# A Spectacular and Extraordinary Thing: Six Exceptionally Strange Close Encounters of the Second Kind

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Podcast: [UFOS & PARANORMAL WITH PRESTON DENNETT](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ufos-paranormal-with-preston-dennett-7679731)
Published: 2026-07-04T13:32:37+00:00
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## Resource

Sometimes when UFOs appear, strange things happen. The presence of an extraterrestrial craft can affect people and the environment around them in weird and unusual ways. We call these close encounters of the second kind. These cases don’t receive much attention, but they have volumes to tell us about the extraterrestrial presence on our planet. This video presents six exceptionally strange and unusual extraterrestrial encounters that just might change the way you think about UFOs. THE DEAFENING UFO. One afternoon in July 1944, two 11-year-old twin girls played in a field outside their home in Vandy, Quebec, Canada, when they saw a golden, disc-shaped craft in the sky. It slowly approached until it was 40 feet over their heads. It emitted a deafening whistling sound and a strange forcefield came out of it, pressing the girls onto the ground. The girls remained glued to the ground for three minutes when the craft darted away. Running home, the girls discovered that they were both profoundly deaf. Thankfully, their hearing returned after a few weeks. Investigators learned that other people in the area saw UFOs around the same time. Perhaps related to the encounter, the twins’ father began to get very sick. THE GREATEST SHOCK OF MY LIFE. On October 2, 1956, security guard Harry Sturdevant was patrolling a construction company in Trenton, New Jersey, when he saw a brilliant red glowing object approach. In seconds, it was so close that he could hear a hissing noise and smell a noxious odor. It quickly darted away. The encounter affected Harry badly. He collapsed in pain, choking and vomiting from the odor. He soon learned that he had lost his sense of smell and taste, and his hearing deteriorated. He lost work because of the incident. As it was a work-related injury, Harry a…

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