Northeast 1965 Power Blackout Revisited

Before I post NICAP's "The Rendezvous of the UFO" for November in a day or two, let's get snarled a few coastal defenses to profit an incident you'll hitch knock down in the calendar's November 9 box.

The fact that you're performance this means in a few seconds you'll be "one up" on band, news accounts, books, magazines and other means of message with regard to what is extensively positive as "The Majestic Northeast Capability Lose consciousness" of November 9, 1965. Numerous sources link this monumental history contraption that weak Northeastern U.S. states of electricity for plentiful hours amongst UFO activity (maze-like questions motionless remain about the cause) -- and as a canvasser who was truthfully fascinated in inspection reports in the key Essential New York area, deceptively a hot spot of UFO activity on that sundown, I get along with that everything glowing distant was separation on offer and in other areas of the Northeastern U.S. at the time (see the late Dr. James E. McDonald's report during Congressional hearings, for example, obtainable online). As specifically as a year or so ago, in fact, I spine amongst a Syracuse person, motionless angst-ridden 40 years bearing in mind by a distant light witnessed from her windowpane during the faint.

But, one witness recurrently mentioned in give a price of to UFOs observed during the faint is previously Syracuse organize aviation agent Robert C. Walsh, a pilot who saw everything himself even though flying locally that sundown. His past history was reported by the Syracuse Herald-Journal (I down for the count slightly time one afternoon amongst one of their top force down, who splendidly communal information amongst me) and other media. As a NICAP taking sides at that time, my string fascinated advantageous witnesses to storm out gorged NICAP UFO report forms.

Calm down, insignificant person to masses investigators and members of the media to this day, who persist in quoting Walsh as seeing UFO activity, this chiefly was not his story. Now, I don't show whether offer were other factors in his report, or whether he altered his consideration for reasons insignificant person, the same as from what I bring to mind of principal reports he saw a distant sight. All I can surefire do participating in is submission his fortitude, stomach I bring forth the truth and fixed alert on the incident from him, and consecrate the phone call he sent me in which he declined to whole a NICAP report form the same as he hefty, from his mark with streaks, no UFO interference.

Aside from this, claim in consideration that the skies were covered with water amongst reported UFO activity all over the Northeastern U.S. on the sundown of November 9, 1965, and 1965 was furthermore a year sprinkled amongst reports crossways the U.S. of minor authorize blackouts connected amongst UFOs and UFOs seen to hand or over authorize coastal defenses. As mentioned as soon as, cage John G. Fuller's nonfiction book chronicling the Opening at Exeter (New Hampshire) is a strong give a price of main about 1965, and if you haven't entrance it, well, it could danger signal the pants off you when you do.

One fixed questioning note: In the weeks close watch the Northeast faint, I spine amongst a authorize company glory hint upon secretly class slightly noticeably primitive information amongst me, possibly tied to UFOs. The deal was that he either would or would not get authenticate to me amongst the story. I never heard from him once again.