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

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as UFOs and sent on to Project Blue Book. what happened from there McLoy 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. mloa had a copy of the teletype 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 mcl's First Step was to.

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but if this stupid commercial gets a lot. of views you can count on. [Music]. it it was a Friday morning September 4th. 1964 When Donald shum set out for the. woods Don and his two friends Vincent. Alvarez and Tim TR blood were headed to. Cisco Grove it was about 3/4 of the way. to Lake Tahoe 80 Mi or so about an hour. hour and a half drive the three men.

worked for aerojet Corporation a. military subcontractor in Sacramento Dom. was a welder and specifically worked on. Polaris and Titan nuclear missiles a. stressful job a weekend with friends bow. hunting deer in the Tahoe national. forest was just what he needed to clear. his head Firearms were prohibited in the. National Forest this time of year and. that suited Don just fine he was a. skilled Bow Hunter he preferred the bow. over a rifle anyway it felt like real. hunting it it was quiet peaceful even as.

long as he's not hunting with hooks and. worms he's all right by me the men. quickly set up camp hit the forest and. fanned out they had no communication. equipment so they had to stay within. shouting distance they had an agreement. that if anyone got separated by. Nightfall they would return to the. campsite by Sunset Don hadn't spotted. any deer as he decided to head back to. Camp he realized he got turned around at. some point he was lost he shouted for. his friends but didn't get a reply.

being out in the woods alone at night. wasn't a good idea other Hunters had. reported bears and other predators in. the area but it was getting dark and the. temperature was dropping Don had no. choice he'd be staying in the woods that. night but there was no way he was doing. it at ground level Don made for High. Ground found a massive pine tree rooted. on a cliff side and started climbing H. you see I normally think it's stupid you. came from monkeys H but I got to admit. sometimes it comes in handy Don had a. military type belt that could serve as a.

harness he found a strong branch and. secured himself he was high enough that. a bear or wild cat would have to work to. reach him but they could reach him so. he'd have to stay awake all night Don. was fighting sleep when he saw a light. through the trees he assumed that his. friends had reported him missing and. this was the forest service sending out. a rescue helicopter he scrambled down. the tree and lit a couple of signal. fires he built he started shouting and. waving his arms by the time the light. was Within about 50 yard Don realized it.

wasn't making any sound it wasn't a. [Music]. helicopter the light floated silently. and slowly approached Don's location he. quickly put out the signal fires and. climbed back up the tree it was dark and. he was wearing all camouflage his plan. was stay still stay quiet and wait for. the light to pass the light was small. maybe 8 or 10 in across at first Don. thought this was a tiny spacecraft the.

light moved slowly and silently then the. light started swaying it was scanning. the area the motion of the light allowed. Don to make out the shape of the craft. it wasn't small the ship was an enormous. black cylinder 150 ft long the size of a. 14-story building lying on its side the. beam of light was searching the canyon. the trees the large rocks in the area. then the light. stopped on the hull of The Craft Don saw. three horizontal slits of light appear.

the slits expanded into tall narrow. rectangles of light they were windows or. doors opening on the side of the craft. then from the middle window there was a. flash of light and a dark object shot. down the canyon it was another smaller. Ship by this point Don was terrified a. few seconds later the small ship floated. up to the ridg line near Don's tree and. came to a stop he could see a blinking. light on top of it it was shaped like a. flying sauc that he'd seen in pictures.

Don was doing everything he could to. remain still but he was trembling the. silence made the experience worse he. could hear the sound of the wind blowing. up from the canyon and hitting the trees. but the loudest sound was his blood. pumping through his ears he hadn't. believed in UFOs or aliens or any of. that he considered himself a regular guy. he was a welder by trade on the weekends. he enjoyed hiking hunting or just. hanging out with his family this was the. last thing he expected d didn't move he.

had to remind himself to breathe he. looked at his hands and he was squeezing. his bow so tightly that his knuckles had. turned white 5 minutes went by and it. was an eternity then Don heard branches. breaking and bushes rustling something. was forcing its way through the brush. and headed right for his. [Music]. tree for the next 2 or 3 minutes The. Stomping and scraping got louder and. louder whatever this was it was was. getting closer the sound stopped two.

shapes emerged from the brush at the. tree line stood a pair of beings. humanoid but definitely not human they. were between four and 5 ft tall wearing. silver suits Don couldn't make out their. faces but he could see they were wearing. some kind of eyewear he thought they. resembled welding goggles the beings. seemed interested in the surroundings. they were carefully picking leaves and. placing bits of soil into tubes with. long slender fingers they slowly walked. in the direction of Don's tree he.

instinctively tightened his belt that. was wrapped around a large Branch the. being stopped and Don held his breath. then he saw the two creatures slowly. tilting their heads back as they scanned. up the tree they must have heard him. then they saw him within the goggles he. saw large round eyes that dominated the. being's faces their eyes locked with his. and they walked toward him and stopped. at the base of the tree Dom wasn't up. all that high maybe 10 to 12 ft off the. ground if these beings reached toward.

