Mystery in Cisco Grove: Don Shrum’s Encounter with UFOs, Aliens and Robots

Mystery in Cisco Grove: Don Shrum’s Encounter with UFOs, Aliens and Robots
In September 1964, Captain McLeod and Sergeant Barnes were dispatched from Wright-Patterson Air Force base in Ohio. They were sent to investigate a UFO sighting in Northern California.
Wright-Patterson AFB got lots of UFO reports. 99% of them could be explained. And a sizeable percentage of those sightings were hoaxers looking for attention.
The other 1% were classified as UFOs and sent on to Project Blue Book. What happened from there, McLeod didn't know. The fact that he was being sent to the other side of the country meant this sighting was important to the Air Force.
McLeod had a copy of the teletyped report from the UFO tracking office. It was stamped with an unusual "Priority" notification. It read:
"UFO landing with entities reported by missile technician in Tahoe NF, Sacramento. Orders: Investigate and contain via usual protocols ASAP."
McLeod's first step was to interview the witness. And, even after 17 years as an investigator, this was strangest UFO story he'd ever heard.
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I grew up really close to this location, I can't adequately explain or convey how many weird lights and other things I've seen all around the greater area. My friends and I became so desensitized that when we saw strange lights we would point them out to each other and then act like "it's just another Tuesday". I've only seen a handful of things in Tahoe itself but if you head east (into the Nevada desert) the bigger, weirder and more frequent the lights and objects become. It's quite spectacular.

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Same! But I always heard stories about “the ridge” in my small town . I camped at Cisco many times as well and spent almost every weekend wheeling on fordyce. I never awoke anything out there. But there are a couple spots around that mt which have crazy energy and I don’t usually stay in those spots . So your story tells me why it was wierd I guess

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[@PoolKid75]

So many parts of this story sound ridiculous. -Aliens that have the technology to travel through interstellar space can't figure out how to get a person down from a tree? They could've cut the tree down or blasted it, or blasted his belt to make him fall. -A robot that has to manually open it's robotic "jaw" to spray some kind of paralyzing agent. Why didn't it have a proper nozzle on its fingertip or somewhere more practical? -Why was the paralyzing agent so ineffective that it kept wearing off fast enough for the human to keep fighting back before they had a chance to reach him? Again, these are aliens with interstellar travel capabilities that can't even make an effective paralyzing agent? -How could a manmade arrow damage a robot designed by a race of aliens with the technology to travel through interstellar space? Makes no sense.

[@tamaracamp3418]

Oh I loved this story! I am left with questions to ponder but a great story! I grew up around McClellan AFB, I currently live about 5 miles from the old Aero Jet site & have camped my entire life I the Cisco Grove area. I can't wait to share this with my family. Thanks for giving me a new look at my area. My sister will really be interested as she and our mom swore they saw a UFO crash not far from McClellan back in the 70s. They said saw they saw the military clean it up - fast. No robots - just a odd shaped vehicle & the air force everywhere

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The book is still available as a "print on demand" item. At least, it was a year ago.

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Interesting!🤔👍

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I got a chub

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Easily one of the most obviously fake stories.

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I was very young when this story was featured in a TV documentary, but I remember it well. One of the oddest Close encounter cases of the 60s. This is the best retelling of the tale I've heard. Thanks WF team! As for what really happened, Jacques Vallee suggested that that whatever is behind the UFO phenomenon shapes itself according to the expectations and culture of the witness. This explains the rather Pulp Sci-Fi entities and the illogical elements of the event.

[@TheDramacist]

The story sounds even lamer by modern standards. Dom literally added every pseudo science cliche he'd seen in the movies

[@martinharris5017]

@@TheDramacist You suggest a deliberate intent to hoax or tell a lie. Most unlikely. I suggest he reported what he experienced despite the apparent absurdity. It could be that he subjected to some kind of experiment involving "psychotronics"? We may never know and unless evidence of a hoax and motive is forthcoming, we should assume the witness to be honest.

[@kaylakaymorgan]

@@martinharris5017 ...why? Serious question, I'm always intrigued when someone decides that a hoax or hallucination is less likely than alien beings visiting Earth from across the universe with a low-tech robot in order to collect leaves and twigs and being scared away by socks on fire. I'm pretty open minded, but assuming the witness to be honest feels naive to me, given we know that (a) humans can and do lie, for millions of reasons and (b) humans can and do hallucinate things which they genuinely believe to be real, for millions of reasons. Edit: you can be honest and hallucinate at the same time, would be a fair point, but I stick to the point that a lie or hoax is still more likely than the extraordinary explanations.

