The Buff Ledge UFO Abduction
New England Legends Podcast
Jeff Belanger
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 20 November 2025
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
In Episode 423 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the skies over Colchester, Vermont, searching for a cigar-shaped UFO that abducted two teenagers working at the old Buff Ledge summer camp on Lake Champlain back in 1968. The strange encounter gave rise to a popular book about the incident and one of the most famous UFO cases to ever grace the Green Mountain State.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, this isn't the ideal day to be out on the shores of Lake Champlain, Jeff. |
| 0:07.5 | No, it's not. It's cold, even dreary. Yeah. I see some storm clouds in the sky to the southwest, too. |
| 0:13.5 | Yeah, they do look ominous. Quite a contrast to the grounds of this former summer camp, isn't it? |
| 0:18.3 | Yeah, for sure. Now, we're standing near Bigfoot Stables in |
| 0:22.1 | Colchester, Vermont. I can imagine in July this place is picture, perfect summer fun, with the |
| 0:27.1 | horses in the lake just up the road. Yeah, I could definitely see that. Right near the water, |
| 0:31.8 | plenty of space to run the horses, swim, boat, all the other great summer activities. Yeah, for |
| 0:36.2 | sure. The kind of place where you only have to watch the skies for storm clouds or... |
| 0:42.0 | Or what? |
| 0:43.8 | Well, storm clouds or UFOs. |
| 0:46.7 | UFOs? |
| 0:47.6 | Ray, we've come to Colchester, Vermont to watch the skies because this was ground zero for the bus ledge UFO abduction. |
| 0:59.2 | Hey, I'm Jeff Belanger. |
| 1:00.5 | Welcome to episode 423 of the New England Legends podcast. |
| 1:04.2 | And I'm Ray Osier. |
| 1:04.9 | Thank you for joining us on our mission to chronicle every legend in New England, one story |
| 1:08.9 | at a time. |
| 1:09.9 | UFOs, aliens, ghost monsters, |
| 1:12.4 | eccentric, roadside oddities, and all the other wicked strangeness that makes New England |
| 1:16.8 | like no other place. If you've got a strange story, you think we should check out. Please reach out |
| 1:21.5 | to us anytime through our website. And we'll go looking for the buffledged UFO right after this word |
| 1:25.9 | from our sponsor. |
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