Is West Virginia a UFO Heaven? »
Posted By engineer 1 year, 3 months ago in NewsWest Virginia is best known for its majestic mountains and formidable coal mines. But now the state can add another potential feather to its cap--more documented UFO activity than any other state. Roswell, watch out! According to UFO researcher and author Frank Feschino, the state's primary claim to flying-saucer fame rests on no less than ten bumpy landings on September 12, 1952. All three of the alien aircraft in question managed to escape, despite their fender-bender progress across the mountainous terrain. "They were damaged and puddle jumping, and taking off--that's what they were doing," argues Feschino. In one case, a group of children and adults abandoned their game of football to observe a 12-foot-high metallic object that smelled of sulfur and made sounds like "bacon sizzling in a fry pan." Are you listening, Fox Mulder? (For yet another West Virginia UFO spotting, check out the video below.)
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smithichie1 year, 3 months ago
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Kind of hard to take seriously an article that doesn't seem to know what the definition of a UFO is. This article refers to craft and spacecraft and then in the same sentence calls them UFOs. Well if it was known they were spacecraft that means they were IDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS, not UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS, but facts usually don't matter when it comes to this matter so it's not that surprising.
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dcclxxvll1 year, 3 months ago
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"Well if it was known they were spacecraft that means they were IDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS, not UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS"
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How do you identify a spacecraft? It remains UNIDENTIFIED because not only do you know the "make & model" but you can't even identify what type of species is operating the craft.
If a control tower cannot communicate with such technology & certain radars can't locate it or determine it's flight intentions...then YOU TELL ME how you can identify it?
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all_fakes1 year, 3 months ago
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I guess Feschino needs to promote his new book somehow.
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The facts are that a large meteor is known to have passed over W.VA. and two other states the night of Sept 12, 1952, and was widely reported. Most honest UFO researchers agree that the other reports from the same night were other sightings of the same meteor, as none reported seeing both a meteor and the UFO, which they should have done had both been present.
But the worst element for fans of the WVA UFO is that the story is associated with, and originally circulated by, Gray Barker, who is widely known to have intentionally faked many of the UFO events he reported in order to gain publicity. -
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all_fakes1 year, 3 months ago
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I guess Feschino needs to promote his new book somehow.
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The facts are that a large meteor passed over W.VA. the night of Sept 12, 1952, and was widely reported. Most honest UFO researchers agree that the other reports from the same night were based on sightings of the meteor, as none mentioned seeing both a UFO and the meteor, which they should have done had both been present. Contrary to popular belief, most people are not familiar with the appearance of very large meteors, and are often excited and confused when seeing them.
Worst for fans of the WVA UFO is the fact that the story was originally circulated by Gray Barker. Barker is widely known to have faked many of the UFO reports he circulated, and though his books are the source of the "Men in Black" stories, these stories are generally considered to be fiction. -
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