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SUBJECT: WEST VIRGINIA UFO SIGHTINGS FILE: UFO1201
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From: Executive News Svc. [72135,424]
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Subj: APwv 07/24 W.Va.Briefs
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BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) -- Sand Branch Road residents, state police
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and professional UFO watchers say they have no explanation for
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bright white lights that moved across the nighttime sky, converged,
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and then disappeared behind a mountain.
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"It looked like two big headlights for a while," is how Gina
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Mahaffey described Wednesday morning's phenomenon. "Then it
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appeared to be one, and it moved.
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"It didn't move constantly. It moved a little bit then would
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stop, and then it would move a little bit more."
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Mahaffey's husband, Allen, noticed the lights while taking an
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early morning swim and notified police. Trooper John Ferda, who was
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dispatched to the scene, admitted he was startled when the call
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didn't turn out to be a crackpot case.
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"I definitely saw it but I have no idea what it was," the
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trooper said Wednesday. "It looked like three flashlights real
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close together and it appeared to be moving. Well, it did move,
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from left to right."
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Other troopers and a Raleigh County deputy also observed the
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lights.
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Robert Gribble of the National UFO Reporting Center, a private
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scientific agency in Washington state, said earthly reasons can
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explain most sightings.
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"Usually they turn out to be just plane lights ... or objects
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that turn out to be other types of aircraft," Gribble said. "But
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it would be very difficult to come up with an explanation for
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something like (Mrs. Mahaffey's description)."
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=END STORY=ParaNet rates this case S3/P4 on the newly-adopted Hynek Scale (see library file S-P.TXT)
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* THE U.F.O. BBS - http://www.ufobbs.com/ufo *
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