{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/697689427396c6aa98652cc1/6a77db17c963f68fbdf2089a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"48- Creatures Unraveled: UFO or Hoax? Unraveling  the Falkville Metal Man","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/697689427396c6aa98652cc1/1786248173592-3746acc9-a766-4e8f-8ee1-04fb1b741625.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Do you believe in aliens or the supernatural? In today's episode, Hatter talks about the Metal Man of Falkville. When police chief Greenhaw went out to investigate a strange phone call, he encountered something unusual and managed to snap four photographs. While the photographs went on to become famous, the backlash against Greenhaw brought in suspicions of a hoax. Unravel this mystery with us!</p><p><br></p><p>0:00 Peculiar phone call results in a rather radiant encounter</p><p><br></p><p>15:20 Picture credibility speculations: Prankster or something much more otherworldly?</p><p><br></p><p>26:35 Theory of the firefighter hoax and alleged confession</p><p><br></p><p>31:13 Evidence stolen: Possible government involvement?&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>34:23 Coincidental encounters after famous probing incident</p><p><br></p><p>41:42 Recapping: Witnessing the unknown or all just a hoax? Email us your thoughts at investigatingwithus@gmail.com&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>45:30 Outro</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Join our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/cw/InvestigationPodcast</p><p><br></p><p>Don't forget to like and follow!</p><p><br></p><p>YouTube interview with Greenhaw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LtysoBU1G0&amp;t=149s</p><p><br></p><p>Works Cited</p><p>Appalachian Historian. “The Falkville Metal Man: Jeff Greenhaw and Alabama’s Silver-Suited Mystery.” Appalachian Historian, 24 June 2026. Accessed 30 July 2026.</p><p>Clark, Jerome. High Strangeness: UFOs from 1969 through 1979. Omnigraphics, 1996.</p><p>Hall, Richard H., et al. “The 1973 UFO Chronology: A World-Wide Wave.” National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP). Updated 10 Apr. 2022. Accessed 30 July 2026.</p><p>National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena. UFO Investigator. Nov. 1973. NICAP archival collection.</p><p>National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena. UFO Investigator. Oct. 1974. NICAP archival collection.</p><p>Olmos, Vicente-Juan Ballester. “Pictures of Aliens in USA, October 1973.” FOTOCAT, 13 Mar. 2020.</p><p>Ridge, Francis. “Falkville, Alabama, Humanoid Case: October 17, 1973.” NICAP UFO Case Directory. National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena.</p><p>Stevenson, Tommy. “Howdy Says Policeman to UFO Creature.” The Decatur Daily, 18 Oct. 1973.</p><p>Summerford, Robert O. “Bobby.” Obituary. The Decatur Daily, 26–27 Apr. 2007. Republished by Legacy Remembers.</p><p>Town of Falkville. “History.” Town of Falkville, Alabama. Accessed 30 July 2026.</p><p>Blum, Ralph, and Judy Blum. Beyond Earth: Man’s Contact with UFOs. Bantam Books, 1975.</p><p>Maloney, Christopher. “Falkville.” Encyclopedia of Alabama, 14 May 2013.</p><p>Rogerson, Peter. INTCAT: International Catalogue of Close Encounters and Entity Reports, 1752–1986.</p><p>Smith, Warren. “Falkville Metal Man Coverage.” Saga, Oct. 1974, p. 48.</p><p>“The Pascagoula Encounter, October 11, 1973.” NICAP UFO Case Directory. National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena.</p><p>“Robert O. ‘Bobby’ Summerford.” Legacy Remembers, Apr. 2007.</p>","author_name":"Grimm Hatter"}