Vermont’s Abandoned UFO Base

New England Legends Podcast

Jeff Belanger

Places & Travel, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 286 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger hike up East Mountain in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom searching for the ruins of the North Concord Air Force Station, a massive Cold War-era radar base where a UFO was spotted on September 19, 1961. This UFO sighting was the precursor to New England’s most famous UFO case.

See more here: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-286-vermonts-abandoned-ufo-base/

Hear also: Episode 5, The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Abduction: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-5-the-ufo-abduction-of-barney-and-betty-hill/

Transcript

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0:00.0	So we're pretty far from everywhere, Jeff.
0:05.8	Yeah, that we are.
0:07.0	We're hiking up East Mountain in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom.
0:10.5	We're just about 25 miles as the crow flies from the Canadian border.
0:14.8	Or maybe I should say as the UFO flies.
0:17.6	Oh, are we chasing a UFO story this week?
0:20.3	We are. But there's so much more to see up here.
0:25.2	Oh, yeah, there is. I see some huge structures up near the top. Yeah, that's where we're heading.
0:31.3	They're like giant round metal silos. And I see the remains of some buildings over on that side of the road.
0:38.2	This looks pretty huge.
0:39.7	Ray, these are the remains of the North Concord Air Force Station.
0:43.2	It's a Cold War era military base with a connection to New England's most famous UFO incident.
0:56.7	Hey, I'm Jeff Belanger.
1:01.2	And I'm Ray Osier. Welcome to episode 286 of the New England Legends podcast.
1:06.3	Thanks for joining us on our mission to chronicle every legend in New England, one story at a time.
1:08.0	We can't do it without you.
1:11.4	No, we can't. We're a community of legend seekers always on the hunt for tales of ghosts, monsters, UFOs, true crime, roadside oddities, and all the other
1:16.4	weirdness that makes New England special. We're closing in on 5 million downloads of our podcast
1:21.7	since we started. So thanks for being there. Great things happen when you share our podcast
1:26.1	with your friends. We grow when people share these local stories. Now, before we go looking for UFOs and an old military base, we want to take just a minute to tell you about our sponsor, Nuadi Erbil's. Ray, it's winter. It is. And for me, that means seriously dry skin. It's awful. I need to take way better care of my skin in the winter than I do in
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