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Thursday, December 5, 2024
Trooper Sees Strange Lights In Sky

Trooper Sees Strange Lights In Sky

A state police trooper in Raleigh County thought he was responding to a prank call early Thursday when he received a report of strange lights in the sky near the WV Turnpike. But Trooper John Ferda of the Beckley detachment discovered when he reached the scene in the Sand...
Turnpike UFO

Turnpike UFO

Until my retirement I was a Sergeant on patrol on the WV Turnpike now I77 and I64 between Charleston and Beckley. Many stories circulated about strange sights and happenings along this highway. In the many years I patrolled this area I never saw anything strange except for one twenty second...
Weird UFO?

Weird UFO?

One night my mom and I were on our way to my grandparent's house. On the way, mom saw something in the sky and asked me what it was. I looked up and there was a weird shape in the air, like a cone. So my mom stopped the...
Strange Lights over Eckman Page

Strange Lights over Eckman Page

I've worked as a security guard for six years,and worked on many job sites around surface mines in McDowell County and Wyoming County. One job site I worked was at the Eckman Page surface mine. Where I sat in a guard shack at the top of the mountain at...
Braxton County Green Monster

Braxton County Green Monster

On September 12, 1952, just before dark four boys were playing football on the playground at Flatwoods School. These were local boys and they often played at the school in the evenings. Today would be special because what was seen this evening would cause people to talk for many...
UFO In Flatwoods

UFO In Flatwoods

I was headed up north to visit family when I found myself driving on Rt. 79 N and I was just passing the strip mall when something caught my eye. It was a circular shaped object with 3 bright lights and was hovering over a little knoll at Flatwoods....
One Night In McDowell

One Night In McDowell

When I was 12 years old I used to watch television at my grandmother's house every night. This was back when satellite dishes weren't as popular as today, so not many people owned them. One night in early August I was returning home with my dog when all of...
The Top

The Top

My Grandmother lived in a somewhat rural area of Barbour County known as Stringtown. My father, aunts, and uncles also were raised in this house. My Grandmother told a story of a "top" that would spin across the sky over the house. It appeared around midnight when she saw...
The UFO that Vanished

The UFO that Vanished

I was 13 or 14 years old it was I my friends Mike Wayne and my brother Jamie, and Mike's little brother Anthony. We were all going to "brave the elements" and camp out, in Mike's front yard. Wayne and Jamie went to the store to get the normal...
Triangle Of Lights

Triangle Of Lights

Recently my boyfriend and I were headed home from Kenna to Fairplain on Rt. 21, south of Ripley. We noticed a line of cars sitting almost still when we arrived to the turn off to our road. Wondering what the commotion was, I looked to the sky and immediately...
Triangular UFO Seen Over Head

Triangular UFO Seen Over Head

My five kids and I were arriving home from a 4-H meeting in November of 2004. It was around 9:00 pm. I got out of the van, and noticed our dogs, Puff and Big Dog barking like mad. Puff was looking up at the sky standing in the driveway....
Heavenly Orb

Heavenly Orb

Since making a doll in Girl Scouts, I have loved to sew and do needle work. I'm not a seamstress, I just dabble, but when I was maybe in the seventh or eighth grade I decided I wanted to learn to sew. I wanted to make my own clothes....