Paula Welden

Paula Welden in her red coat rounds a rocky outcropping on Vermont's Long Trail moments before vanishing without a trace, December 1, 1946

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Vermont Sightings

1946: The Disappearance of Paula Welden — Bennington Triangle

Published: August 24, 2026 | Updated: August 24, 2026

THINK ABOUTIT UFO SIGHTINGS REPORT 1946: The Disappearance of Paula Welden — Bennington Triangle A college sophomore told her roommate she needed a break...

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Three-panel dossier collage: the disappearance of Paula Welden on Vermont's Long Trail, a Yokohama Japan sighting, and a bat-winged object over Morro Bay California, all December 1946

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1946 Sightings

1946: December UFO & Entity Sightings Archive

Published: June 22, 2016 | Updated: August 24, 2026

1946: December UFO & Entity Sightings Archive December 1946 opens with the case that turned Middie Rivers’s lonely 1945 disappearance into a genuine pattern:...

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1946: The Disappearance of Paula Welden — Bennington Triangle

1946: December UFO & Entity Sightings Archive

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