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“Silver Bridge”

Stories2

The Mothman of Point Pleasant

November 15, 1966 · TNT area (McClintic Wildlife Management Area), near Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia

United States

Cryptid · Creature · 64 sources

36Partially documented

Pro early

The Point Pleasant Mothman sightings

November 15, 1966 · TNT area (old West Virginia Ordnance Works), near Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia

United States

Paranormal · Creature · 18 sources

25Thinly documented

Names2

John A. Keel Person · 8 stories
A writer whose name runs through the archive's strangest tales.
Point Pleasant Place · 8 stories
A small town in West Virginia, and the home of a legend.

Documents30 · see all

Collapse of U.S. 35 Highway Bridge, Point Pleasant, West Virginia, December 15, 1967 (HAR-71/01) Document

National Transportation Safety Board· 1970-12-16· 202 pages· 6 pages mention it
- p. 137 …Y.; "Corrosion Survey of the Silver Bridge," Report by Modjeski and Masters, No. 1663, dated September 23, 1969, to the…
- p. 139 …L.; "The Possible Role of Mechanical Fretting in the Collapse of the Silver Bridge," Report by Professor W. L. Starkey…
UFO Reports 2007 Report

Ministry of Defence· 7 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 2 …It was glowing red and then turned into a silver ball. It had a circular light around it. 18-Jun…
UFO report 2007 Report

UK Ministry of Defence· 7 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 2 …It was glowing red and then turned into a silver ball. It had a circular light around it. 18-Jun…
Sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects, 31 July-20 September 1954 FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1954-10-29· 5 pages

…When the travelers reached the bridge at Buire, they saw what the, believed to be a "flying saucer…
Sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects, 31 July-20 September 1954 FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1954-09-05· 6 pages

…When the travelers reached the bridge at Buire, they saw what the, believed to be a "flying saucer…
U.S. Air Force Analysis of Flying Objects in the United States, 1-100 Report

U.S. Department of War· 253 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 33 …The River Ilyth bridge, near Loston, a crossing in the west, they were not right in the east in two…