Episode 51: The Flatwoods
This story has everything: alien activity, a green phantom and/or creature, Project Blue Book — even West Virginia. Yes, strangers, it’s time for that one-hit wonder, the Flatwoods Monster…and all the trouble it caused in mid century Appalachia.
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Unidentified Flying Objects and Project Blue Book