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UFO HOTSPOT: WELCOME TO PIEDMONT - On the road to the 29th Ozark Mountain UFO Conference, The Huntingtons stopped off in Piedmont, Missouri to visit the spot where noted Ufologist Dr. J. Allen Hynek stood to take his famous "Welcome UFO People" photo in 1973 (by Ted Phillips). Piedmont was a major center of UFO activity that year (with HUNDREDS of reported sightings), in what would come to be known as "The Brushy Creek UFO Scare." Piedmont was the location of the important 70s-era "Project Identification" scientific field study of UFOs as well as the site of an under-reported UFO-related military jet crash from the 1950s. The famous Hynek photo spot was near the sign in the background. Photo by Diane Huntington - April, 2016. #StrangeTravels #MichaelHuntington #DianeHuntington #HuntingtonFamily #HuntingtonAdventures #HuntingtonBoys #WelcomeUFOPeople #HynekUFO #HynekStoodHere #TedPhillipsUFO #BrushyCreekUFOWave #BrushyCreekUFOScare #PiedmontJetCrash #ProjectIdentification #PiedmontMissouriUFO #1973UFOWave #UFOHistory #PiedmontMissouri (at Piedmont, Missouri)

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UFO SKYWATCH ‘73: PIEDMONT’S PINE HILL DRIVE-IN THEATER - Piedmont, Missouri. The abandoned Pine Hill Drive-In Theater (1953) in Piedmont, Missouri (pop. 1500). Beginning in February of 1973, and continuing throughout the year (and, indeed, years after), the town of Piedmont and its surrounding environs experienced a flap of UFO sightings numbering in the hundreds. In fact, local officials took reports of over 500 encounters during this flap event (called “The Brushy Creek UFO Flap” due to the proximity of clusters of encounters to the feature), which prompted a world-wide media frenzy and the involvement of several noted investigators looking into the activity - including Dr. J. Allen Hynek, Ted Phillips, Dr. Harley Rutledge, and Hayden Hewes. The Piedmont sightings flap was the nexus that lead to Dr. Rutledge’s long-term “Project Identification” UFO Field Study which studied the flap events and conducted investigations and field observations in the area for years following. During the summer of 1973 - amidst the hype of the strange encounters being experienced by, seemingly, everyone - a prime activity for locals (and visitors) was watching the skies for mysterious UFOs. The Pine Hill Drive-In became, naturally, a key spot for “UFO Spotting” in ‘73, with several encounter events having been reported here - including alleged sightings by large groups of witnesses. The Pine Hill Drive-In closed their final gates in 2015 after sixty-plus years in operation. What was actually seen in these skies, by so many people, so many years ago, remains Unknown to this day. Photo by Michael Huntington - April, 2019. @Huntington_Strange_Travels #MichaelHuntington #StrangeTravels #HuntingtonFamily #HuntingtonAdventures #UnusualFamilyOutings #UFO #UFOs #UFOFlap #1973PiedmontUFOFlap #1973UFOs #PiedmontFlap #PiedmontUFOs #BrushyCreekUFOFlap #FamousUFOs #MissouriUFOs #DrJAllenHynek #DrHarleyRutledge #TedPhillips #ProjectIdentification #PineHillDriveIn #BrushyCreekMissouri #PiedmontMissouri (at Piedmont, Missouri) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx0yFQ3Fkrx/?igshid=1pa1d6u8tp5dm