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The UFO Case That Silenced Airline Pilots

What happens when a respected airline captain publicly reports a UFO... and refuses to change his story?

In this Summer "Best Of" repeat from Season 2, Episode 16, Michael Ryan and Christine Scott revisit one of the most significant—and often overlooked—cases in UFO history.

On the night of February 24, 1959, Captain Peter Killian and the crew of American Airlines Flight 937 watched three mysterious objects pace their DC-6 for more than half an hour as they flew from Newark to Detroit. Other airline crews confirmed the sighting, passengers were invited to look out the windows, and the story made headlines across North America.

But when official explanations failed to satisfy the witnesses, something changed.

Many researchers believe the Killian Incident marked the beginning of a new era—one in which commercial airline pilots became increasingly reluctant to speak publicly about UFO encounters. Was this simply another unexplained sighting, or did it fundamentally change the relationship between aviation and the UFO phenomenon?

Join Michael and Christine as they examine the original reports, the Air Force response, Donald Keyhoe's involvement, and why this remarkable case still matters more than sixty-five years later.

Also in this episode:

• UFO books that make great additions to any library
• A "Moment in UFO History" featuring pioneering investigator Anne Druffel
• Canadian Civil Aviation Anomalies
• An audio excerpt from Humanoids and High Strangeness: Twenty True UFO Encounters by Preston Dennett

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Season 2, Episode 10 (Originally Released on November 8, 2023)

What would you do if something enormous, silent, and impossible drifted across the night sky while you were on duty?

In this Summer "Best Of" episode of UFO Talker, Michael Ryan is joined by retired Halifax Police officers Rick Prescott and Rob Furlong, who recount one of Canada's most compelling police UFO encounters.

While working the night shift in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the two veteran officers observed a massive black triangular object slowly crossing the sky. The craft made no sound, displayed no conventional means of propulsion, and moved so slowly that both men immediately realized they were witnessing something unlike any aircraft they had ever encountered.

As the object continued across the sky, dispatch contacted both Halifax International Airport and CFB Shearwater to determine whether anything appeared on radar. The answer was the same from both locations: nothing.

For years, the officers kept their experience private, concerned about the stigma that often follows anyone reporting an unexplained aerial encounter. Now, they share the remarkable details of what they witnessed and explain why, after all these years, they still cannot identify what they saw.

In this episode:

• The complete account of the Halifax Black Triangle UFO
• Why two experienced police officers immediately ruled out conventional aircraft
• The calls made to airport and military authorities
• Why the sighting remained private for years
• Additional unexplained UFO reports from Nova Scotia

If you enjoy carefully researched UFO cases based on firsthand witness testimony, this is an episode you won't want to miss.

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This episode originally aired in Season 4, Episode 19 of the UFO Talker Podcast.

In the summer of 1973, two young sisters were playing outside their family home in rural northern Maine when they looked up and saw something extraordinary—a huge, silent, saucer-shaped object hovering above them.

The older sister became frightened and grabbed her younger sister, pulling her toward the house. They ran across the lawn and headed for the front porch.

Then the memory stops.

Thirteen years later, the sisters finally talked about what happened that afternoon and discovered they both remembered the same encounter—and neither could remember what happened after they reached the porch.

Months later, the family witnessed another strange event.

Two mysterious balls of light moved through the night sky, circling and coming closer to the family home. As the sisters sat upstairs with their mother, a brilliant light suddenly flooded their bedroom. It was so intense they could not open their eyes.

One sister screamed.

And once again, the memory stops.

Michael Ryan talks with Tabby Rideout about the strange UFO encounters she experienced with her sister, the missing time surrounding both events, and the questions that have remained with them for more than 50 years.

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Female announcer: Joy Ryan
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Christine Scott's Centennial Books 1230 Broad Street. Regina, Sask.