him or could jump in any way they could. get to him the beings looked at each. other and made sounds that sounded like. the hooting of an owl then they looked. back at da he felt a wave of panic wash. over him he couldn't tell if they meant. him harm or what their intentions were. at all he just stared at them and tried. not to move a few seconds later he heard. more crashing through the trees bushes. were bending and breaking whatever was. coming was big and it was heavy a third. figure appeared at the tree line it was.

casting a large Shadow and moving. mechanically it was a robot wait wait. wait wait wait did you just say it was a. robot well we don't know for sure it was. basically the same size and shape as the. humanoids maybe a little taller Don. later described it as looking like and. moving like a robot it stopped under. Don's tree between the two smaller. beings it looked like a robot from Pulp. magazines it was about 6 ft tall and. metallic it had a boxy torso and a. square head it had no neck and a square.

jaw when it opened its mouth the entire. jaw opened it like the iron shant. exactly like that just scale down the. robot had reddish orange eyes that. glowed like flashlights in the dark it. was looking at him the two humanoids HED. again and the ship sounded a reply as if. responding the robot's arm lifted and. its metallic hand adjusted its jaw the. robot angled its face towards Dawn its. mouth opened and there was a loud hiss. there was a jet of white smoke like.

Steam from a kettle then Don felt the. vapor hitting his facea Ora well Don's. brain told him to react but his muscles. didn't respond he was paralyzed Inda his. vision got blurry then everything went. [Music]. black Don woke up slumped over the. branch it's a good thing his belt was. firmly attached or he would have fallen. out of the tree he shook off the. paralysis and was hit with a wave of.

nausea he looked down and the beings. were trying to climb after him Don was. dry heaving as he inched higher up the. tree the robot reached for its jaw again. preparing another attack and Don. considered this an escalation he grabbed. an arrow knocked it and Drew back his. bow he aimed for the chest of the robot. it was only 8 or 10 ft away at this. distance an arrow from a 60 lb bow moves. as fast as a bullet from a rifle he let. it fly a fraction of a second later the.

arrow hit the robot Square in the chest. there was a bright flash of Sparks as. the robot stumbled backward the. humanoids retreated to the tree line it. worked then the robot steadied itself. along with the beings it returned to the. base of the tree it raised its arm. opened its mouth there was a hiss and. another blast of white Vapor Don inched. a little higher but he couldn't breathe. it was like there was no air he felt. himself black out again when he came two. the humanoids were trying to figure out.

how to get him out of the tree again KN. he grabbed another arrow he drew back as. far as he could he released the arrow. again he hit the robot square and again. there were Sparks and again it stumbled. backward the humanoids also retreated. before the robot could get its balance. Don hit it Square in the chest again. this time it almost lost its balance and. fell over but it didn't it regained its. footing and started back toward the tree. I keep shooting that thing but Don. reached for his quiver it was empty he.

was out of. [Music]. arrows Don woke up and wretched he. wasn't sure how long he was out but the. humanoids were now climbing a rock next. to the tree they hooted and the robot. lifted its arm Don patted his pockets. matches he grabbed his baseball cap and. set it on fire he threw this at the. robot and all three stepped backward Don. then started lighting everything he had. on fire he tore pieces off his jacket.

lit those on fire and sent them down. again he was hit with vapor and knocked. out and this went on for hours Tom was. knocked out by the gas over and over. again but he kept burning things and. dropping them down he burned every bit. of clothing he had except the shirt and. jeans shoes socks gloves everything gone. which could be a problem it was getting. cold the fires would give him a few. seconds to adjust his position but not. enough time to get out of range of the. vapor then the matches ran out he threw.

everything he had at the creatures his. quiver his Compass his canteen all he. had left were a few coins and he threw. those too after waking up from another. Vapor attack Dawn saw a hint of orange. in the clouds the sun would be up in an. hour but he didn't know if he could. survive that long he was exhausted and. he was out of options he thought about. his wife and daughter as he passed out. again Don opened his eyes and the. humanoids were gone no but now there. were two robots at the base of the tree.

oh no arcs of electricity bounced. between them like a Jacob's Ladder they. were pooling their energy both robots. reached for their jaws and open their. mouths Don tried to scramble higher but. the air around him suddenly got so cold. he choked he couldn't breathe he knew it. was almost over he felt himself blacking. out as he was losing Consciousness he. wondered if they'd ever find his body. who would be at his. funeral he thought to himself this is.

going to be hard on my little girl then. a cloud of cold white smoke hit him Dom. was right it was. over when Don woke up he was hanging off. the tree by his belt arms and legs. dangling the sun was up he was alone he. made it Don carefully adjusted his belt. and slowly came down from the tree he. grabbed his compass and headed back to. Camp Barefoot freezing and exhausted he. told his friends what happened they.

believed him one of them saw the ship. too and when Don got home he told his. family what happened now his. mother-in-law wait wait wait what he. told the Mother-in-law always a mistake. well he told his wife and she told the. Mother-in-law women what communication. is important in a. marriage you poor simple bastard anyway. his mother-in-law knew an astronomy. professor at a local community college. she thought his science background could. help him explain the lights the object.

