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   SUBJECT: WYTHEVILLE, VA UFO SIGHTINGS                        FILE: UFO1204   
      
   PART 4   
      
      
   WYTHEVILLE UFO UPDATE --   
      
   HUGE UFOS EQUIPPED WITH STROBES CONTINUE TO FLY OVER WYTHE   
   COUNTY, VIRGINIA, WHERE MORE THAN 1,000 SIGHTINGS HAVE BEEN   
   REPORTED SINCE THE FIRST WEEK IN OCTOBER, ACCORDING TO BROAD-   
   CAST NEWS DIRECTOR DANNY GORDON OF WYVE RADIO IN WYTHEVILLE.   
   ALTHOUGH BOTH THE PENTAGON AND THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT HAVE   
   REPEATEDLY DENIED ANY KNOWLEDGE OR INVOLVMENT IN THE RAFT OF   
   UFOS, GORDON, WITH TWO OTHER RESEARCHERS, SUSPECTS A MILI-   
   TARY EXPLANATION MAY BE FORTHCOMING.  "WE THINK IT MAY   
   BE A MILITARY CRAFT OF A HIGHLY EXPERIMENTAL NATURE," GORDON   
   SPECULATES, "OR SOMETHING THEY DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT'S   
   NOT THEIRS!  (WYTHE COUNTY) IS A TESTING AREA FOR DAYTIME    
   FLIGHTS BY THE ARMY, NAVY AND AIR FORCE."   
   SENATOR PAUL TRIBLE (R-VIRGINIA) IS OFFICIALLY CONTACTING THE   
   MILITARY REGARDING THE UFOS, ACCORDING TO HIS WASHINGTON,   
   D.C. PRESS SECRETARY JOHN MILLER.  SUBSEQUENT ACTION   
   WILL DEPEND ON THE MILITARY'S RESPONSE MILLER SAYS.   
   REPORTS HAVE DEPICTED V-SHAPED CRAFT, ROUND AND DOME-TOPPED   
   OBJECTS AND FAST-MOVING COLORED LIGHTS.  WITNESSES HAVE DES-   
   CRIBED SEEING THE CRAFT MANAGE 90-DEGREE TURNS AND SPEEDS   
   FASTER THAN KNOWN AIRCRAFT, ALONG WITH INCIDENTS OF THE    
   UFOS DOGGING AUTOMOBILES.  ONE WITNESS CLAIMS HE SAW SOMETHING   
   ON NOV 2 WHICH RESEMBLED A SHIP FROM STAR WARS.   
   DAYTIME MILITARY ACTIVITY PROVES INCONCLUSIVE AS A POSSIBLE   
   EXPLANATION.  THE SILENT UFOS ARE MOST OFTEN SEEN AFTER DARK,   
   AND AT ALTITUDES APPARENTLY INCONSISTENT WITH POSSIBLE TEST   
   FLIGHTS OR REFUELING OPERATIONS.   
   GORDON FIRST BROKE THE NEWS TO WIRE SERVICES AFTER LOCAL LAW   
   ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS REPORTED UFOS ON OCT. 2, SEEN IN THE    
   NORTHERN SECTION OF THE COUNTY OVER INTERSTATE 77.  "LESS   
   THAN A WEEK LATER, THE SHERIFF'S DEPATMENT REPORTED THAT A    
   FAMILY VISITING FROM OHIO - WHO WERE NOT AWARE OF ANY UFO   
   SIGHTINGS BEFOREHAND - HAD BEEN FOLLOWED BY A ROUND OBJECT,"   
   SAYS GORDON.     
   "IT CAME AT THEM AT A LOW ALTITUDE WHILE THEY WERE ON A   
   SECONDARY TWO-LANE ROAD."   
   REPORTS OF SIMILAR OBJECTS - DOME-SHAPED CRAFT OUTFITTED   
   WITH BRIGHT LIGHTS AND OFTEN FOLLOWED BY A SMALLER, RED-   
   LIGHTED OBJECTS, POURED INTO GORDON AT WYVE.  AS INTEREST   
   IN THE SIGHTINGS MOUNTED, HE DECIDED TO HOST A CALL-IN   
   PROGRAM WHERE PEOPLE COULD ANONYMOUSLY REPORT WHAT THEY   
   HAD SEEN IN THE AREA.  "I HAD ABOUT 25 CALLS IN THE FIRST   
   HOUR," HE SAYS.   
   MILITARY MANEUVERS IN THE WYTHE COUNTY AREA ARE NOT UNCOMMON.   
   GORDON, WHO'S HAD ONE DAYLIGHT AND FOUR NOCTURNAL SIGHTINGS   
   HIMSELF, IS CONDUCTING AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION INTO   
   THE WYTHE COUNTY UFOS.  WITH FASHION PHOTOGRAPHER JOHN   
   STEMBER AND MILITARY DECEPTION SPECIALIST ANDREW CONVERY, WHO   
   BOTH OFFERED THEIR ASSISTANCE AS NEWS OF THE "FLAP" WENT   
   NATIONAL, GORDON MADE SEVERAL VISITS TO LOCAL SIGHTING   
   VICINITIES.  THEY OBSEVED A LARGER UFO ("HUMUNGOUS CRAFT   
   ABOUT 900 FEET LONG - BIGGER THAN A 747") LINKING WITH A   
   SMALLER CRAFT IN WHAT APPEARED TO BE A DOCKING MANUEVER.   
   SEVERAL PHOTOGRAPHS AND POOR-QUALITY VIDEOTAPE WERE   
   TAKEN.   
   OFFICIALS AT THE TENNESSEE AIR NATIONAL GUARD, WHO SPOKE WITH   
   GORDON SHORTLY AFTER SOME OF THE FIRST SIGHTINGS, SUGGESTED   
   THAT THE UFOS WERE CONVENTIONAL AIRCRAFT CONDUCTING REFUELING   
   OPERATIONS.  THE PENTAGON DENIES THAT, GORDON SAYS.  "PEOPLE   
   LOCALLY ARE MAD - THEY'RE LIKE ME; THEY'VE SEEN SOMETHING AND   
   THEY KNOW IT WASN'T REFUELING."     
   ON OCT. 23, GORDON ANDHIS COLLEAGUES HELD A PRESS CON-   
   FERENCE AT WYVE STUDIOS IN WYTHEVILLE.  THE PANEL DES-   
   CLARED THEIR BELIEF THAT SOME SORT OF CRASH TOOK PLACE IN    
   THE AREA - BUT DECLINED TO ELABORATE.   
   a REPORTER RECENTLY QUESTIONED GORDON ON THE UFOS FEASIBLY   
   BEING EXTRATERRESTRIAL.  "BECAUSE I'M A REPORTER, i    
   HAVE TO DEAL IN FACTS AND LOGIC," GORDON RESPONDED.   
   "THERE'S NO PROOF THAT THE UFOS COME FROM ANYWHERE BUT THE   
   UNITED STATES.  IF SO, THEY'RE DOING A VERY GOOD JOB OF    
   SNEAKING IN AND OUT OF OUR COUNTRY.  AND IF IT'S A STEALTH   
   EXPERIMENT, IT'S A ROUND ONE.   
      
   Transcribed by Dale Wedge for ParaNet. Uploaded permission   
   of California UFO.   
      
                    
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