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February 15, 2013

Posted on February 15, 2019 by Joel Byers

On February 15, 2013 a meteor exploded over Russia, bringing back memories of the Tunguska Event, when a meteor exploded over the Siberian Forest on June 30, 1908.  Although the Chelyabinsk falling space rock did not cause the super-enormous damage that the Siberian very small dinosaur killer did where it flattened almost 800 square miles … Continue reading →

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February 10, 1567

Posted on February 10, 2019 by Joel Byers

On February 10, 1567, Lord Darnley, the second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, was found dead, following an explosion at the Kirk o’Field house in Edinburgh, Scotland. Surprisingly, he didn’t die from the explosion, but instead was found to have been strangled. For years, it was whispered that he hadn’t committed suicide, but was … Continue reading →

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January 18, 1644

Posted on January 18, 2019 by Joel Byers

On January 18, 1644, the first documented case of a USO/UFO (Unidentified Submerged Object/Unindentified Flying Object) was made. John Winthrop’s, the Governor of Massachusetts, diary had an entry detailing the event. In it, he stated that three men in a boat in the Boston Harbor observed at midnight two lights rise up and out from … Continue reading →

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January 9, 1793

Posted on January 9, 2019 by Joel Byers

On January 9, 1793, Frenchman, Jean Pierre Blanchard made the first balloon flight in North America. Aeronaut Blanchard lifted off from the Walnut Street Prison in Philadephia, setting the stage for future prison breaks in books and movies, and floated over the Pennsylvania countryside. Coincidentally, this is also the first semi-documented UFO sightings made over … Continue reading →

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March 18, 1995

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1995, Michael Jordan announced he was ending his 17 month NBA retirement. There were rumors that Jordan had ‘retired’ rather than being suspended due to his suspected gambling. But in 1996, the documentary ‘Space Jam’ came out showed the true story of Michael Jordan’s retirement and his subsequent return … Continue reading →

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June 24, 1997

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1997, the US Air Force released a report titled “The Roswell Report, Case Closed” that dismissed the claims that an alien spacecraft had crashed in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947. Lt. Colonel Scott Hayden, the author of the report, stated that the debris was from a high altitude weather … Continue reading →

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October 30, 1938

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY! in 1938 – Orson Welles’ “The War of the Worlds” aired on CBS radio. The belief that the realistic radio dramatization was a live news event about a Martian invasion caused panic among many of the listeners. The next day, Orson Welles went back on the air and explained how … Continue reading →

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September 29, 1963

Posted on September 29, 2013 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY! in 1963 “My Favorite Martian” premiered on CBS-TV. It starred Ray Walston as the Martian and Bill Bixby as his hapless human caretaker. It ran from 1963 until 1966, which were also the years when UFOs were seen the most often and people abduction stories slowly began to surface. Unknown … Continue reading →

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September 8, 1966

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Joel Byers

On THIS DATE IN TWISTED-HISTORY! in 1966, Star Trek premiered on TV, and the term Trekkie was born. Finally, adolescent teenage boys could put their train sets away and watch space travel with scantily dressed women in mini-skirts and go-go boots come alive on their TV screens in full living color. Green-skinned hot-eyed alien women … Continue reading →

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July 8, 1947

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Joel Byers

On this date in 1947, Thor Heyerdahl, adventurer and captain of the balsa-wood raft the “Kon-Tiki” was floating on the Pacific ocean when news of a “space-ship crash” at Roswell, New Mexico was broadcasted. Unbeknownst to the rest of the world, Heyerdahl was a space alien from a near-earth planet located in a star-system located … Continue reading →

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