First-hand Bigfoot Society EP 714

UFO sighting in Oregon (1978)

August 1978 night Oregon

Account

The witness and companions were cowboy camping without tents above a lake before a summit attempt. At night the whole campsite was suddenly enveloped in intense shadowless light of unknown duration, then went dark. Nearby campers said they saw nothing, and the group did not discuss it further.

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Date	August 1978 Stated Bigfoot Society EP 714 · transcript:00:41:20-00:43:22
Time of day	night Derived Bigfoot Society EP 714 · transcript:00:43:22-00:45:23 · read with 85% confidence
Place	Oregon Stated Bigfoot Society EP 714 · transcript:00:41:20-00:43:22 · read with 85% confidence
Map point	44.6742, -121.7995 (± 5 km) Geocoded Bigfoot Society EP 714 · gnis:1144246 · read with 45% confidence USGS GNIS summit 'Mount Jefferson', Jefferson, matched from place name 'Mount Jefferson'
Account type	First-hand Derived Bigfoot Society EP 714 · transcript:00:43:22-00:45:23
Witness was	attempting to climb mountain, cowboy camping Stated Bigfoot Society EP 714 · transcript:00:41:20-00:43:22 · read with 85% confidence
Witness's word for it	bright fluorescent flashbulb intensity light Stated Bigfoot Society EP 714 · transcript:00:43:22-00:45:23
Creature	UFO / lights Derived Bigfoot Society EP 714 · transcript:00:41:20-00:50:03 · read with 80% confidence

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