and what happened a couple of weeks. later Don spoke to the professor and. recounted every detail he could the. professor thought this event was. important and decided to contact the. nearby mlen Air Force Base everyone's. got a big mouth in this story the. professor gave the Air Force a summary. of Don's story and the location of the. incident within days two investigators. were sent from Wright Patterson AFB in. Ohio captain mcloyd and Sergeant Barnes. they didn't want to meet Don at his. house instead they met him at a vacant.

rental in the area they told Don to come. alone he did the only things in the. house were a table and two chairs. sketchy well they just wanted to control. the area and hear Don's story without. his family around yeah I like it well. remember Don worked at a highly secure. nuclear missile facility the air force. needed to get to the bottom of this yeah. I don't trust these guys yeah well they. brought along a bulky real toore tape. recorder and extensively documented. Don's entire 12-hour encounter the. investigators asked Donald detailed.

questions about the creatures what did. they look like their height skin texture. clothing how did they move what. abilities or tools did they have they. asked specifics about the large ship its. shape visible features like lights and. markings how did it maneuver they asked. Don how he fought back against the. attack how effective he was and which. creatures he targeted they asked for a. detailed map of the area what was the. elevation topology what kind of rocks. and trees were there after after they. had all the details and chronology of.

events the investigator switched into. interrogation mode and here we. [Music]. go the friendly investigators weren't so. friendly anymore the investigators. became interrogators and they came at. Don hard time the lawyer up Chief they. offered alternative scenarios for what. happened were there weapon tests going. on lawyer was Don intoxicated on drugs. or alcohol lawyer was this actually.

teenagers playing an elaborate prank. lawyer could this have been Japanese. soldiers that Don mistook for aliens. Japanese soldiers yep in the woods in. the middle of the night yeah Don said. that was ridiculous he saw what he saw. he was telling the truth he even showed. them an arrow head that had bits of. metal on it from the impact with the. robot the Air Force took the arrow as. evidence and he never saw it again and. he never saw it again the investigators. left and did not follow up during rifle. season Don went back to the area where. the encounter happened there was an.

orange circle around the tree the whole. area had been raked clean for about 50. feet around the tree there were still. rake marks in the dirt and a few. cigarette butts around the perimeter it. was obvious the Air Force was there and. cleaned everything up soon after that. Don developed anxiety he suffered severe. PTSD including walking nightmares for. about a year hearing owl sounds would. trigger a panic attack his welding. skills declined he was fired from his. job and his family almost went bankrupt.

he could have sold his story or wrote a. book yeah but he didn't want his name. attached to this his neighbors thought. he was crazy he thought he was crazy his. family had to move in with relatives in. Arizona and the only work he could find. was low wage the event ruined Don's life. and he wanted nothing more to do with it. he tried to put it out of his mind and. slowly he was able to recover he was. finally free of the Cisco Grove UFO. encounter then 14 years later the phone.

rang Don's case resurfaced when groups. like naikap and muam were going through. old files his was intriguing enough to. attract the attention of Hollywood Don. story ended up on an NBC special called. project UFO Paul cery an investigator. for naikap filed a freedom of. information request and it took a couple. of years but they finally released the. file the file said what Don experienced. didn't happened the report said the. incident was psychologically based and.

dismissed it as a hoax or a delusion but. the file also contained a signed. affidavit from Vincent Alvarez who said. he saw a craft descending toward Don's. area at the time of the event in the mid. 2000s Don finally started talking about. the event in 2011 a book was published. aliens in the forest The Cisco Grove UFO. encounter though Don story was now. available to the public it's one of the. Lesser known UFO stories h g knew about. it oh yeah we got the story from Gino.

story hour if you want to hear his take. on it there's a link below he gets into. it he does but did it really happen Don. story has been consistent for 50 years. he's never tried to capitalize on it the. opposite happened this encounter broke. him financially and psychologically. there's also the other eyewitness. Vincent Alvarez who said he saw the ship. and the Air Force did send investigators. across the country to look into this. they did admit took something from Don. presumably the arrow or Arrowhead on the.

other side there's no actual physical. evidence the Air Force never return the. arrow Don said they cleaned up the site. and if they did they didn't document. this or test the soil for radiation or. anything like that that we know of well. true the Air Force did want to keep this. quiet but these creatures had. anti-gravity technology yet they. couldn't figure out how to climb a tree. why not fly the smaller ship over and I. don't like that the beings and the robot. are described exactly like 1960 sci-fi.

that makes me skeptical also Don said. Moonlight helped him see the ship but. there was no moon that night Don said he. found another one of his arrows but we. don't know if it was tested or what. happened to it was the Cisco Grove UFO. encounter real well it was real enough. to Donald Trump it destroyed his life he. lost everything and almost lost his mind. but the Air Force said that he lost his. mind before the encounter a 12-hour life. or death struggle with aliens a man. stuck in a tree firing arrows at a vapor.

shooting robot a government. investigation and cover up you have. enough information to decide if it's. true but one thing is for sure it's a. great story and to me it's all that. [Music]. matters thank you so much for hanging. out with me today my name is AJ that's. Heckle fish yo mama this has been the wi. files if you had fun or learned anything. do us a favor subscribe like comment.

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