Live Intercept Case ID: be4526f4

SIGHTING: MOUNT HOPE, WV

Sighted On

Sunday 01. January 1950

Reported On

Sunday 22. May 2005

Classification

Unknown

Duration

unknown

Witness Testimony

"One of first sightings in U.S. -- 1950sApparently one of the earliest sightings in the U.S. was reported by the major of this small West Virginia city in the 1950s. The witness later built a memorial to the sighting, which has since been destroyed, and the event was recorded by a British author. Has anyone seen this information or the book in which the event was documented?((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that the date of the sighitng is approximate. PD))"

Source: NUFORC

Intelligence Discussion

Coordinates

Latitude

37.8954°

Longitude

-81.1643°

Technical Specs

Classification Unknown

Duration unknown

Source NUFORC

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Location	Sighted on	Shape	Duration
Divide, CO	2022-07-31	Round	Minute and a half
Madison, West Virginia (United States)	2020-05-16	Star-like	00:00:45
Madison, West Virginia (United States)	2020-05-08	Star-like	00:00:30
Princeton, West Virginia (United States)	2020-04-22	Oval	00:30:00
Bob White, West Virginia (United States)	2020-03-08	Circle	00:04:00
Saint Albans, West Virginia (United States)	2020-03-05	Unknown	00:03:00
Fairmont, West Virginia (United States)	2020-03-05	Circle	00:04:00
Princeton, West Virginia (United States)	2020-02-27	Circle	00:05:00
Hurricane, West Virginia (United States)	2019-12-01	Disc	00:05:00
Charleston, West Virginia (United States)	2019-11-29	Oval	00:10:00
Belle, West Virginia (United States)	2019-11-24	Teardrop	00:00:04
Dublin, Virginia (United States)	2019-11-11	Disc	00:40:00
Danese, West Virginia (United States)	2019-10-23	Circle	00:03:20
Charleston, West Virginia (United States)	2019-08-18	Circle	00:03:00
Dublin, Virginia (United States)	2019-07-05	Cigar	00:45:00
Wallback, West Virginia (United States)	2019-05-18	Star-like	00:02:10
Summersville, West Virginia (United States)	2019-05-07	Sphere	00:00:10
Pulaski, Virginia (United States)	2018-12-08	Triangle	00:03:00
Pulaski, Virginia (United States)	2018-12-08	Triangle	00:03:00
Lewisburg, West Virginia (United States)	2018-11-03	Star-like	02:00:00
Hansford, West Virginia (United States)	2018-09-18	N, A
Scott Depot, West Virginia (United States)	2018-09-06	Triangle	00:02:00
Oceana, West Virginia (United States)	2018-07-09	Cigar	00:03:00
Saint Albans, West Virginia (United States)	2018-02-02	Flash	00:04:00
Gap Mills, West Virginia (United States)	2017-11-28	Circle
South Charleston, WV, EE. UU.	2017-10-18	Round or C-shaped	Half an hour
Saint Albans, West Virginia (United States)	2017-09-07	Blimp	02:00:00
Narrows, Virginia (United States)	2017-08-01	Cylinder	00:02:00
Saint Albans, West Virginia (United States)	2017-07-25	Triangle	01:30:28
Montgomery, West Virginia (United States)	2017-07-19	Cylinder
Smoot, West Virginia (United States)	2017-07-18	Circle	00:20:00
Bluefield, Virginia (United States)	2017-07-12	Blimp	00:10:00
Beckley, West Virginia (United States)	2017-07-11	Sphere	07:08:06
Beaver, WV	2017-06-29	Sphere	20 seconds
Charleston, West Virginia (United States)	2017-06-18	N, A	00:20:00
Culloden, West Virginia (United States)	2017-06-09	Star-like	00:01:00
Pearisburg, VA	2017-06-03	Formation	10 minutes
Charleston, West Virginia (United States)	2017-05-31	Square, Rectangular	00:00:46
