S2 Ep21: The Emerald Valley
From Astonishing Legends by Astonishing Legends Productions
June 9, 2026 · 45 min · Season 2 · Episode 21
About this episode
Daniel shares a mysterious experience from his childhood involving an intense green light.
In tonight's dead letter, Daniel, a self-described skeptic writes in about the one thing he's never been able to explain away. He was a third-grader in northeast Washington in 1985, riding home one evening, when an intense green light blinded him and his mom in their car. For years he figured he'd made it up, or pulled it from some movie. Then it came up years later over lunch with his sister, and he found out he wasn't the only one in the car who never forgot it. REFERENCE LINKS When Mysterious Green Fireballs Worried the U.S. Government — HISTORY Project Twinkle and the Green Fireball Investigation The Green Flash: What Causes the Rare Sunset Phenomenon — EarthSky Fairchild Air Force Base History — HistoryLink.org Faded Giant by Robert Salas and James Klotz The 1967 Malmstrom Missile Shutdown — CUFON Archive Robert Hastings — UFOs and Nukes Astonishing Legends Ep. 155: Abduction at Devil's Den (Terry Lovelace) We're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com!
People in this episode
Host: Astonishing Legends Productions
Topics covered
- UFOs
- mysterious phenomena
- personal experiences
- skepticism
- family stories
Keywords
- Emerald Valley
- green light
- UFO
- skeptic
- 1985
- Washington
- family memory
- mysterious fireballs
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: HISTORY, EarthSky, HistoryLink.org
Books & works: Faded Giant, Astonishing Legends Ep. 155: Abduction at Devil's Den (Terry Lovelace)
Places: northeast Washington
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