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 > > SUBJECT: WYTHEVILLE, VA UFO SIGHTINGS                        FILE: UFO1203
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 > > PART 2
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 > > #: 2 S0/EasyPlex
 > >     23-Oct-87 16:12 MST
 > > Sb: APva 10/23 1653  UFO Sightings
 > > Fm: Executive News Svc. [72135,424]
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 > > By DIRK BEVERIDGE Associated Press Writer
 > >    WYTHEVILLE, Va. (AP) -- Five people who claim to have seen UFOs said
 > > Friday a secret military operation has stirred up the recent flying saucer
 > > craze in Wythe County, but they offered no evidence to back the assertion.
 > >    "It appears we are dealing with something of a military nature," said n
 > > director Danny Gordon of radio station WYVE. He and four other people talk
 > > about sightings they said they made Thursday night.
 > >    "A lot of people are scared," Gordon told reporters. "Will the military
 > > please tell us where they are?"
 > >    Spokesmen for various branches of the military have denied knowledge of
 > > operations that would have prompted the series of flying saucer reports th
 > > began in September.
 > >    One of the members of the panel assembled by Gordon, New York photograp
 > > John Stember, said he took a videotape and still photographs Thursday nigh
 > > of a dome-shaped object flying in tandem with a smaller, roundish object.
 > >    "I saw this large, sort of orange glow," Stember said. "The first seeme
 > > to be a large domed shape, with an ambient light behind it."
 > >    He said his still pictures were being processed, but the pictures would
 > > available to reporters. But when approached after the news conference,
 > > Stember said he had removed his film from the area to protect it.
 > >    Another member of the panel, Andrew Convery, a systems analyst with the
 > > Virginia Beach-based Navy software contractor Computer Dynamics Inc., said
 > > believed there had been some kind of crash in the area. He refused to
 > > elaborate and refused to say why he would not elaborate.
 > >    "We have very substantial reasons, we just can't produce any proof,"
 > > Convery said.
 > >    Convery said he had come to Wytheville on his own time because he for
 > > years has followed UFO stories. He said he thinks the military is operatin
 > > the mysterious flights because other military craft operate routinely in t
 > > area.
 > >    Convery said he does not think the military would fly its jets at low
 > > altitudes in the area of flying objects it could not identify.
 > >    "They fly aircraft over the top while these things are flying down belo
 > > Convery said.
 > >    Gordon said some of the UFOs have swooped down and harassed motorists i
 > > the county, at times chasing them down the road with spotlights on them or
 > > even running some people off the road.
 > >    "Imagine you're a bored fighter jock," Convery said. "To relieve the
 > > tedium you chase a local around."
 > 
 > > Copyright 1987 by the Associated Press.  All rights reserved.
 > 
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 > Wow this takes me back! I remember seeing this in a newspaper in the day!
 > 
 > Clarke,
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Yeah man! It was big news in the day.
Here is a clipping from that event I found:

On October 7, 1987, a man by the name of Sheriff Wayne Pike shared a most
unexpected account of a UFO encounter with Danny Gordon at WYVE Radio.

The previous night, a total of five police officers had spotted strange red and
green lights flashing over Fort Chiswell. Each of the officers had military
training, and couldn't have been fooled easily by the night sky.

Danny Gordon was fascinated by this story and shared it on his local station.
The result was completely astounding: hundreds of calls flooded in from
residents who had their own unique UFO sighting stories to share, and they were
eager for an explanation. Gordon was blown away by the traction of the story.
And then, in another fascinating turn of events, he spotted something himself
one night while traveling with a friend on US Route 21. They both saw a small,
mysterious red sphere floating above a few houses before returning to an
unidentified aircraft and then vanishing.

Gordon shared his encounter, and news reporters began flocking to Wytheville
for more coverage.

I hope you liked this, I will see if I can find more articles.

John,
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