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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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