Ellsworth AFB "November 5" encounter (Mario Woods, November 1977)
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Ellsworth AFB from above (1997)
USGS aerial image of Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota. The 16 November 1977 report attributed to a base security team has been called a hoax by Air Force sources. Location photograph · context.
United States Geological Survey (USGS) · 1997 ↗Public domain — US government workLicence terms ↗Jesse Michels · 0:00:34
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American Alchemy / Jesse Michels ↗YouTube-hosted preview and player; not relicensedAmerican Alchemy · 2:10:53
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American Alchemy / Jesse Michels ↗YouTube-hosted preview and player; not relicensedFormer Air Force security policeman Mario Woods says that on 18 November 1977 at Ellsworth AFB's November-5 missile site he and a partner saw a large light descend, experienced missing time and awoke miles away with marks on his body and his dog in shock. He gives a full corpus interview; the skeptic disputes the distance and polygraph claims.
The event
| Date | |
|---|---|
| Place | 44.1400, -103.1000 approximate · United States |
| Official response | No official body is known to have issued a finding on this report. |
Reported by
- Mario Woods military USAF security policeman, 44th Missile Security Squadron
Who spoke about it later
- Mario Woods 0:00:34 Nuclear Guard Speaks Out About UFO Abduction ▶ 2025
- Jesse Michels 2:10:53 I Debated UFOs With America’s Top Skeptic (It Got Ugly...) ▶ 2026
Mentioned in the corpus
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Nuclear Guard Speaks Out About UFO Abduction 16 January 2025
- 0:00:34 ▶ Jesse Michels
so here it is my full interview with Mario Woods I currently live in Southeast Georgia I'm 69 years old I served in the
- 0:00:34 ▶ interview
- 0:00:34 ▶ Jesse Michels
I Debated UFOs With America’s Top Skeptic (It Got Ugly...) 9 July 2026
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Ellsworth AFB "November 5" encounter (Mario Woods, November 1977), Loring AFB overflights (October 1975), Travis Walton disappearance (Snowflake, Arizona). Open the full map filtered to this record.
Sources on this record
- 0:00:34 Nuclear Guard Speaks Out About UFO Abduction · Jesse Michels ▶
so here it is my full interview with Mario Woods I currently live in Southeast Georgia I'm 69 years old I served in the
- 2:10:53 I Debated UFOs With America’s Top Skeptic (It Got Ugly...) ▶
es 8 and 1/2 miles away from November 5. >> He says from the base. No, he and a partner both dead and both of them weren't in the Travis
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