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Podcast: The Canadian Gothic
Episode: The 1978 Clarenville UFO Event
Description: When Clarenville RCMP Constable Jim Blackwood responded to a report of an unusual object in the sky, he expected it to be the next in a series of recent reports that all resulted in nothing more than a confused citizen describing a vague light.When he arrived to the scene he found a group of mystified witnesses viewing the still clearly visible object with binoculars. He knew then that this report was unique.The incredible events which unfolded during the roughly two hour long sighting would fuel both an international media whirlwind and a localized...