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EPISODE · May 28, 2026 · 43 MIN

A UFO Shut Down 9 Cars. The Air Force Called It Ball Lightning.

from Mostly True Alien Stories · host Neal Girandola

November 2nd 1957. Levelland, Texas. 11pm.A farm worker's engine dies. A glowing object is in the road. It lifts off. His engine restarts on its own.He calls the sheriff. Before the officer can process that call — another one comes in. Then another. Then another.Nine independent witnesses. Three hours. Multiple roads. All strangers. All describing the same object. All reporting the same thing — engine dies when it approaches, engine restarts when it leaves.The sheriff drove out and saw it himself.The Air Force sent one investigator in plain clothes for seven hours and blamed a storm that never happened.Their own chief scientific consultant later said on the record — the explanation was wrong. Ball lightning cannot stop cars and put out headlights.Neal, Andrew, and Emma cover the most electromagnetically documented UFO mass sighting in American history.Is this a Mostly True Alien Story?New episodes every Wednesday. Subscribe wherever you listen. 🛸

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