In September of 1952, something bright flashed across the dark west Virginia sky and came

to rest on a nearby farm.

A trio of local boys saw it happen with their own eyes and ran home to report it.

The mother of one of the boys agreed that it was worth looking into, so she gathered

a group of older boys and together they all walked over to find out whatever it was that

had fallen to earth.

When they arrived, they found what they described as a ball of fire and the air was thick with

a mist that burned their eyes and noses.

When one of the boys noticed a pair of red lights in the shadows nearby, he turned

his light on it.

There, they say, stood a dark figure with bright eyes and appointed head.

They couldn't see arms, but when it saw the light, the creature glided toward them and

hissed.

Naturally, they all ran away.

They claimed it was an extraterrestrial, protecting the ship it had just crash landed.

Now keep in mind, this was 1952.

The Roswell New Mexico incident had just taken place five years before, and many people

were expecting it to happen again, a real life UFO crash.

Later reports suggest something much less fantastical though.

On that very same night, a meteor had been cited crossing the skies over Maryland, Pennsylvania,

and you guessed it, West Virginia.

And that mysterious, armless, pointy, headed figure that flew toward them?

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