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Point Pleasant Mothman and UFO Wave

DATE15 Nov 1966
LOCAL TIME11:30 PM
LOCATIONPoint Pleasant, West Virginia, USA, United States
COORDINATES38.80°N, 82.16°W

Over 13 months, over 100 witnesses reported encounters with a large creature with glowing red eyes alongside numerous UFO sightings. The wave ended with the Silver Bridge collapse killing 46 people. John Keel documented the events in 'The Mothman Prophecies.'

[ PRIMARY CITATION // COMPILED REFERENCE · CTD-0157 ]

WITNESSES & UNITS

On-record civilian observers

SENSORS & EVIDENCE

Archived investigative case file

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