Infinite
rabbit hole whether it be
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Bigfoot, whether it be a spirit,
whether it be an NDE, whether it
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be UFO's over western Wisconsin
or.
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Wherever you are from, let us
know.
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We would love to hear your
story, and I'm sure the rest of
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the world would too.
I'm not going to hold you.
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Up there, travelers.
One reminder though.
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If you did.
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And it is.
Absolutely free for you to do,
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but without further ado,
travelers.
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Thank you very much.
And enjoy part three of our
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coverage of UFOs over Elmwood.
See on the other side
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a landing spot.
In February.
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Of 1988.
In front of a crowd of 200
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people.
A quote UN quote landing.
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Spot for UFOs was proposed to be
built.
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On an undecided.
Parcel of land.
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By a businessman from Chippewa
Falls by the name.
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Of Tom Weber during a press.
Conference at Elmwood.
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High school quote this.
Is man's grand?
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Attempt to.
Reach out and make contact, not
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a backyard.
Operation one source.
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Did mention the land.
Directly across from the quarry
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on County Road P, where Officer
Weber had his.
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Second experience.
But.
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I was unable to.
Confirm this with any other
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sources, according to ACBS news
broadcast from April. 8th, 1988.
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The project was the cost. 50
million.
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Dollars and the Chicago.
Tribune adds details that Weber
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needed $25 million to buy the
land and.
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Establish the facility and
another. 25,000,000 to.
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Operate the two square.
Mile building with a.
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Three. 100 yard in diameter
landing pad.
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Heavy radar.
Installments, scientific labs
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and housing for the workers and
scientists.
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Of the facility, all topped off
with a brilliant display to the.
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Heavens that would announce
their presence to the aliens
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that pass by, according to the.
Book the West Files true reports
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of.
Wisconsin's unexplained
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phenomenon.
By author J Rath the facility
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was sketched.
Out by Nightcap's Donald Keogh
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and would employ.
About 200 people.
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Ranging from scientists and.
Security to.
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Janitorial and maintenance
personnel.
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The two ways they.
Plan to do.
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This was with Skyward.
Pointed lights and by depicting
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a.
Large picture of what Tom Weber
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created.
To be a translational piece, to
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send his message and what our
intentions are.
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The intentions being meeting
them face to face, in a friendly
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manner of course.
And the image showed a lone
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alien and a lone human in their
own separate.
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Bubbles with dotted.
Lines with arrows.
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Pointing to a third bubble where
it showed the.
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Alien human shaking hands.
And below that bubble.
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Was A2 dimensional depiction of
a circular landing pad.
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This invitation to the heavens
went.
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Through a few different.
Ideas before finally landing on
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the image.
Previously described.
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One of which was a geometric
design of A.
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Triangle, circle and square.
Interlocked.
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Another was a musical.
Of sorts that included costumes
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and actors similar.
To a Broadway show.
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There was even an idea about
having an enormous image of a
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man and woman having intercourse
that was mentioned in Blum's
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book.
Obviously this last one.
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Didn't have a chance.
Also mentioned by Blum.
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Was the concern from a few
members of his?
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Group that the image of a man,
an alien, shaking hands may not
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mean the same to the aliens.
A few of.
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The specific concerns being that
maybe it meant.
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Goodbye, or even a threat of
some sorts, but Tom Webber stood
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his.
Ground and the friendly image
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of.
Two races of.
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Beings meeting in.
An embracing handshake.
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Was going to be the official
invitation.
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Although Tom Weber would be the
person who brought the idea to
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the forefront, according to the
Tuesday.
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April 14th, 1988.
Edition of the Stillwater.
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Evening Gazette.
It was Weber's.
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Business known as the.
UFO site.
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Center Corporation, based in.
Chippewa Falls.
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That got the nod as the.
Official party to bring.
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The landing spot to town, The
organization would meet every
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Wednesday night in the Chippewa
Falls.
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Library and eventually.
Move into A2 room suite in a
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small.
Brick office.
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Building in Chippewa Falls.
