An illustration set in the 1970s featuring a school bus with high school basketball players looking out of the windows at a UFO in the sky. Digital art by Jack and Kitty Norton.

Mystery in Piedmont, Missouri: The Brushy Creek UFO Scare

It’s a real Midwest X-File! Explore the unknown in the case of the 1973 Brushy Creek UFO scare that put Piedmont, Missouri on the map! 🛸✨ #MysteryInMissouri #UFOs #PiedmontHistory

Piedmont, Missouri – In this real life Midwest X-Files case, a quiet town in Missouri finds itself in the spotlight, thanks to some mysterious lights in the sky. This is the story of the Piedmont, Missouri: The Brushy Creek UFO Scare.

Unusual Beginnings in Piedmont

Back in 1973, Piedmont, Missouri, was just a peaceful rural town, known for its natural beauty and lead deposits. But all that changed one chilly night in February.

It all started when Reggie Bone, a high school basketball coach, was driving home with his team after a game. They were chatting about their recent loss when something caught Reggie’s eye—a bright beam of light from the sky! This was no ordinary sight, and it had everyone in the car intrigued.

As they drove through the Brushy Creek area, one of the players, Randal Holmes, spotted the mysterious object again. Reggie decided to pull over, and they all got out to get a closer look. What they saw was truly mind-boggling.

A Strange Sight

Hovering over a field about 200 yards off the road was a strange object. It had four bright lights in a row—red, green, amber, and white. Imagine lights on a giant invisible ladder in the sky! The experts later estimated this object to be about 400 feet above the ground.

The witnesses, including Cary Barks, another player, stood there, frozen in awe, for about ten minutes. And then, without a single sound, the lights shot up into the sky and disappeared behind a hill.

A Turning Point for Piedmont

This sighting didn’t just change Reggie and his team’s beliefs; it marked the start of something much bigger. Soon, over 500 reports of UFO sightings flooded the local police station. Piedmont became a hub for UFO enthusiasts and skeptics alike.

This strange event, often called the Brushy Creek UFO scare, challenged what scientists thought they knew about UFOs. It paralleled the UFO sightings in the 1960s, suggesting that these mysterious objects were here to stay, making the 1970s an era of curiosity and wonder.


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Piedmont Missouri: The Brushy Creek UFO Scare

Locals today are still reporting seeing strange objects in the skies about Piedmont. This case remains unsolved.

So, next time you’re driving through Missouri, remember the night when the skies over Piedmont lit up with mystery—a night that changed a quiet town’s history forever.

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