First-hand Bigfoot Society EP 1140

UFO sighting near Salem, Oregon (1969)

1969 evening as sky dimmed Salem, Oregon 1 witness

Account

The witness watched a bright star-like light grow brighter, descend smoking over town, and release a long silver craft. The craft reportedly stopped, darted across the valley and back, then left. The next day local papers reported many other sightings.

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Date	1969 Stated Bigfoot Society EP 1140 · transcript:00:22:08-00:24:11 · read with 60% confidence
Time of day	evening as sky dimmed Stated Bigfoot Society EP 1140 · transcript:00:22:08-00:24:11 · read with 85% confidence
Place	Salem, Oregon Stated Bigfoot Society EP 1140 · transcript:00:20:06-00:22:08 · read with 85% confidence
Map point	44.9239, -123.0230 (± 15 km) Geocoded Bigfoot Society EP 1140 · gazetteer:place · read with 50% confidence Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Salem city (GEOID 4164900), matched from nearest town 'Salem'
Account type	First-hand Derived Bigfoot Society EP 1140 · transcript:00:22:08-00:24:11
Witnesses	1 Derived Bigfoot Society EP 1140 · transcript:00:22:08-00:24:11 · read with 80% confidence
Figures reported	1 Derived Bigfoot Society EP 1140 · transcript:00:22:08-00:24:11 · read with 85% confidence
Witness was	looking at the sky from grandparent's living room Stated Bigfoot Society EP 1140 · transcript:00:20:06-00:22:08
Witness's word for it	tic tac silver thing Stated Bigfoot Society EP 1140 · transcript:00:22:08-00:24:11
Creature	UFO / lights Derived Bigfoot Society EP 1140 · transcript:00:20:06-00:24:11 · read with 75% confidence

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Bigfoot Society EP 1140 Podcast Interview

Published 2026-07-06 Retrieved 2026-09-29 Version 1 Listen from 0:20:06 (account ends about 0:24:11) Hash 4276a8e6585e

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The report refers to

“front page news in the Salem paper and the Oregonian”
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