[@daniel4647]

I believe he was probably being honest from his perspective, but that doesn't mean I believe any of what he said actually happened. It's not outside the realm of possibility that schizophrenia or similar experiences is a way to describe some sort of extra sensory perception where the mind is trying to make sense of input it couldn't possibly understand. But in this case, the way it's described is more reminiscent of a fever dream or LSD trip or something than anything else. Him describing how the "gas" kept knocking him unconscious makes it sounds like he was poisoned or overdosed on something.

[@bigrig6284]

This channel is my new favorite. Awesome work!

[@treborlive4546]

Absolutely love your channel! Just found you and I am addicted. Amazing all around!! Thank you!

[@Dexduzdiz]

This guy threw in every Alien cliche into one story.

[@zeusdarkgod7727]

100% agree, i would chalk it up to lying if he had tried to gain anything from it or deny it after it had ruined his life. would chalk it up to crazy if there wasn't another witness during a moonless night. leads me to believe 1 of two things actualy happened he went crazy for a bit but hid the signs of it from everyone in his life up to that point and the other guy was lying about what he had seen, or someone or something was running an experiment on him based on fear of what people thought visitors from space would look like at that time. given the things our government has done in the past i don't rule out either situation, i find it odd that so many people gave his story credit.

[@thatthingthatisaid65]

Intergalactic vehicles but dang it: they can't climb trees. In conclusion buy a ladder for an alien invasion. Solved.

[@BiologicalAI7]

​@@zeusdarkgod7727 you like chalk huh

[@TommygunNG]

And if arrows are as effective against them as he claimed, firearms will do quite nicely against them.

[@TommygunNG]

It’s also possible that he was crazy, but the friend, indeed saw some thing. They are not mutually exclusive.

[@octaviorex244]

There's a similar story near my home town in "la rumorosa" in México three hikers get lost, climb a tree because it's dark and they are afraid of snakes, and we'll you can imagine what happened, the way they told the story was very sincere I felt like this was years ago I never heard about them again

[@imnotgonnasay3612]

The dispensary guy's tip on how to remember the difference between sativa and indica: indica is "in the couch".

[@nicolascalderon5966]

I am 3 minutes in. And at the James Pond skit. OMFG😂😂😂😂 hilarious nice accent AJ 😂😂😂😂

[@matthewdavenport6092]

This dude is literally the only channel I regularly check on to see if there is an upload. I really think his co host is bringing him down though. Hecklefish could obviously do this show by himself. 😁💙💙💙

[@blockerman3d266]

Thank you for giving me something to look forward to every week. I'm going to have to step up my game and get involved at this rate. You guys are the best.

[@WeekendWanderersOverland]

that skit got me!! I LOVE it!! ordered Go Hecklefish and some other swag!! Thanks for all you do in producing these episodes!!

[@DanielDelCore]

The only channel on KZbin where i actually watch the ads 😂. That was a work of art 😂

[@zetchTV]

Well deserved of course, but I'm proud of you guys for hitting 3M! And everything is still just getting better. Congrats to AJ and the crew! Looking forward to the premiere tonight.

[@benhuffington8482]

i feel like he subtly hides the truth

[@peter-radiantpipes2800]

1 million was just a couple months ago. Pretty crazy.

[@pauldmann1166]

Love it… and it’s the little details I always like regardless of the episode. Even the sponsored ads.. I laughed when AJ was being the evil Pond villain and used the French word “Merci” while doing a German accent!! 😂😂😂

[@dworker8955]

got a chuckle out of me hehe

[@khalilxblue3038]

you will never understand how much i love this channel. hecklefish really be having me crying.

[@purplemonkey1890]

" hecklefish does his own voice. who does your voice?" 🤣

[@Kaspar.C0LD]

Quite literally one of the only channels I tune in not just for the topic but also to see the ad read. You'd made me anticipate watching a commercial. GG, AJ, GG.

[@TakeitSleeezy69]

You don’t like watching the commercials. You just like to see AJ and HF in a different setting

[@craigsudman4556]

Great story AJ. Normally I just skip the ads but I was very entertained by the pond parody. Always love the debunking at the end of your stories. Thumbs up.

