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Swamps and Saucers
By Scott Corrales
FATE :: March 2007

Most people are not thrilled by the idea of having to go to a swamp, as the idea conjures up swarms of mosquitoes, snakes dangling from tree branches, and the pervading smell of decay. In some latitudes there is the ever-present danger of crocodiles. Cherished by sportsmen and shunned by the average person, our planet’s swamps are also the home of mysterious beings and unexplained lights that have been reported for generations. In fact, a swamp seems almost too perfect a location for supernatural goings-on, yet they occur year after year, as we shall see in the following cases.

Any association between UFOs and swamps inevitably leads to the “swamp gas” incident of March 20, 1966, when nearly 80 students at a university residence hall in Hillsdale, Michigan, reported an unidentified flying object hovering over a neighboring marsh. This prompted J. Allen Hynek, who at the time was a consultant to the U.S. Air Force’s Project Blue Book, to suggest the possibility that methane gas had suddenly erupted from the swamp and ignited. “Swamp gas” went on to acquire legendary status as the explanation trotted out by officialdom whenever it could not account for strange phenomena in the heavens above. But unexplained aerial objects have appeared over marshland and continue to do so....

Read the rest of this article in the March 2007 issue of FATE

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