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In the early morning hours of September 10, 1976, as a mysterious electrical blackout struck the rural community of Colusa, California, local mechanic Bill Pecha stepped outside his home, and his life forever changed. Hovering above his home was an enormous, disc-shaped UFO, and fearing for his family’s safety, he gathered his wife and children and fled in their pickup truck, later claiming that a mysterious luminous object pursued them on their way toward town.
In this episode of The Micah Hanks Program, we revisit one of the most extraordinary close-encounter cases of the 1970s, examining the testimony of Pecha and several independent witnesses, the strange electrical effects reported that night, and the extensive investigation that followed. What really happened that September night in Colusa, and what can this remarkable case tell us about the enduring mystery of UFO close encounters?
SHOW NOTES
Below are links to stories and other content featured in this episode.
- CE2: Close Encounters of the Second Kind – Center for UFO Studies
- INCIDENT AT COLUSA: Colusa Sun-Herald Coverage of the UFO Sighting
- CENTER FOR UFO STUDIES: Bill Pecha’s Story
- WITNESS ACCOUNT: Witness Sketch of the Colusa UFO
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