147: “We Asked for a UFO… Then Lost Time” | 1973 Encounter Story

About this episode

Dave Hamlin shares his chilling firsthand account of a UFO encounter in 1973, exploring themes of missing time and the search for answers.

What happens when you ask for contact… and something actually responds? In this episode of the UFO Garage Podcast, we sit down with Dave Hamlin to hear his firsthand account of a chilling experience during the 1973 UFO sighting wave in the upper Midwest. What started as a curious night turned into something far stranger. Dave and his girlfriend drove out to a remote field, scanning the skies, calling out through a walkie-talkie… even jokingly asking to be taken for a ride in a flying saucer. Then—without warning—everything went blank. The next moment, they woke up in broad daylight, sitting upright in their car… with no memory of what happened in between. In this conversation, we explore: The 1973 UFO flap in Minnesota & Wisconsin The moment everything went silent Missing time and unexplained gaps in memory A strange physical mark that appeared after the event Why Dave has spent decades searching for answers His thoughts on regression therapy and uncovering the truth More than 50 years later, the questions still remain. Was it nothing… or something we still don’t understand?

People in this episode

Guest: Dave Hamlin

Topics covered

• UFO sightings
• missing time
• 1973 UFO flap
• regression therapy

Keywords

• UFO
• contact
• Minnesota
• Wisconsin
• memory gaps

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Midwest, Minnesota, Wisconsin

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