The group held.
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About a dozen members.
And a few.
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Of their names that I was able
to.
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Find in my research came from
Howard Blum's book Out There,
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which were David Martineck and
Lee Horn.
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Who would become the?
Group's treasurer.
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The hopes were that by.
Creating a safe and inviting.
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Place for UFOs the land that
there could potentially be a
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dialogue created.
Between them and us, everything
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was going great.
For a while.
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When plans were announced, the
then mayor or.
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Town.
President Larry Feeler mentions
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to the Stillwater evening.
Gazette that he had received
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phone calls from far away places
such as British.
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Columbia.
South Africa and Australia,
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while Weber was.
Working on getting all this
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going.
Another man with.
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A Wall Street Journal estimate
net worth of. $10 million at the
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time by the name of.
Gabe Sergio of Coral Gables, FL.
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Wanted to add to the fun Sergio
had made.
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His first $1,000,000 by.
Dipping his toes into.
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Different industries.
Such as television, mail order
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businesses, fashion, aviation,
and even.
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Founded a club for.
Men to meet women.
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Sergio's idea?
Was to send a 200.
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Foot mylar sculpture into.
Orbit 100 miles.
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Up the thought would be that it
would appear to.
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Those on the ground to be as.
Large as the full.
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Moon when passing over.
Just like Weber's idea.
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For the landing spot in Elmwood.
Sergio also.
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Wanted his creation to depict a
friendly image of humans and
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aliens.
The reason would be so.
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That the aliens who were passing
by would see something in orbit
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and then look down and see
something.
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Similar on the ground.
Meaning the Elmwood landing spot
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and know that they were
connected somehow and hopefully
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leading to them coming down to
investigate on May 19th, 1988 A.
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Letter by Tom Weber was mailed.
To the then President of the
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United States.
Ronald.
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Reagan requesting that he come
forward and publicly announce
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the existence of UFOs.
This of course.
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Didn't happen on.
February 4th, 1989, a year after
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the first talks and proposal.
With the Elmwood Landing.
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Spot an article was.
Run by the leader.
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Telegram that began the.
Public knowledge of a.
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Failure or decline?
In interest in the.
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Project by almost everyone.
When speaking about the $50
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million goal.
That was originally planned.
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Tom Weber was quoted.
Quote.
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I think everyone's going to be.
Shocked at how low the figure
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is, I think.
It's going to be under $20,000.
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However.
Didn't go down easily, though he
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made mention of changing the
firm to a.
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For profit organization as well
as having talks.
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With the famed heavyweight
champion boxer Muhammad Ali, who
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has claimed to have many UFO
sightings in his life in hopes
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that he would stand as a
spokesperson.
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For the cause, but
unfortunately.
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None of his efforts in the end
helped bring his plan to
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fruition for Elmwood.
As when.
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Weber went to Chicago.
Illinois to meet with Muhammad.
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Ali, Mr. Ali.
Was not at home in an article in
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the May 24th, 1989 edition of
the City Pages magazine, then
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Mayor of Elmwood and insurance
salesman Larry.
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Fuehler would be quoted.
As saying.
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Quote the whole.
Thing just.
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Totally exploded today.
Everything has come back.
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To Earth, so to speak.
The site center offices.
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Have been closed and the land
has yet to be.
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Acquired and the project.
Has been put on hold the
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landing.
Spot that Weber dreamed.
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Of never came to fruition but in
his efforts.
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To create a good rapport with
the.
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Town of Elmwood He did succeed
in bringing something along the
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same lines to life in the June
1st, 1980.
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Edition of the Pierce County.
Herald, it was announced.
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That quote.
Renovation plans are underway in
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downtown Elmwood.
To restore a former pump house
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just West of State Road 72.
Near an.
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Old fire hall for future use as
a UFO Information Center.
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Unfortunately, this is no longer
the case as it is simply a
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storage space for the local.
Legion, but at.
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Least he did.
Accomplish bringing some.
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Structure to the subject of
UFOs.
