ET, explores the basis — if any — for these mysterious legends. Joaquin V Gonzalez, a town in the Argentine Andes, seems to be a magnet for unidentified flying objects. In , more than 30 people reportedly witnessed a long, bright, cigar-shaped light hovering in the sky.
Meanwhile, the town lost power for several hours, with no apparent cause. But it wasn't the first time residents of the South American town believed they had encountered a UFO. In , residents reported feeling two explosions shake the ground.
Suspecting a plane crash, a search party scoured the area from the ground and the air, but found no signs of an aircraft.
Instead, searchers found a giant strip of ground full of uprooted trees and mysterious white dust. An investigative journalist theorized that a meteorite caused the damage, but analysis of the dust revealed no evidence of one.
The show's next stop is the West Virginia town of Point Pleasant, where legend tells of a horrifying creature. On a November night in , two young couples reported encountering a 6. More sightings of the "mothman" followed. Some think it was a mass illusion. But a husband and wife, both psychiatric nurses, claim they both saw it. Soon after the sightings, the Silver Bridge collapsed into the Ohio River, killing 46 people.
