UFO Seen Over Mullens Athletic Field

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In the summer of 1973, continuing well into autumn of that year, there was a huge UFO flap going on throughout the United States. By October, that UFO flap had hit the southern West Virginia area particularly hard, with almost nightly sightings occurring around Raleigh and surrounding counties. On October 25, 1973, the Beckley Post-Herald newspaper ran a story about sightings of a strange light in the sky witnessed in Wyoming County over a three-day period. 

Starting on Friday October 19th, a "lop-sided" star was observed over the area of the Mullens Athletic Field around 9pm. The witnesses used binoculars to watch the strange light, which stayed in the area for about an hour. The strange light returned on Saturday AND on Sunday, also around 9pm, and again, staying for about an hour each time. This lop-sided star was said to appear as a red-green light, moving in a swiveling motion. Those who got the best look at it said it resembled a large, off-shaped saucer with a white light in the center and green and red lights surrounding it. 

Beckley Post-Herald
25 October 1973