justins5256
06-24-2010, 03:00 PM
I'm not a fan of the UFO cases, but I find this one interesting because this isn't just a story about a UFO sighting, but it also involves the continued harassment one man allegedly endured because of his interest in the phenomena. I searched on here and didn't find many relevant discussions, so I figured I would start this thread and put it to the masses.
What do you think of Danny Gordon's claims?
Danny Gordon was a radio personality in the town of Wytheville, Virginia. In the mid to late eighties, there was an apparent rash of UFO sightings in the skies over Wytheville. Gordon was skeptical, and mentioned the sightings as a joke on one of radio programs, but was surprised when many residents began calling him and telling them about their own encounters.
Thus began Danny Gordon's unusual odyssey investigating the veracity of these sightings, and having a few of his own in the process.
I don't want to rehash the segment, but a few key points to consider:
- Gordon claims to have seen UFOs on a few different occasions. On at least two such occasions he provides photographic proof.
- One of the encounters was at a very close range. Danny Gordon admits he and a friend both had cameras yet didn't take any pictures, which seems suspicious.
- On the second encounter, there may have been as many as a hundred witnesses. If the UM re-enactment is to be believed, a school bus full of high school students and possibly others observed UFOs in flight over a shopping mall while Danny Gordon took photos.
- Gordon was planning on going out of town to give a lecture on UFOs when he received an anonymous phone call from a man who claimed to be retired military. The man basically told Danny that he was getting too close and needed to back off or stop his investigations for the sake of his family. The man further claimed that he believed his own research into UFOs cost the life of his son.
- As part of his research, Danny Gordon contacted the Pentagon and was told that there was no air force activity occurring over Wythville.
- Danny Gordon's house was broken in to on a few different occasions.
- Danny Gordon claims that two men who claimed to be writers for a magazine came to his home and asked for an interview. He says that these men were interested in his UFO research. Danny talked with the men at great length and also showed them his UFO photos. When Danny contacted the magazine some time later to find out why the article hadn't been published, the magazine disavowed knowledge of the incident and had not dispatched anyone to conduct an interview.
- After this "interview" Danny Gordon realized that the negatives of his UFO photographs were missing.
- These events culminated when Danny Gordon had a heart attack brought on by "severe exhaustion".
Those are some of the key events from the segment. As I was typing all of this up, I came to realization that these events as described by Danny Gordon could be legitimate. I think it's possible that the military was testing some new or experimental aircraft over Wythville and this is what people saw. Maybe Danny Gordon got a little "too close" for comfort so the feds, or someone else, went after him? I'm not one for conspiracy theories, but that seems like the most logical conclusion.
What do you think of Danny Gordon's claims?
Danny Gordon was a radio personality in the town of Wytheville, Virginia. In the mid to late eighties, there was an apparent rash of UFO sightings in the skies over Wytheville. Gordon was skeptical, and mentioned the sightings as a joke on one of radio programs, but was surprised when many residents began calling him and telling them about their own encounters.
Thus began Danny Gordon's unusual odyssey investigating the veracity of these sightings, and having a few of his own in the process.
I don't want to rehash the segment, but a few key points to consider:
- Gordon claims to have seen UFOs on a few different occasions. On at least two such occasions he provides photographic proof.
- One of the encounters was at a very close range. Danny Gordon admits he and a friend both had cameras yet didn't take any pictures, which seems suspicious.
- On the second encounter, there may have been as many as a hundred witnesses. If the UM re-enactment is to be believed, a school bus full of high school students and possibly others observed UFOs in flight over a shopping mall while Danny Gordon took photos.
- Gordon was planning on going out of town to give a lecture on UFOs when he received an anonymous phone call from a man who claimed to be retired military. The man basically told Danny that he was getting too close and needed to back off or stop his investigations for the sake of his family. The man further claimed that he believed his own research into UFOs cost the life of his son.
- As part of his research, Danny Gordon contacted the Pentagon and was told that there was no air force activity occurring over Wythville.
- Danny Gordon's house was broken in to on a few different occasions.
- Danny Gordon claims that two men who claimed to be writers for a magazine came to his home and asked for an interview. He says that these men were interested in his UFO research. Danny talked with the men at great length and also showed them his UFO photos. When Danny contacted the magazine some time later to find out why the article hadn't been published, the magazine disavowed knowledge of the incident and had not dispatched anyone to conduct an interview.
- After this "interview" Danny Gordon realized that the negatives of his UFO photographs were missing.
- These events culminated when Danny Gordon had a heart attack brought on by "severe exhaustion".
Those are some of the key events from the segment. As I was typing all of this up, I came to realization that these events as described by Danny Gordon could be legitimate. I think it's possible that the military was testing some new or experimental aircraft over Wythville and this is what people saw. Maybe Danny Gordon got a little "too close" for comfort so the feds, or someone else, went after him? I'm not one for conspiracy theories, but that seems like the most logical conclusion.