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TIL that on Labor Day weekend 1969, in Great Barrington, MA (and a few other Berkshire towns), over 220 + people claimed to have seen a UFO, and three people claimed to have been abducted! At one point, the town even created a monument, and the event was recognized by their historical society!

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