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In the small town of Elmwood,
other landing pads.
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The truth is.
That there had been a few
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different UFO landing spots.
Built throughout North America,
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the first of which, according to
Guinness World Records, dot.
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Com was in St.
Paul, Alberta, Canada, as part
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of the.
Canadian Centennial celebrations
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on June 3rd, 1967 by the.
Honorable Paul Hellyer.
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The then Canada's Minister of
National Defense, although much
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smaller than the one that was
proposed for Elmwood, the Saint
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Paul landing spot, still stands
as a. 130.
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Ton large concrete structure.
Since then there have been a
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few.
Added to the list.
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One has popped up in.
Bakersfield, North Carolina.
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At the Willis.
Observatory as well as.
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Lake City, PA where in 1976 a
UFO landing site.
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Was constructed at the.
Entrance the community.
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Park in celebration.
Of the town's bicentennial
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celebrations, this information
came from Lake.
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Cityborough.com.
In El Cajon, CA.
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Where the space cult?
Known as the Uranus Academy of
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Science.
Built their own pad to welcome
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quote 33 ships of the.
Federation in the year 2001,
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with information coming from
roadsideamerica.com.
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Looking outside of North America
for a moment, a landing spot was
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erected in the foothills of
Mount Fuji, Japan, where an
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unnamed millionaire came up with
a design after being contacted
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by a being of superior
intelligence.
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Situated on a.
Five acre complex resembling a
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temple highlights a 10 foot
thick and.
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Elevated reinforced concrete.
And asbestos slab that measures
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40 by. 60 feet.
But the most?
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Elaborate attempt would have.
Been that of the Starlight
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International landing spot in
Austin.
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Texas where Ray.
Stanford erected enormous
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lights, radar system cameras
among.
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Other very expensive and
elaborate.
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Editions in 1970.
Five, but it's.
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Since been abandoned, but the
one that is the most interesting
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landing spot in.
Relation to the proposed.
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One in Elmwood.
Was the.
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One that was established by a
woman who was.
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Present at Weber's initial news
conference.
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In the Elmwood High School
gymnasium by the name of Susu.
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Jeffrey.
Jeffrey did not.
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Believe that the landing pad had
to be something so enormous and
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grand.
So she built one. 18 feet in
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diameter, made completely out
of.
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Pebbles from her property.
In Minneapolis and the
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Mississippi.
River and was completed shortly.
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After Weber's announcement.
The Press.
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Hollywood.
And opinions?
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As mentioned before, the small
town at Elmwood, which according
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to the 2020 census only houses
683 people in total, has had its
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time in the limelight.
Unfortunately in the case.
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Of the Geraldo television show
in February of 1988, it was less
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to spread the word of
incredible.
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Events happening in Elmwood but
rather seemed to be more set on
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comedy with some seeing it as
ridicule of the town and those
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that.
Appeared on the show in Geraldo.
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'S opening statement in the.
Episode that highlighted key
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figures of the.
Events in Helmwood.
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He.
Drops the less than hilarious
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yet snarky lines quote coffee,
Tea and ET and the pan alien.
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Airways when referring.
To the famed landing spot, which
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consistently sets the
environment for exactly.
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How the episode of Geraldo.
Was going to go to be honest
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with.
You.
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I did watch.
This episode.
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And yeah, he did make some
snarky.
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Lines.
There at the beginning.
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But honestly, I thought it was a
really.
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Good informative.
Episode There were some people
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in the crowd.
Who you know.
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Took their.
Moment in the.
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Spotlight to be able to.
Take some jabs, but.
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For the most part, I think the
episode was very.
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Informative and if you want, you
can.
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See this episode, I watched it
on YouTube.
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You'll see the likes of Missus
Carol Forrester.
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Mayor Fielder, Tom Weber.
And a few others.
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The town's events.
Would also show up in.
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Articles from many different.
Local newspapers.
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National publications such as
the Chicago Tribune and Queen
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Magazine, which included a map
and.
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Story by Lee Frank there was.