Coolridge, WV	2017-05-13	Fireball	5 minutes
Mt. Carbon, West Virginia (United States)	2017-04-17	Fireball	00:02:00
Charleston, West Virginia (United States)	2017-04-12	Other	00:20:00
Cedar Grove, WV	2017-04-03	Unknown	20 minutes
Athens, WV	2017-03-21	Chevron	3 seconds
Charleston, West Virginia (United States)	2017-03-16	Cross	00:02:30
Chapmanville, WV	2017-03-12	Light	2-3 seconds
Blacksburg, VA	2017-03-03	Light	idk
Tazewell, VA	2016-11-28	Circle	10 minutes
Pearisburg, VA	2016-11-21	Triangle	5 minutes
Princeton, West Virginia (United States)	2016-11-18	Cylinder	00:02:00
Deep Water, West Virginia (United States)	2016-11-18	N, A	00:00:25
Fortsprings, West Virginia (United States)	2016-10-25	N, A
Union, West Virginia (United States)	2016-10-21	Triangle	00:05:00
Tornado, West Virginia (United States)	2016-10-18	Cigar	00:10:00
Tornado, WV	2016-10-18	Cigar	10 minutes
Tornado, West Virginia (United States)	2016-10-04	Cigar	00:02:00
St. Albans, WV	2016-09-02	Fireball	1 minute
Foster, WV	2016-08-15	Formation	1 minute
Hurricane, WV	2016-08-13	Light	5 minutes
Mt. Lookout, WV	2016-08-06	Unknown
Summersville, WV	2016-07-04	Unknown	30 seconds
Princeton, WV	2016-06-10	Light	3 minutes
Undisclosed, West Virginia (United States)	2016-05-28	Other	Undisclosed
Clendenin, West Virginia (United States)	2016-05-24	Triangle	Undisclosed
Beckley, West Virginia (United States)	2016-05-15	Oval	Undisclosed
Charleston, WV	2016-04-09	Flash	10 minutes
Chapmanville, WV	2016-03-31	Diamond	4-5 minutes
Welch, West Virginia (United States)	2016-03-07	Disc	04:42:52
Hurricane, WV	2016-03-06	Fireball	2 minutes
Undisclosed, West Virginia (United States)	2016-02-15	Blimp	Undisclosed
Radford, VA	2016-02-10	Triangle	Minutes
Branchland, WV	2016-01-01	Sphere	10 minutes
Hilldale, WV	2015-12-29	Rectangle	15 minutes
Big Sandy, West Virginia (United States)	2015-12-20	Circle	00:15:00
Walton, West Virginia (United States)	2015-12-11	Sphere	Undisclosed
Ashford, West Virginia (United States)	2015-11-28	Saturn-like	00:00:20
Charleston, West Virginia (United States)	2015-11-17	Sphere	Undisclosed
Winfield, West Virginia (United States)	2015-11-13	Disc	Undisclosed
St. Albans, WV	2015-10-20	Circle	5 minutes
St. Albans, WV	2015-10-18	Formation	7-8 minutes
Charleston, WV	2015-09-08	Light	Several minutes
Kanawha City, WV	2015-09-06	Sphere	10 seconds
Fayetteville, WV	2015-08-27	Light	15 seconds
Chapmanville, West Virginia (United States)	2015-08-21	Sphere	00:00:25
Winfield, West Virginia (United States)	2015-08-15	Square, Rectangular	Undisclosed
Hinton, West Virginia (United States)	2015-08-12	Unknown	Undisclosed
Lewisburg, WV	2015-08-12	Diamond	3 minutes
Lewisburg, WV	2015-08-12	Diamond	3 minutes
Rupert, WV	2015-08-03	Unknown	Seconds
Hurricane, WV	2015-07-19		4 minutes
Ashland, West Virginia (United States)	2015-07-18	Triangle	Undisclosed
Cyrus, WV US 52 North • Coordinates: 38°18′19″N , WV	2015-07-18	Triangle	~3 minutes
Bluefield, West Virginia (United States)	2015-06-28	Triangle	Undisclosed
Clendenin, WV	2015-06-27	Cylinder	20 minutes
Spurlockville, West Virginia (United States)	2015-06-23	Oval	00:08:00
Sutton, WV	2015-06-22	Oval	10 minutes
Cameo, WV	2015-06-22	Other	5 minutes
Peterstown, West Virginia (United States)	2015-06-02	Star-like	Undisclosed
Summersville, West Virginia (United States)	2015-05-30	Star-like	Undisclosed
Tazewell, Virgina (United States)	2015-05-20	Orb	10 minutes
Clendenin, WV	2015-04-09	Circle	3-5 minutes