Night of the Mendo UFOs

About this episode

The episode explores a series of UFO sightings in Mendocino during the Fall of 1978, featuring personal accounts and historical context.

SnapSessions! presents Episode 58—a special podcast for us. We take a look at a bizarre night in Mendocino’s history, an evening we are calling “Night of the Mendo UFOs”. SnapSessions! presents an in depth exposé of a time in the Fall of 1978 when the Mendocino Coast was haunted by a series of UFO sightings remembered by 9 Northcoast citizens including me, Doug Nunn. In addition, SnapSessions! places this in the history of UAPs (Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon), recent US congressional hearings with Navy and Air Force pilots, as well a look at the place of UFOs in the history of Science Fiction since that big surge of flying saucer sightings in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Guest: Doug Nunn

Topics covered

• UFO sightings
• Mendocino history
• UAPs
• Science Fiction

Keywords

• Mendocino Coast
• 1978
• Northcoast citizens
• congressional hearings
• Navy pilots
• Air Force pilots

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Night of the Mendo UFOs

Places: Mendocino, the Mendocino Coast, Northcoast, US

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