DARK FILES: A Pictorial History of Lost, Forgotten and Obscure UFO Encounters
Michael Schratt will present a highly illustrated lecture specifically focusing in on the most obscure cases in the field of UFOlogy. Topics to be included are the following:
- The mysterious airship wave of 1897
- USO’s (Unidentified Submerged Objects)
- September 1958 U.S.S. FDR UFO encounter
- Multiple “Michelin Man” cases (1968-1977)
- 1961 C.E. II automobile levitation case from Stigler Oklahoma
- Project Blue Book case #10270 “Torpedo” (Temple OK, March 23, 1966)
- Steven Michalak (May 19, 1967 encounter at Falcon Lake Canada)
- “Father Gill” entity encounter (June 26, 1959 Papua New Guinea)
- multiple witness case of a 140-diameter disc shaped craft over Colusa California on May 26, 1979
- Multiple entity encounter in Ririe Idaho November 2, 1967
- Massive “Mothership” over Mobile AL, in 1983
- Astronaut Gordon Cooper’s attempted UFO intercept in 1951
- UFO landing at Edwards AFB in 1957
- JAL Flight 1620 “Mothership” encounter 1986
- April 6, 1966 multiple eyewitness case in Melbourne Australia
- “Water pumper” UFO over Oregon 2012
- Lonnie Zamora’s “egg shaped” craft sighted on April 24, 1964 in Socorro NM (extra bonus feature…what the insignia really looked like)
- Canara Islands “soap bubble UFO” with occupants June 22, 1976
- Switzerland “Garden gnome” ski case January 7, 1970
- April 2001 Chicago O’Hare airport “saucer with tentacles” case
- UFO crash/retrievals (1963 US Marine, 1948 Aztec, Kingman 1953)
- Many more to be revealed in this world exclusive for the very first time
Michael Schratt (private pilot/aviation historian) has been investigating UFO encounters for over 25 years. Between 2008 and 2009, Michael meticulously reviewed a minimum of 50,000 cases which were preserved at the CUFOS (Center for UFO Studies) archives in Chicago. In an effort to maintain an important part of our national history, Michael has re-created dozens of highly credible UFO cases by the use of drawings, illustrations and commissioned artwork. Many of these include USO (Unidentified Submerged Objects), actual extraterrestrial encounters, and pre-history UFO cases which have never seen the light of day. Michael has appeared on multiple media platforms including the following: Coast to Coast AM, History Channel, Paranormal Matrix, UFO Hunters, Fade to Black. In addition, Michael has been a guest speaker at multiple UFO conferences including the following: Phoenix MUFON, Orange County MUFON, International UFO Congress, MUFON Symposium and UFO CON.
