50th Anniversary of the SE Missouri Ozarks UFO Flap: Piedmont, Clearwater Lake, Farmington, Wayne County

Forward by Lee Speigel. In 1973, the town of Piedmont, Clearwater Lake, and Wayne County, Missouri experienced one of the biggest UFO Flaps in history. Over 500 sighting reports were filed with the police department and local media, attracting the attention of national media including Walter Cronkite, along with UFO investigators Dr. J. Allen Hynek, Ted Phillips, Walter Andrus, and others. Dr. Harley Rutledge conducted a years-long investigation of the site, culminating in his work "Project Identification." Authors and investigators Debbie Ziegelmeyer, State Director for Missouri MUFON, and Margie Kay, Assistant State Director for Missouri MUFON cover what started in 1973 and continues to this day. They share past and current sightings and experiences which include sightings of UFOs, extraterrestrials, balls of light, unexplained animal mutilations, and bigfoot sightings. Why this area is such a hot spot for Unidentified Aerial phenomena is the big question that Debbie and Margie are working to figure out.