UFO Northwest

UFO Northwest

A Humanities WA event.

Join us the 3rd Friday every month @ 5:30PM. All ages welcome.

On August 1, 1947, a tragic crash of a B-25 bomber in Washington State triggered an FBI investigation of "The Maury Island Incidient" -- an infamous Northwest UFO sighting, and history's first alleged encounter with the so-called "Men in Black."

The FBI's records from 1947, which were sealed for decades, reveal Cold War fears, jurisdictional disputes, cover-ups, false confessions, a courageous FBI Special Agen, and the hands-on involvement of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover.

Relying on the FBI records, this talk exposes a Washington story that shapes our current UFO narratives, from 1950's pulp magazines to the ubiquitous X-Files and Men in Black film franchises. Also examined: how the Northwest's unique position in UFO history is challenged by others that assert contradictory narratives.