BRAXTON COUNTY
MONSTER
60TH ANNIVERARY
September 12, 1952 - September 12, 2012
Around dusk on September
12, 1952, the small country town of Flatwoods,
West Virginia slipped irretrievably into a real-world Twilight
Zone. By report: A flaming UFO flew
directly overhead at treetop level, made a hard 90 degree left turn, and then settled
behind the trees on a hilltop just southeast of the location of a small group of
witnesses standing, justifiably, slack-jawed! Very shortly thereafter, several
local residents went in search of the large downed "object," indeed landing
nearby on the now famous Bailey Fisher Farm.
During their intrepid quest to find the downed object, the
group was abruptly terrified when they very unexpectedly encountered what might
be the 12-foot-tall occupant of said damaged craft, after it had perhaps sought
refuge along the bordering woods of the bare hilltop landing zone, but coming out at them from behind a huge
white oak, lit up like a Christmas tree!
This "strange occupant," later called the
"Braxton County Monster" or "Flatwoods Monster," was very
likely a huge and hovering metallic-like structure acting as what might be
called a vehicular probe or conveyance. The witnesses, often and from the beginning, compared it to a mechanical spacesuit...
with something seemingly sentient inside; a "being," even... a "being"
clad in a protective suit of armor.
Within days, the story of the "Braxton County
Monster" became as far-reaching as named newspapers and radio stations
around the United States—mainstream media vociferously telling the story of
this "gigantic unknown alien visitor"—will make it far-reaching! Not restricted to the United
States, it was not to be the end of the
story!
One week later the two main adult witnesses—plus the Braxton
County newspaper reporter involved—appeared on the very popular national TV Magazine
show called, "We the People."
Here, the television sketch artist hurriedly talked to the witnesses and
so very incorrectly illustrated this
giant mechanical occupant—rendering it instead to appear as a pumpkin headed, cloth
hooded, and claw-waving "monster"— a monster wearing a sweet-sixteen
skirt and hovering a foot or so off the ground!
To add insult to injury, the Intelligence officials at
Project Blue Book stated the witnesses "probably saw an owl perched on a
tree limb" and that the "underbrush below" may have "given
the impression of a giant figure." "In their excitement, they
imagined the rest," it was said! Moreover, the alien occupant's damaged
craft, which had flown additionally West over Washington,
DC, in
flames, landed in Flatwoods! It was
officially claimed to be "the well-known Washington
area meteor." Folks, that "meteor"
was in the air over 21 hours, flew at slow speeds and changed direction many
times! I'll let the reader decide what
kind of meteor it was!
Yes, a cover-up was quickly put in place as Americans
panicked over the already record amount of UFO sightings occurring over the United
States that whole year! Furthermore, the
Flatwoods incident occurred only six-weeks after the USAF had ominously revealed,
to wit: that "the jet pilots are, and have been, under orders to
investigate unidentified objects, and to "shoot them down," reader, "if
they can't talk them down"! Cue the
crisis music!
Over the years, the story became fatuously and
grossly distorted! Rumors ran riotous, rampant, and roughshod
over the townspeople! Said townspeople consequently became tired of the insulting
inconsistencies written about the incident. The eyewitnesses, themselves, were
subsequently singled out for special attention—were ridiculed tirelessly and mercilessly—while
the "Flatwoods Monster" was written-off and relegated, over the
years, to a quaint
West Virginia tale
of "hillbilly folklore." The American government's massive cover-up
of this close encounter incident was indeed a well executed plan lasting many
years. ...But even the best of cover-ups have holes in them! Torn evidentiary seams eventually split open to
reveal the truth!
Forty-years after this amazing incident occurred; Frank C.
Feschino Jr. discovered the "Braxton County Monster" story and began
looking into it. That is when Aviation history was changed. Tirelessly, he has
now spent more than twenty-years investigating the Flatwoods incident! This is the longest investigation ever conducted
into the case in record, thus Feschino is THE subject matter expert on this
astonishing event!
At last, sixty-years after the incident, Frank Feschino, Jr.
has released his new book, "The Braxton County Monster—REVISED EDITION—the
Cover-up of the 'Flatwoods Monster' Revealed." Now, the entire and non-redacted truth of this
incident is told in Feschino's amazing book, which records this entire 20-year
investigation!
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| Larry Bailey -- Alfred Lehmberg |
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| Frank Feschino, Jr. -- Stanton Fiedman |
Most humbly, this being the 60th anniversary of this
terrifying incident: Frank Feschino Jr., Stanton Friedman, and Alfred Lehmberg—among
other significant colleagues—would like to take a moment to remember the Braxton
County witnesses who worked unfailingly
and unstintingly with Frank. These have
since passed on during the writing of his new "Braxton County
Monster" book, and live on only in the video and written record. Without them,
the truth of "Braxton County Monster" incident could not be known.
In remembrance of:
- Colonel
Dale Leavitt, WV National Guard commander in 1952, who went to the
Flatwoods landing site with a heavy Battalion of Army troops shortly after
the incident.
- Mrs.
Kathleen May, primary eyewitness to the "Flatwoods Monster," who
came within a few feet of the figure during her close encounter.
- Lee
Stewart, Jr, photojournalist who first interviewed the witnesses and then
broke the "Flatwoods Monster" story to the news press.
- Margaret
Clise, former Flatwoods Mayor, who saw the damaged craft fly over
Flatwoods at low-level, just before it landed on the farm!
- Jack
Davs, local businessman, who saw the damaged craft pass over Flatwoods and
then land on the Fisher Farm a few moments later.
- Harvey
Wolf, former aerospace physicist, who worked with Lockheed and assisted
Frank with his research.
- A
special rememberance to USAF F-94 fighter pilot 2nd Lt. John A. Jones, Jr.
and radar observer, John DelCurto. These men both perished in their jet on
September 12, 1952
under mysterious circumstances.
In honor of the 60th Anniversary of the Flatwoods Green
Monster, a special thank you goes out to stalwarts John Clise, doting son of
Margaret above and the editor of the "Central West Virginian"
newspaper, the witness Fred May, the whole of the May family, and all the other
families, witnesses and assistants who worked with Frank to tell the real story
of the "Braxton County Monster" in his new "REVISED EDITION."
Near last but not least, Frank and his colleagues wish to
thank Mr. Larry Bailey of Brothers Bailey Promotions for his professional support with
this project and a special thank you to the Law Firm of Bowles, Rice, McDavid,
Graft & Love, LLP, for making the book a reality.
Finally, Frank C. Feschino, Jr's, 20-year UFO research
project is ultimately dedicated to the brave American fighter pilots and other flyers
who scrambled their aircraft into the dark skies of the wholly unknown after
UFOs to "shoot them down," but never returned home.
For more information please go to: www.FlatwoodsMonster.com
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