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The Forgotten UFO Wave – Wytheville, Virginia (1987-1988)
Witnesses
Unknown
Duration
Unknown
Source material
3
Timeline
3
Source context
Limited context
Interesting, but still missing stronger corroboration or harder source material.
Source provenance
r/UFOs
Live sighting record 90b9877c-4bdb-4b1d-b56e-d3ab5a6d3c74.
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Correlations
Field Intelligence
Moon phase
99% illumination
Full moon — bright sky
Solar window
Weather
Open-MeteoArea activity
Meteor activity
Context notes
Full/near-full moon (99% illumination)
Draconids meteor shower was active at this time
Extracted details
Observed facts
Occurred
Oct 7, 1987, 12:00 AM
Timezone
Eastern Time
Location
Wytheville, Virginia
Witness account
Narrative
The Forgotten UFO Wave – Wytheville, Virginia (1987-1988) by Preston Dennett On October 7, 1987, Wytheville, Virginia (a small town of 8000 residents) became the target of a UFO wave of epic proportions. Literally overnight, hundreds of people began to report UFOs in the skies. These were not just anomalous lights in the night sky, but large, silent, structured crafts at treetop level. After airing a 60-second UFO story, newsman Danny Gordon of WYVE radio in Wytheville found himself fielding...
Case progression
Timeline
Witnesses place the encounter near Wytheville, Virginia.
r/UFOs carried the report into the source network.
Tracked inside the The Forgotten UFO Wave Hits Wytheville, Virginia from 1987 to 1988 signal.
Ledger
Source material
media
Cover image
Visual reference carried with the original report.
source
Original report
Direct source material from r/UFOs.
telemetry
Environmental pass
Historical atmosphere, astronomy, and nearby infrastructure were resolved for this case.