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# The Most Puzzling UFO Case of the 20th Century
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/monstrum/episode/the-most-puzzling-ufo-case-of-the-20th-century-wyqumz/
- Published: 2025-08-06T15:45:49.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-21T10:43:34.000Z
- Description: Was the 1952 Flatwoods Monster sighting an alien, a Cold War experiment, or mass hysteria?
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Monstrum, Season 7, Episode 6, #ZZZ_Episode_a792e482-0c62-4d21-a261-04c69395f8b7, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_e2373c25-fe5a-4b4e-8505-7bf13a9592da, #v1.16

In 1952, a terrifying creature was spotted in Flatwoods, West Virginia — a 10 feet tall creature with glowing eyes, a spade-shaped head, and cloaked in a metal skirt. Was it an alien, a Cold War experiment, or mass hysteria?