Flatwoods 1952: The Object That Fell on the Hill and the Story Reduced to a “Monster”
At about 7:15 p.m. on September 12, 1952, four boys were playing near Flatwoods Elementary School in Braxton County, West Virginia. A red-yellow streak crossed the sky and came down beyond a hill on the Bailey Fisher farm. The boys ran to tell the mother of Eddie and Freddie May. Kathleen May took a flashlight, called Eugene Lemon — a 17-year-old member of the National Guard — and walked up the hill with the boys, an
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At about 7:15 p.m. on September 12, 1952, four boys were playing near Flatwoods Elementary School in Braxton County, West Virginia. A red-yellow streak crossed the sky and came down beyond a hill on the Bailey Fisher farm. The boys ran to tell the mother of Eddie and Freddie May. Kathleen May took a flashlight, called Eugene Lemon — a 17-year-old member of the National Guard — and walked up the hill with the boys, another child, and the family dog.
At about 7:15 p.m. on September 12, 1952, four boys were playing near Flatwoods Elementary School in Braxton County, West Virginia. A red-yellow streak crossed the sky and came down beyond a hill on the Bailey Fisher farm. The boys ran to tell the mother of Eddie and Freddie May. Kathleen May took a flashlight, called Eugene Lemon — a 17-year-old member of the National Guard — and walked up the hill with the boys, an
At about 7:15 p.m. on September 12, 1952, four boys were playing near Flatwoods Elementary School in Braxton County, West Virginia. A red-yellow streak crossed the sky and came down beyond a hill on the Bailey Fisher farm. The boys ran to tell the mother of Eddie and Freddie May. Kathleen May took a flashlight, called Eugene Lemon — a 17-year-old member of the National Guard — and walked up the hill with the boys, an
At about 7:15 p.m. on September 12, 1952, four boys were playing near Flatwoods Elementary School in Braxton County, West Virginia. A red-yellow streak crossed the sky and came down beyond a hill on the Bailey Fisher farm. The boys ran to tell the mother of Eddie and Freddie May. Kathleen May took a flashlight, called Eugene Lemon — a 17-year-old member of the National Guard — and walked up the hill with the boys, an
At about 7:15 p.m. on September 12, 1952, four boys were playing near Flatwoods Elementary School in Braxton County, West Virginia. A red-yellow streak crossed the sky and came down beyond a hill on the Bailey Fisher farm. The boys ran to tell the mother of Eddie and Freddie May. Kathleen May took a flashlight, called Eugene Lemon — a 17-year-old member of the National Guard — and walked up the hill with the boys, an