Cold War UFOs

In 1975, Wurtsmith Air Force Base near Lake Huron became the site of a chilling series of events tied to the wider “nuclear UFO flap” of the era. It began quietly one night when a sentry stationed at a gatehouse felt the forest around him fall unnaturally silent. In the distance, he saw a large, unlit craft hovering with surgical precision. It was sharp-edged, reflective under the moon, and gave off a cold, heavy atmosphere. His radio filled with a strange, unfamiliar static—jamming his call for help—just before the object shot off into the night sky.

That same...