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The Why Files: Operation Podcast

Canada's Most Documented UFO Case | Falcon Lake

19 Jun 2026

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Chapter 1: What happened to Stefan Mihalik in the Manitoba wilderness in 1967?

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On a May afternoon in 1967, a man stumbled out of the Manitoba woods and flagged down a police car. His shirt was gone. His chest was burned. He threw up in the ditch while he waited. When the officer stepped toward him, the man waved him back. He said he was burned by a flying saucer and might be radioactive. The officer didn't believe it. Nobody did.

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That's GoldenCrestMetals.com slash the Y-Files or call 888-949-9172 for your 100% free info kit. Stefan Mihalik hid behind a rock and sketched what he saw. Half a football field away, a disc-shaped craft sat on a rocky clearing. It was 40 feet across and 15 feet high with a dome on top. It looked like it was made out of aluminum or brushed stainless steel.

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Whatever it was, Stefan wasn't going near it. So here he was in the middle of the woods, sketching a flying saucer. He wasn't frightened. He was a 51-year-old Polish immigrant who survived a Nazi death camp during World War II. Not much can rattle a man who lives through that. Sure, the object was weird, but it wasn't scary. It was inconvenient.

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After a half hour of hiding, Stefan wanted to get back to hunting rocks. We are using the word hunt way too liberally these days. House hunt, rock hunt, Helen hunt. Where's the danger? Well, Twister was pretty dangerous. For the cows. You know the scariest hunt of all? What? Mike. Ugh.

Chapter 2: What did Stefan observe when the UFO landed?

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Hey, hey, hey, how do you know how many Germans it takes to change a light bulb? Uh, nine. What? No. That's what I said. You said nine. Exactly. No. Nine Germans. Are you messing with me, human? Jawohl. Never mind. How many Germans does it take to change a light bulb? Zero. It was engineered probably the first time and does not require changing. So I was right. Nine.

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One of us is having a stroke right now, but I can't tell which one of us. After Stefan ran through his languages, the voices stopped. And then the thing came alive. A whine started up, like an engine, and got louder. And the heat came back. Stefan felt like he was in an oven. He still had his heavy welding gloves on, so he reached out to see how hot it really was. And that was a mistake.

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When his fingers touched the metal, he felt the gloves go soft. He heard a sizzle as the rubber melted onto his fingers. The door snapped shut. The craft started to rotate. And as it turned, Stefan saw a panel, a grid, a small vent, maybe nine inches by six, drilled full of tiny round holes in neat rows. Then the blast. Hot gas shot out of the grid and hit him square in the chest.

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Then he realized he was on fire. He tore off his shirt and stamped out the flames. And when he looked up, the craft was already off the rock. It rose without a sound. A minute ago, the thing was loud as hell, and now it was dead silent. He felt a rush of air as it climbed, and then it was gone. Stefan was alone in the clearing. His chest was scorched raw. He had a splitting headache.

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Then he felt his stomach turn over. He dropped to his knees and threw up. He got up and started walking. The burns on his chest started to swell into a pattern. He vomited his way out of the forest. He walked, stopped, retched, and walked again. And the headache came in waves. When he finally made it to the highway, he flagged down a police officer. He told the officer a story.

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Then the officer said, sorry, but I have other duties to perform. Got back in his car and drove away. Stefan got himself home to Winnipeg that night. When his nine-year-old son walked into the bedroom, the first thing the boy noticed wasn't the burns. It was the smell.

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