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Braxton Monster, Saucers Highlight 1952 HappeningsBy FRED FERRISUnited Press Staff CorrespondentA towering, glowing “monster” with B.O.. whose description .sounded like something out of the horror magazines, had Brax-iton countv agog for a time late last summer after seven persons vowed they witnessed the chilling “thing” in the woods near Flat woods, '5 The 1alc* th* experience related by Mrs. Kathlyn May and| six youngsters had people in other ol thr country talking a*’.veil. The witr.es?es insisted, h.n did nuni emu* ’Tying saucer” spotters,, that what they saw was the gcn-: uine article-whatever that wus 'These were two phases of the;1352 n*ws in West Virginia that provided ft change-of-pacr, and1 .sometimes a lighter touch. to a ten-sion-ftiled year of politicking in-’ dustrml rrhos, tragedy, and other1 serious events, ‘SAITERS SEEN jLike skv-watchcrs in other parts, j of the country. West Virginians, i saw their quota of “saucer lights/*! There was, in fact, a tie-in be ! tween the “monster*' and the 1 ‘.saucers. iThe seven people who told of witnessing the chilling sight of a 10-; foot thins,” glowing with an eerie , light and giving off a sickening; odor, had entered the woods one-night in September to look tor a “saucer” that someone saidcrashed near Flat woods.The “monster** disappeared just ’as quickly as It was reported to; i have appeared, although some!I nervous folks around Wheeling said! lit invaded that area later. If so,!.l^it” didn’t stay ton?. IPolice passed It nil off as mass* hysteria, contending Mrs. Mayj and six boys expected to see somethin? when they went searching for •a fallen saucer and did. What they saw. no one who was not there could say. There were many gucs-; ses. That they saw “something” nobody doubted.The saucers took all s^rts ol forms. The many and varied reports described them as round. I .cone-shaped, brightly-colored, dull crpy, jsmail, large, extremely fast, very slow.t MANY EXPLANATIONSiThere were many explanations:' weather balloons, advertising glm-j ■mlcks, conventional aircraft, and:lt;even clouds. The “monster's” sau-;! cer came closest to being out of the; j “ordinary.” The object Mrs. Mayand the others thought was a R^tU-!cer was believed to have been a i piece of meteor hurtling through; space-Along the line of aircraft..Charleston's Kanawha Airport, one of the largest in this section of the * country, fcrr awhile faced the pros-j pect of being closed by the Civil! j Aeronautics Authority. Seems decri .like to frolic on the runways.| This created ft serious threat toj ■ plapes landing and taking off. A?;feW times, planes have hit deer' on j the runways and although no ml*-j hap* resulted, the CAA pointed out j that It the animals continued to. run: across the field, a major accident might occur, |They still haven’t solved the problem, but ft motorized patrol‘was set up, and guards were given 'authority to fire on uny deer coming on the field. The leaslbllity of:'putting up a fence around the strip|Its being considered, but county authorities wince at the cost.
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Charleston Daily Mail
Charleston, West Virginia, US
Sun, Dec 28, 1952
Page 32
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