SUBJECT: WEST VIRGINIA UFO SIGHTINGS FILE: UFO1

From: Executive News Svc. [72135,424]
Subj: APwv 07/24 W.Va.Briefs

BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) -- Sand Branch Road residents, state police
and professional UFO watchers say they have no explanation for
bright white lights that moved across the nighttime sky, converged,
and then disappeared behind a mountain.
"It looked like two big headlights for a while," is how Gina Mahaffey described Wednesday morning's phenomenon. "Then it
appeared to be one, and it moved.
"It didn't move constantly. It moved a little bit then would
stop, and then it would move a little bit more."
Mahaffey's husband, Allen, noticed the lights while taking an
early morning swim and notified police. Trooper John Ferda, who was dispatched to the scene, admitted he was startled when the call
didn't turn out to be a crackpot case.
"I definitely saw it but I have no idea what it was," the
trooper said Wednesday. "It looked like three flashlights real
close together and it appeared to be moving. Well, it did move,
from left to right."
Other troopers and a Raleigh County deputy also observed the
lights.
Robert Gribble of the National UFO Reporting Center, a private scientific agency in Washington state, said earthly reasons can
explain most sightings.
"Usually they turn out to be just plane lights ... or objects
that turn out to be other types of aircraft," Gribble said. "But
it would be very difficult to come up with an explanation for
something like (Mrs. Mahaffey's description)."
=END STORY=ParaNet rates this case S3/P4 on the newly-adopted Hynek Sca (see library file S-P.TXT)

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Wasn't West Virginia where the mothman hung out or hangs out?

Jerry
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The Mothman legend originated in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, with the fir reported sightings occurring between November 1966 and December 1967. Eyewitnesses described a large, humanoid creature with wings and glowing red eyes, and the phenomenon gained further attention after the tragic collapse the Silver Bridge in 1967, which some linked to the creature's appearances.

Here is a good book for you to read if you want to continue researching the mothman!

Written in 1970 by West Virginia ufologist Gray Barker, "The Silver Bridge" was the first book ever written on the mysterious Mothman creature, and is still one of the best.

Barker was the first researcher on the scene of both the Flatwoods Monster and Mothman cases. Known for his eloquent writing style, Barker became nationally famous for his seminal book "They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers," which set the standard for reportage of the infamous Men In Black.

In "The Silver Bridge," Barker deftly explores the murky psychological depths of life in the Ohio Valley and West Virginia during the Mothman era of the late 1960s. At times, Barker even "gets into Mothman's head" and attempts to apprise us of the creature's thoughts!

This book was originally printed in small quantities, and hence became very rare, fetching enormous prices. Now, for the first time, it has been made widely available to the general public.

Inside, one finds many intriguing details about Mothman that previously escaped popular attention. This 2008 edition features new introductions by noted paranormal researchers Allen Greenfield and James Moseley, and by Mothman witness Andy Colvin (who was portrayed in the book as "Jimmy Jamison").

This is a must-have for any paranormal researcher, cryptozoologist, or ufologist.

Jerry
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