Even the fictional novel The
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Doomsday Conspiracy.
By Sidney.
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Sheldon, which mentions Elmwood
and its events briefly.
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Then there was mentioned by
Warren Betts, a writer with 20th
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Century Fox movie production
company, that claimed he was
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interested in learning.
More about the UFO.
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Encounters of Elmwood for a
potential.
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Inclusion in a screenplay he
was.
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Working on Fielder would even
make mention.
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Of a possible.
Spielberg film being shot right
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in Elmwood.
Then there was the.
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Day a helicopter full of a crew.
And equipment showed up on the
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town's.
Doorstep ready to introduce them
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to the world, the crew spent
three days.
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Interviewing everyone in town
that would talk to them and the
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segment that would ultimately
air.
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On the April. 8th 1988 edition
of CBS News with Dan Rather
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following the many different
media.
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Coverages of the.
Small town of Elmwood.
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Many letters would be written
and.
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Mailed to then Mayor Larry.
Feeler, who had.
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Mentioned the many different
entities that nearly 90% of the
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letters were positive and.
Supportive of the role.
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That Elmwood was playing when it
came to the idea of the Landing.
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But Mayor?
Feeler.
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Also made mention that there
were many very negative letters
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from skeptics and lunatics as
well.
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This was also.
Reflected in the population of
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the small town, as many were
very.
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Pleased with the possibility.
Of an increased revenue for the
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town due to tourism alone.
But there were also.
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Many that were not.
So happy about the.
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Plans.
The Chicago Tribune quotes the
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then.
Pastor of Elmwood.
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United Methodist Church Reverend
James Thunstrom as saying quote
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the whole thing lacks logic in
any.
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Depth of real thinking.
About it A.
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Misguided effort to seek answers
or help from spiritual forces.
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Other than.
God, the Reverend.
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Was not a fan of the concept of
UFOs, a landing site or even the
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UFO days.
Festival.
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According to author Howard Bloom
in his.
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Book out there Thunstrom.
Likened the obsession with.
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UFOs to that of the biblical
story of the Israelites
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degenerative worship of the.
Golden Calf, his belief and and
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what he taught in his sermons
when discussing the festival and
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the craft in the skies of
Elmwood.
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Was that they were.
Evil and likely demonic forces
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Reverend James Tantrum.
Stuck to his word.
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And left town with his family
every July to be away from the
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town of.
Elmwood during the UFO Day's
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festival.
In Saint Peter's Lutheran and
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the Sacred Heart across town,
the message.
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Delivered was more neutral as
the likes of UFOs in the.
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Festival were seen as political.
Issues.
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And it was the.
Belief of these churches.
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To not mix politics.
With their sanctuary as.
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Mentioned by Bloom A.
Card was left tacked.
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To a bulletin.
Board at the sacred.
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Heart that many.
Believe was left by Father.
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Thomas that stated.
A quote by Father Theodore M.
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Heshburgh, once president of
Notre.
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Dame quote It is pricely because
I believe theology that there is
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a.
Being called God and that he is
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infinite in intelligence,
freedom and power, that I cannot
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take it upon myself to limit
what he might have done.
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This card stayed.
Pinned to the bulletin board for
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almost an entire year.
Jack Bostrack, professor of
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biology at the University of
Wisconsin River Falls, Jack
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Bostrack stated in an interview.
Once that the Wheeler events
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were the cases that he spent the
most time on as an.
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Investigator for both.
MUFON and Nightcap Jack
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Bostrack, an international UFO.
Investigator Robert Pratt
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interviewed Officer George
Wheeler about his.
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Second experience that he had on
top of Tuttle Hill on County
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Road P.
According to Bostrack, a
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thorough medical.
Examination was conducted.
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For Wheeler, which showed no.
Signs of radiation and the blood
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count was normal, which would
not be the case in radiation
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exposure.
As the white.
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Blood cell count will.
Slowly start to diminish.
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Quote Apparently he truly
believed he was enveloped in
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this light and thought maybe it
was some sort of radiation.
