FLATWOODS MONSTER (1952 REPORT)

Case-specific entity or structure reported at Flatwoods, West Virginia. Sanderson’s early witness interviews describe an ace-of-spades-shaped head/enclosure, a translucent circular panel with pale-blue beam-like lights, no visible arms, and gliding motion.

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Claims are grouped by attribute so differing descriptions, measurements, and interpretations can be compared without averaging them into a single “fact.”

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Physical Characteristics

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CLAIM-135019reported

“Sanderson’s early interviews described the Flatwoods entity as enormous-man-sized down to the waist, with no visible arms and a distinct ace-of-spades-shaped head or enclosure.”

The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition: The Phenomenon from the Beginning

SRC-002099 · “Flatwoods Monster” → “Early witness morphology”, PDF pp. 1251–1252

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CLAIM-135020reported

“The ace-of-spades-shaped region reportedly contained a large circular translucent panel with two fixed pale-blue beam-like lights behind it that witnesses interpreted as eyes.”

The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition: The Phenomenon from the Beginning

SRC-002099 · “Flatwoods Monster” → “Head / luminous features”, PDF pp. 1251–1252

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Reported Entity Behavior

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CLAIM-135021reported

“Witnesses said the entity moved with an odd circling motion and seemed to glide evenly rather than walk or jump, first toward them and then toward the nearby pulsing object.”

The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition: The Phenomenon from the Beginning

SRC-002099 · “Flatwoods Monster” → “Movement”, PDF pp. 1251–1252

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