# Weird and Freaky: Seven Crazy 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: 2026-06-13T14:20:00+00:00
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Close encounters of the second kind are cases which affect the environment or the witness in some way. These effects fall into four main categories: physiological effects on the witness, landing traces, animal reactions and electromagnetic disturbances. Sometimes these effects can be exceedingly strange. This video presents seven particularly unusual examples. THE GLOWING CLOUD. On the night of May 7, 1980, a mother and three kids drove along a highway in Anderson California. Suddenly a huge cloud-like formation rose from the nearby Sacramento River and blocked the road ahead. Soon the cloud swallowed their car. Inside, they saw a blinding white light, and they all felt like the car was floating. Then they popped out on the other side with a strange feeling of calmness. Arriving home, it was 30 minutes later than it should have been. One girl’s wristwatch no longer kept accurate time. All four experienced weird effects: extreme thirst, sensitivity, and the girls had strange marks on their bodies. Finally, the car battery was dead. LEVITATED BY A UFO. Around 1:30 am one night in 1971, a military employee drove along a road in near Puget-Ville, France and saw a large, orange, glowing object ahead of him over the highway. He assumed it was an aircraft in distress until the object moved closer and his car began to malfunction. Suddenly he became immobilized as his car was levitated off the highway. The next thing he knew, the orange light disappeared and he was dropped onto the highway, badly damaging his car. Arriving home, he discovered that he was missing three hours of time. A SHOCKING UFO. On the night of December 21, 1974, three people drove from Darmstadt, Illinois to New Athens, and encountered a classic flying saucer which seemed to land among the trees. They sear…

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