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At least in his mind, he was
convinced he had been exposed to
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something.
Unusual bostrack would also.
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Make mention that prior to
Wheeler's death in February of
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1977, he was planning on writing
a book on the happenings of
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Elmwood.
But why is?
368
00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:31,000
Bostrack an important.
Person in the story of Elmwood
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and their world of UFOs after
reading.
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00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:37,040
Many, and I mean many articles
highlighting.
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Bostrack as a lead investigator
I.
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00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:41,160
Found that in.
All the light.
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That was Shine and Elmwood by
Geraldo and non believing
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00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:46,920
people, mostly educators and
scientists.
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00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:48,960
Bostrack approached the
possibility.
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Of not only.
Extraterrestrials living on
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other planets, but the specific.
Cases involving Elmwood with a
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positive and scientific point of
view.
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00:18:57,200 --> 00:18:59,600
And the best part?
Was that he relished the idea
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that he was the professor of
biology.
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00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:04,160
That believed in.
ETS, but even better.
382
00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:06,160
He not only talked about it in
a.
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Positive light, but he.
Contributed to the community.
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00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:12,760
Of UFO believers by.
Joining both MUFON and Nightcap.
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With the Stillwater evening.
Gazette also pointing out his
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activities in such entities as
the Ground Saucer Watch of
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Phoenix, AZ and the Aerial
Phenomenon.
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Research organization, or APRO?
In Tucson, AZ unfortunately.
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00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:31,280
Jack Bostrak passed away.
In 2016.
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00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:36,320
Why Elmwood?
Why is it that Elmwood.
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Is referred to.
As the quote UN quote flying.
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Saucer capital of Wisconsin.
And why is it that in the
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00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:46,600
Wednesday, June 15th, 1988
edition of the Stillwater
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00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:49,080
Evening Gazette did?
Then Mayor Larry Fewer.
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00:19:49,080 --> 00:19:52,360
Mention that in the. 40 plus
years that he has lived.
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In the town of Elmwood quote to
talk about seeing.
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00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:58,040
Saucers was never considered
extraordinary.
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00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:02,160
As pointed out by Bostrack in
many articles, it has been long
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00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:04,440
theorized that many UFOs seem
to.
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00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:07,160
Have the ability to use or
steal.
401
00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:10,640
Power from man made sources this
is seen more famously.
402
00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:12,240
Around nuclear powered objects
or.
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00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:15,360
Buildings such as the famed
incident at Malstrom Air Force
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00:20:15,360 --> 00:20:19,880
Base in 1967 where 10 nuclear.
Warheads were quite literally
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00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:21,720
turned off.
When an unknown.
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00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:24,880
Orange colored.
Disk was in the vicinity and he
407
00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:26,880
believed that this was one of
two things.
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00:20:27,120 --> 00:20:30,920
Either this was a UFO.
That had complete control of US.
409
00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:34,840
Military nuclear warheads.
And all the electronics used to
410
00:20:34,840 --> 00:20:36,440
use.
Or take care of.
411
00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:38,240
Them.
Or the power that they were.
412
00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:40,120
Using was stolen.
For a number of.
413
00:20:40,120 --> 00:20:42,080
Different.
Reasons ranging from nuclear.
414
00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:45,560
Power being the power.
Choice of UFOs to the pilots of
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00:20:45,560 --> 00:20:48,080
said UFOs.
Deciding that they didn't want
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00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:51,560
us to use nukes.
Now this does seem to be an
417
00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:53,680
interesting theory when it comes
to Elmwood.
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00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:57,120
Officer George Wheeler did
report seeing a large black hose
419
00:20:57,120 --> 00:20:59,040
shaped.
Object dangling down from the
420
00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:02,080
craft in his second encounter.
Could this have been a tool?
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00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:04,520
Used in steel power.
There have been many.
422
00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:07,920
Reports of rolling blackouts.
As seemingly random times, and
423
00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:11,520
as is popular in many different
UFO encounters in history,
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00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:14,920
Elmwood doesn't lack minor
events that render a person's.
