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   SUBJECT: UFOs IN WYTHEVILLE                                  FILE: UFO1264   
      
      
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   DATE OF ARTICLE:  February 24, 1989   
   SOURCE OF ARTICLE:  Daily Telegraph   
   LOCATION:  Bluefield, Virginia   
   BYLINE:  Charles Boothe   
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   UFOS IN WYTHEVILLE:  AUTHORS STILL SEEKING ANSWERS   
      
   Credit:  D. Gordon   
      
        About  75 people gathered at Fincastle Motor Inn in Tazewell   
   on  a recent snowy Friday night.   What they saw and  heard  left   
   many with a new,  or renewed, interest is strange things that are   
   seen in the sky.   
        Everyone  was  there to hear and meet Danny Gordon and  Paul   
   Dellinger,  who recently co-authored a book on the UFO  sightings   
   in Wythe County.   
        I  read the book a few weeks ago and wrote about it in  this   
   column,  but  I  wanted to hear Gordon and Dellinger  tell  their   
   stories first-hand.   It was well worth the trip, despite the bad   
   weather.   
        Gordon,  news  director of radio station WYYV in Wytheville,   
   is  a  skeptic and initially hesitated to get involved  with  the   
   story  after two area policemen reported seeing a strange  object   
   in September 1987.  Gordon read the story on the air, with tongue   
   slightly  in  cheek,  and he was quite surprised when  his  phone   
   started ringing off the hook.  People were calling to tell him of   
   other sightings in the area.   
        After  many  reported sightings from  people,  who,  he  was   
   convinced,  had no reason at all to make the stories  up,  Gordon   
   decided  to  go look for himself.   That was the beginning  of  a   
   series  of  events  that  Gordon  could  not  have  imagined,  or   
   believed, would ever happen.   
        Gordon,  a newsman with 10 years experience,  soon saw a UFO   
   and eventually saw many more, about 40 in all.   
        But the sightings came with a price.   
        He was constantly bombarded with phone calls about UFOs, not   
   only  from people in the Wytheville area,  but calls and  letters   
   came  from  many states as the story gradually broke  around  the   
   country.   
        In  fact,  the calls,  letters and visits by people who  had   
   seen  or  wanted to see UFOs were almost more than  Gordon  could   
   handle.  It soon turned into a wide-awake nightmare that left him   
   exhausted.   
        His  life was threatened,  someone broke into his  apartment   
   and  stole  the negatives of the photos of UFOs he had taken  (he   
   has  some color prints he still carries with him at  all  times),   
   and he's convinced his phone was, and is, tapped.   
        Gordon  finally  decided  to enlist the help  of  Dellinger,   
   Wytheville bureau chief for the Roanoke Times and World News,  to   
   record what had happened.   It's a fascinating story,  and anyone   
   who hears them speak or reads their book, Don't Look Up!, will be   
   absolutely convinced Gordon and many people in the area saw  some   
   very bizarre aircraft in the sky.   
        Gordon  is  still  a skeptic,  he's also now somewhat  of  a   
   cynic.   Because everywhere he turned for help -- the news media,   
   the U.S.  Air Force,  a private UFO investigation organization --   
   he got nothing but flack, deception and, sometimes, ridicule.   
        And that doesn't sit well with Gordon,  who is obviously  an   
   honest man, a straight-shooter who likes to cut through the bull.   
        Maybe   the  response  from  that  famous  king  of   yellow   
   journalism, The National Enquirer, best sums up what has happened   
   in Wytheville.   
        When the sightings were at their peak during late fall 1987,   
   they  sent a reporter to Wytheville to cover the story.   But  he   
   didn't write a word.   
        The reason:  People who witnessed the UFOs were not weirdos,   
   they  didn't  have any wild stories to tell.   They were down  to   
   earth folks who saw some unusual, and unexplained, flying objects   
   -- not the sensational type of stuff tabloids use.   
        Unfortunately,  few  respectable  newspapers  or  television   
   stations did much with the story either,  just a few articles and   
   spots about the sightings -- nothing investigative.   
        But Gordon is sticking to his guns.   He's not in it for the   
   money  or the attention.   That's not his style.   He just  wants   
   some answers.   
      
   Charles Boothe is city editor of the Daily Telegraph   
      
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