Flatwoods 'monster'

After a fireball crossed the sky, locals reported a 10-ft hissing entity with a spade-shaped head near a glowing object; national press sensation.

Kathleen May, 6 boys, National Guardsman Eugene Lemon

Witness interviews; Gray Barker & Ivan Sanderson field investigations

Local sheriff; informal AF interest

Skeptics: meteor + barn owl; witnesses maintained account

Barker, 'They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers'; Feschino, 'The Braxton County Monster'; Nickell (CSI) analysis