425
00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:17,520
Vehicle temporarily useless
while a UF.
426
00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:20,200
O is in the vicinity.
This has even been.
427
00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:23,080
Reported to happen.
When there is no UFO within
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00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:25,080
sight, but that doesn't mean
that there isn't.
429
00:21:25,360 --> 00:21:29,960
But yet again, why Elmwood?
Some say it is the High Tension
430
00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:34,520
69. 1000 Volt electrical wires
that checker fields.
431
00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:38,160
In and around town that was once
owned by the Northern States
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00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:41,160
Power Company, some.
Point to the limestone.
433
00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:42,800
Or.
Other minerals that are found in
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00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:44,880
the ground.
With proof being shown in the
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00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:46,480
sheer.
Number of sightings at the
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00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:48,880
quarry on Tuttle Hill.
And then there's the.
437
00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:50,360
Idea that.
It's the rolling.
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00:21:50,360 --> 00:21:52,800
Hills that attract.
Them since it seems to be a
439
00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:55,320
similarity.
That Elmwood shares with other
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00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:59,640
UFO hotspots in the country.
It was even stated by the 1990
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00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:03,080
UFO Days Queen.
First runner up Catherine Roche
442
00:22:03,120 --> 00:22:05,360
quote.
It might be because they want to
443
00:22:05,360 --> 00:22:06,920
study.
A rural atmosphere.
444
00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:09,120
Maybe it is exactly what Tom
Webber.
445
00:22:09,120 --> 00:22:11,520
Described for his reason.
To Mayor Fielder.
446
00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:15,240
As transcribed by reporter.
Marcia Nellison of the
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00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:18,240
Janesville Sunday Gazette,
printed in Howard Blum's book
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00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:21,360
Out There, quote The only
collective message that mankind
449
00:22:21,360 --> 00:22:23,880
has ever sent them was to try
and shoot them down.
450
00:22:24,120 --> 00:22:25,520
Maybe they just want to land
here.
451
00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:28,480
Truth is that there seems.
To be nothing that separates
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00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:31,320
Elmwood from any of the
neighboring towns cities.
453
00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:34,240
Or rural areas that.
Would make this place stand out
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00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:36,880
as an.
Attraction for UFOs There are no
455
00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:40,440
huge power plants, enormous
military bases besides the.
456
00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:43,920
Small Army National Guard
facility 15 miles away in South
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00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:46,640
Menominee.
Or suspected top secret
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00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:49,480
facilities.
Anywhere near Elmwood it's just
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00:22:49,480 --> 00:22:51,920
1.5.
Four square miles of.
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00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:55,480
Rural Elmwood, but one.
Thing is for certain, there are
461
00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:58,200
strange.
Things in the sky, in and around
462
00:22:58,240 --> 00:23:00,920
Elmwood and the encounters are
ongoing.
463
00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:04,240
As author, journalist and
investigator, Howard.
464
00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:06,680
Bloom once representing
entities.
465
00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:09,920
Such as the village.
Voice Vanity Fair and The New
466
00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:12,360
York Times expressed to the.
Publisher Weekly.
467
00:23:12,360 --> 00:23:16,560
Magazine in their August 17th,
1990 edition.
468
00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:19,600
Quote if any place can be called
the Nation's.
469
00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:22,120
UFO Capital.
It may well be.
470
00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:27,440
Elmwood, Wisconsin.
UFO Days, according to the book.
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00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:30,320
Wisconsin legends and lore.
By T Krulos.
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00:23:30,360 --> 00:23:34,040
Wisconsin has a.
Total of three UFO capitals of
473
00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:36,440
the world with.
Each having a UFO.
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00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:39,720
Days festival of their own.
One of which being Elmwood.
475
00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:41,960
With the other two.
Being in Belleville.
476
00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:45,480
Which holds its festival.
Annually in October and Long
477
00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:48,320
Lake Holding.
Theirs in July with their UFO
478
00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:51,120
Days festival.
