S7EP33 - Incredible Moments of Contact - Real UFO Encounters

Paranormal Portal

Brent Thomas

Natural Sciences, Society & Culture, Science

4.5 • 641 Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Paranormal Portal, we revisit some of the most compelling UFO encounters ever reported—moments when ordinary people suddenly found themselves face-to-face with something profoundly out of place. These are close encounters that didn't begin in the sky, but unfolded at ground level, often in quiet, unremarkable locations, and ended just as abruptly as they began. As the stories unfold, a subtle but unsettling theme emerges, raising questions about intention, awareness, and what it really means to come too close to the unknown. The result is a haunting look at contact that feels brief, personal, and deeply unsettling—without ever offering easy answers. Join us for this incredible conversation and so much more! Enter the Paranormal Portal...if you dare! All Intro and Outro Music on the Paranormal Portal is written by Brent Thomas - All Rights Reserved. To check out a few of these songs, visit:
https://brentthomas.bandcamp.com *Instrumental interview outro music by Jesse Wilkins*
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0:00.0	The The Hey everybody and welcome to the paranormal portal.
0:40.0	I'm your host, Brand Thomas.
0:41.3	Thank you so much for joining us today.
0:43.5	We've got an epic show ahead, but just remember, if any of you have experiences you'd like to share, I'd love to hear from you.
0:51.2	You can either email me at paranormal portal radio at gmail.com or head over to
0:56.9	paranormal portal.net and scroll down and find the button that says interview me and that'll
1:03.6	allow you to look at a calendar of possible times and dates and find a date that works for you.
1:10.0	Love to hear your stories so
1:11.8	definitely get in touch with me The
1:30.3	The It was late summer mid 1990s and this happened just outside, a small farming town in
2:02.8	central Illinois. The kind of place where it gets quiet fast after dark. No streetlights
2:09.6	once you're a few minutes outside of town. Just fields, tree lines, and long stretches of road
2:17.1	that feel empty, even during the day.
2:20.6	The witness was a man in his early 40s at the time, married, two kids, work construction.
2:29.0	Not someone who followed UFO stories or paranormal stuff.
2:32.5	He wasn't looking for anything unusual that night.
2:36.7	He was just driving home. It was around 10.30, maybe even closer to 11. He'd taken a back
2:44.4	road he used all the time. Cornfields on both sides, windows down a bit a.m radio was on low. About a mile ahead of him
2:55.3	he noticed a glow over the field to the right. It wasn't a beam or spotlight just a steady glow,
3:03.0	sitting low over the field. At first he thought it might be a combine or some kind of farm
3:09.2	equipment running late. That really wasn't unusual during harvest season, but as he got closer,
3:16.5	the light didn't move. And it wasn't even the right color. Too white, far too clean. Well, he slowed down, and then he realized the globe wasn't coming from the
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