1973 in UFO history
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1973 in UFO history
| Year | 1973 |
|---|---|
| Events | 6 |
| Decade | 1970s |
| Topics | Beings & bodies (topic), Secrecy & cover-up (topic), Nuclear & missile sites (topic), Crashes & retrievals (topic) |
| Timeline | 1973 on the UAP Timeline |
1973 in UFO history — the UAP Timeline records 6 events in 1973, mostly about beings & bodies and secrecy & cover-up. People named in these events include Robert Emenegger, William Coleman, Leonard Stringfield, Linda Moulton Howe, Michael Jenkins.
Events
- UFOs: Past, Present, and Future documentary (May 1973) — Two Air Force colonels reportedly encourage filmmakers to make a UAP documentary.
- Great Lakes shoot-down claim (1973) (June 1973) — A Navy instructor claims a UAP was shot down by a missile and secretly moved by rail to Great Lakes.
- Dyess AFB weapons storage incident (1973) (October 1973) — A security policeman at Dyess AFB says his squadron encountered a UAP near nuclear bombers.
- Pascagoula abduction (11 October 1973) — Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker say they were taken aboard a craft near Pascagoula, Mississippi.
- Secret project asks about remote viewing (1973) (27 October 1973) — Puthoff tells Vallée a secret UAP project with an official charter asked about remote viewing.
- Barry Goldwater and the Wright-Patterson room (28 December 1973) — Sen. Barry Goldwater says he was refused access to a UAP 'room' at Wright-Patterson.
People
- Robert Emenegger — Producer of the 1974 documentary UFOs: Past, Present, and Future.
- William Coleman — Former Air Force spokesman linked to official UFO policy and the 1974 Emenegger documentary.
- Leonard Stringfield — Former Air Force intelligence officer and NICAP researcher who collected anonymous crash-retrieval accounts from 1978 to 1994.
- Linda Moulton Howe — Journalist and filmmaker who runs the Earthfiles website and has reported many crash-retrieval claims.
- Michael Jenkins — Air Force security policeman who described a 1973 incident at Dyess AFB.
- Robert Hastings — Researcher who has collected accounts of UFOs at nuclear weapons sites, author of UFOs and Nukes.
- Charles Hickson — Shipyard worker in the 1973 Pascagoula abduction case.
- Calvin Parker — Shipyard worker in the 1973 Pascagoula abduction case.
- J. Allen Hynek — Astronomer and Air Force UFO consultant from 1948 to 1969 who later founded the Center for UFO Studies.
- Philip Klass — Aviation journalist and leading UFO skeptic.
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This page was last edited on 29 October 2026. Articles are written in our own words from the sources listed under References; disputed claims are attributed to the people who made them.
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