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#24 - Langenburg's UFO Encounter

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Edwin Fuhr says five metallic objects hovered a foot off the ground while his swather stopped.

1. Unsolved Canadian Mysteries #24 focuses on the 1974 Langenberg, Saskatchewan UFO report involving farmer Edwin Fuhr. 2. Kenton DeYoung hosts with Dylan Ferdinand, and both matter because they reconstruct the case and test explanations against the record. 3. The episode asks what Fuhr actually saw on August 1st, 1974, and whether the shapes were extraterrestrial, biological, or military. 4. Fuhr is said to have been swathing canola near a slough when he noticed one silver object and then four more. 5. Kenton says Fuhr walked to within about 15 feet and described round, metallic bodies with a gray lip and a silver top. 6. The objects are described as hovering about a foot above the ground while the grass below them moved in a clockwise pattern. 7. Fuhr's swather engine is said to have cut out, leaving him waiting about 15 minutes before the objects rose and left. 8. Kenton says Fuhr later returned to the farmhouse, told his parents, and then the family and local RCMP went to inspect the site. 9. The RCMP investigation is described as involving officers from Regina and dogs that refused to go near the circles. 10. A counter from Winnipeg is said to have shown radioactive readings, and Kenton repeats Fuhr's later soreness and stiff muscles. 11. Kenton notes a second account about a possible sixth circle after barking dogs were heard at night, but he treats that detail cautiously. 12. The hosts describe three indents behind one circle that looked like a door had lowered from the craft. 13. Fuhr's quote about giving "probably more than 10,000 interviews" frames the public attention that followed the story. 14. Kenton says people came from Australia, China, Japan, the U.S., and that both the United States Air Force and Royal Canadian Air Force visited the farm. 15. The episode also mentions a phone call Fuhr reportedly had with Neil Armstrong and uses that as part of the episode's UFO context. 16. Kenton brings in Dr. J. J. Alan Hinnick and the Center of UFO Studies in Illinois, plus the earlier Project Blue Book background. 17. The discussion is conversational, skeptical in places, and organized around Kenton's narration rather than a formal interview. 18. Dylan reacts in real time while Kenton revisits his own calls to family members and local contacts in Langenberg and Vibank. 19. Best for listeners who like prairie UFO cases and Saskatchewan history. 20. Skip it if you want a tightly sourced scientific report only.

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A Saskatchewan UFO story that leans on place, gossip, and one hard-to-forget claim.

This Saskatchewan UFO story stays close to Langenberg, the farm, and the wave of calls that followed once reporters and UFO specialists took notice.

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A Saskatchewan UFO story with a farm, jets overhead, and a Neil Armstrong rumor.

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