[@LTJC70]

LOL, I hate ads of any sort and actually pay to keep them outta the vids I watch BUT, this channels ads (at least 90%) I totally watch!! Thx for the great work you guys do!! You've got a lifetime subscriber here!! P.S. You've gotta come up with a T-Shirt with MT. (MFN) HAYES on it!! Hecklefish had me cracking up during that vid!!

[@Solomon2024]

AJ, I upvote your videos even before I watch them because I always trust your content! Keep the good work!

[@smellyshoe2]

Good job, guys, for hitting 3 million. All the best from an Australian !! Merry Xhristmas and all.

[@ItsNotEZBeingGreen]

Holy crap you guys are phenomenal! That was the best commercial break I've ever seen seriously! Pure genius! The episode was top quality and I loved it too! ❤️ from🇨🇦

[@cheeseonyomama]

The fact that this comment reflects his dumb commercial and not the quality of his content speaks to my point. I used to use this channel as a reference to people on the cusp, now I'll reconsider

[@bro___ccoli1156]

😂u so dumb lol guy reading you fiction book

[@SNP-1999]

The "James POND" commercial is brilliant ! "Fear the Crabcat !" 🐡❤

[@newteaser5186]

Besides the very entertaining content, This is the only channel making me actually watch the advertising. Really good job, thank you very much ✌️

[@SubFlow22]

Love the show. I do love UFOs, but I would love to see more episodes on natural/super natural phenomenon and/or cryptid episodes. Keep up the awesome work.

[@TakeitSleeezy69]

Would a Sasquatch episode not be incredible?

[@user-ou4vv2ts2w]

Hope you and your team can sit back and realize you have the best show on TV/Internet...whatever. congratulations on the 3 million. Well deserved. Great quality production and content. Keep em coming.

[@SimplySammyK]

the hecklefish skit was soo good haha xD moooooore!!!

[@chezLynn]

Best product promo, ever! From scripting, to costuming and set, you really out-did yourself/yourselves this time! Love it😅

[@jdaniel3068]

The omly channel I get show alerts for. It takes me back to the 90s when you actually had to be ready at day/time to watch a new episode. A+

[@PurpleMusicProductions]

The only disappointment is when the show was over 😢 I could easily watch for over an hour. Can we get a full fledged documentary?? ❤❤

[@ChairmanMeow1]

Whenever I cant discern an obvious motive for someone telling a story or experience I am way more apt to believe them

[@MattyCurtis1]

What great acting AJ and Mr. James Pond! Love you guy's. Keep the vids coming! I have seen every episode and can't wait for the new ones! I need my daily dose of The Why Files!. Keep up the amazing work AJ and Hecklefish!

[@toddburris4311]

The craft you described toward the beginning of this is verbatim what I saw in Jonesborogh, Tn a year ago when I was out on delivery. The only way I could describe it at the time was like a cruise liner just hanging out in the sky. Like a luxury cruise liner. It was f-in huge. Multiple levels, many lights on each level. I dropped off the delivery which was really close, which only took me a minute, (figured the people living there would need the protein for their future abduction), and drove back to take a pic, and it was completely gone. For something that massive to just disappear floors me in logic. Thank you for briefly making me feel a bit more sane.

[@kennarddawson9149]

Out of the UFOs described this is what my Great Grandfather and I encountered.

[@chriscarter4563]

Why not stop real quick and take a photo before your delivery? Seems a little more important than being punctual with your package delivery lol. Not trying to discredit you, I’m just curious

[@Teefs143]

Stop doing drugs get help!

[@freddiecolon7948]

​@@chriscarter4563delivery guy sees UFO Aww crap, pizzas getting cold, I'll be right back 😊😊

[@toddburris4311]

⁠​⁠@@chriscarter4563 I was on a two lane back road with no real place to pull over. Plus the food delivery was very close. Figured they might need the protein if they got abducted. I know it sounds weird, but that was my logic at the time. Hahaha! I really don’t care who believes me. I know what I saw.

[@1FokkerAce]

Those are the most inefficient aliens I have ever heard of.

[@Andrewthomas102]

That’s what I thought. Aliens can’t climb a tree and are hurt with arrows? Good story though

[@zanussidish5685]

Earthling, what is this thing you call ladder?

[@bro___ccoli1156]

He just read fiction books n makes in to stories on his channel 😂

[@Mr_krabz_mcfc]

Why would aliens need to climb trees ..they probably never seen one until coming to earth there usually flimsy and small with huge brains ..where were the opposite big strong and dumb 😂

[@cherry-xz6ei]

Amazing service, thank you, AJ