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You Can’t Make This Up

Berkshires' UFO: Unsolved Mysteries

You Can’t Make This Up

Netflix

True Crime, Documentary, Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Film Interviews

4.21K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2020

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

For over three decades, Unsolved Mysteries engrossed audiences with true tales of missing persons, unsolved murders, and paranormal occurrences - touching on a wide range of stories from UFO sightings to the Kennedy assassinations. Over 260 cold cases were solved because of tips from viewers of the show. Now, the iconic documentary series is on Netflix. “Berkshires' UFO” is the fifth episode of this series. Over fifty years ago, townspeople from Berkshire County, Massachusetts were traumatized by encounters with an unexplained flying object. In this episode, they come forward with dramatic testimony about the baffling events that took place on the night of September 1, 1969. In this episode, our host Rebecca Lavoie (Crime Writers On...) speaks with the "Berkshires' UFO" episode director Marcus A. Clarke. Before the conversation with Marcus, Rebecca also has a discussion with her real-life partner-in-crime and husband, Kevin Flynn. Kevin, who you’ve heard on this podcast before, is an Emmy-award winning former TV journalist, true crime author, and co-host of the true-crime podcast ‘Crime Writers On’ with Rebecca. Loyal fans of Unsolved Mysteries might remember these words from the late and irreplaceable former host of the show, Robert Stack: “For every mystery, someone somewhere knows the truth. Perhaps that person is someone listening. Perhaps it’s you.” If you have any leads on what might have happened in Berkshire County on September 1, 1969, go to https://unsolved.com/home/ to share tips or to learn more about the extensive amount of other mysteries covered by this series. Note to listeners: This episode contains spoilers. So make sure to watch the entire episode before listening on. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, our guest was recorded in his home and not in a studio. We appreciate your understanding. Stay tuned for our next episode on Unsolved Mysteries, Episode 6: "Missing Witness."

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to You Can't Make This Up, a companion podcast for Netflix original true crime stories.

0:06.0

I'm Rebecca Lervoy, your host.

0:10.0

Each episode we take a close up look at a true crime documentary or series and I talk to the

0:14.9

people who made them. We dive deep into the backstories and get answers to

0:18.9

questions raised by what we just watched. This week I sit down again with Unsolved Mysteries

0:24.8

Director Marcus A Clark. This time we talk about Berkshire's UFO, episode 5.

0:31.6

Over 50 years ago, residents of Berkshire County, Massachusetts were traumatized by encounters with an unexplained flying object.

0:39.0

In this episode, they come forward with dramatic testimony about the baffling events that took place the night of September 1st, 1969.

0:49.0

Before this happened, I was a non-believer in any of that stuff. It just no way flying saucers and I just did not believe it.

1:01.6

I drove all the way into Great Barrington and pulled over where

1:05.5

our store was at Main Street, turned the car off and looked at my girlfriend and said,

1:11.6

what just happened.

1:13.0

So I ran in and I told my husband

1:16.0

and he said to go up and report it to the radio station

1:20.0

and I went in and Tom Jay

1:22.0

who was the director of W. S.

1:25.0

Started to laugh and he said, you and Mary must be out drinking again.

1:30.0

He said, I think it must have been swamp gas.

1:32.0

Said this was been swamp gas.

1:33.0

So this was no swamp gas time.

1:34.8

And I explained it a few hours later.

1:37.2

He was inundated with calls from other people.

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