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1973 US UFO Wave Peak

DATE18 Oct 1973
LOCAL TIME8:30 PM
LOCATIONUnited States (multistate)
COORDINATES38.75°N, 78.26°W

October 1973 saw the peak of one of the largest UFO waves in American history, with hundreds of reports flooding police, military, and media across the southeastern and midwestern United States. The 1973 wave rivaled the 1952 Washington DC wave in scope.

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