Being the only one spelt with AZ
479
00:23:51,120 --> 00:23:54,520
at the end rather than an S in
1978, the town of Elmwood
480
00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:58,040
decided to take the fame, both
positive and negative, and turn
481
00:23:58,040 --> 00:24:00,160
it into something useful for the
town and its.
482
00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:03,320
People in order to celebrate the
rich story that is the.
483
00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:06,280
Connection between Elmwood and
the unidentified Flying.
484
00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:09,320
Objects that frequent their
skies and quarry.
485
00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:11,600
The town announced the then
stars.
486
00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:13,880
And stripes.
Festival would be renamed.
487
00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:16,080
To the UFO days.
Festival with the name.
488
00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:19,560
Originally being proposed.
By the then 13 year old Randy
489
00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:22,560
Huebner, who walked.
Away with a sweet $5 grand
490
00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:23,800
prize.
According to the.
491
00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:27,560
Tuesday, June. 14th, 1988.
Edition of the Stillwater.
492
00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:29,520
Evening Gazette, nine years
later, the.
493
00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:32,800
Festival would be broadcasted.
Nationally in good light when
494
00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:35,320
NBC.
Purchased the footage and story
495
00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:39,520
originally recorded by Eau
Claire TV station WEAU.
496
00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:42,000
TV.
And reporter Rob Krievik.
497
00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:45,560
The clip was seen on 560 NBC
affiliate.
498
00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:47,480
Channels throughout the United.
States.
499
00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:50,200
The festival still goes strong
every.
500
00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:52,360
Year on the last full weekend in
July.
501
00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:55,760
And over the last 46 years.
Only one year was.
502
00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:56,760
Skipped.
That.
503
00:24:56,760 --> 00:25:00,280
Being for the coronavirus,
COVID. 19 in 2020.
504
00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:02,440
Every year the festival
highlights.
505
00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:05,840
A parade, the crowning of Miss
Elmwood and offers.
506
00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:09,320
Food such as UFO Burgers.
In the afternoon and evenings
507
00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:13,080
and large pancakes on Saturday
and Sunday morning served with.
508
00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:16,640
Locally produced Maple syrup.
Live music St.
509
00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:19,480
Dancing Games A medallion hunt
for.
510
00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:22,480
Cash prizes.
And vendors selling a wide range
511
00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:25,240
of things from.
Knickknacks, art, jewelry, and.
512
00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:29,960
UFO Days merchandise This year
2024, the festival falls on the
513
00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:32,320
dates of.
Friday, July 26th.
514
00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:38,720
Saturday, July 27th and Sunday,
July 28th and I Jake and Jeff.
515
00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:40,600
Will all be.
There with a small.
516
00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:43,600
Crew of helpers to take.
Part in the celebrations and
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00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:46,560
create content for you.
The travellers of the infinite
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00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:48,720
rabbit hole.
Stop by if you're in the.
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00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:53,000
Area and come see us at our.
Booth to grab some free swag.
520
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And meet the people behind the
voices that you have been
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00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:57,880
listening to.
For the last four years.
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00:25:58,160 --> 00:25:59,840
And check out our presentations
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Auditorium right off the main
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Friday and Sunday at 2:30 PM if
you're not in the area.
525
00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:07,200
But wish to.
Attend anyways.
526
00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:10,200
I would highly recommend setting
up a room at a hotel in either
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00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:13,560
nearby Menominee or Eau Claire
since Elmwood does not have a.
528
00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:16,640
Hotel for you to stay at.
But if you have an RV and wish
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For you to choose from and
that's it.
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Travellers, that is.
All that I have on my coverage
532
00:26:37,360 --> 00:26:40,960
of Elmwood and the.
UFO Days festival which?
533
00:26:41,120 --> 00:26:43,440
Yet again, myself, Jake and
Jeff.
534
00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:46,560
Will be a part of this.
Year on Friday, Saturday and
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00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:49,320
Sunday the 26th, 27th and 28th
of.
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00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:52,200
July, please stop by.
Come say hi.
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