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Retired meteorologist shares his account of 1994 West Michigan UFO sightings
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Day: September 8, 2020

UBR Classic UFO Buster Radio News – 411: 1994 West Michigan, Indonesia on Scott C. Waring, and Human- Alien Hybrids…no way!