A statue commemorating the first Mothman
sighting near Point Pleasant, WV

photo by Fokket

Quite possibly one of the worlds best know cryptids, the Mothman has been seen on and off across the United States for the past 40 plus years. Just recently a witness came forward and contacted About.com’s Paranormal Phenomena Guide Stephen Wagner with the details of an encounter near the Ft. Worth suburb of Mansfield, Texas.

In the fall of 2007 the witness was driving with her daughter along FM 157 between Mansfield and Venus, Texas around dusk when something caught her eye. At first she thought she was seeing a plastic bag caught in the wind, but as the object neared she saw it was no bag. It appeared to have a “human-like form with wings attached”. The witness reported the creature made no noise as it glided towards her car. Filled with fear she instinctively rolled up her window. When her daughter didn’t say anything, the witness began to think she was seeing things. Finally after driving a few miles she asked her daughter if she had seen the creature. The daughter replied that she had. They then sheepishly opened the inside cover of the sun roof to see if the creature, which had disappeared from sight, had landed on the roof, which luckily it had not.

Mothman in Texas

photo courtesy of Darlene Stewart

Residents of the rural community of Harbour Mille in Newfoundland were shocked when they saw strange objects streaking up from the ocean Monday night. Darlene Stewart spotted the mysterious object while out taking photographs of the sunset. Shaken by the sighting, she called her neighbor Emmy Pardy and her husband. All told, the trio witnessed three of the objects flying up from the sea. Pictures taken by Mrs. Stewart show a long possibly cylindrically shaped object trailed by smoke or fire (which doesn’t rule out a missile launch). The witnesses reported that the objects made no noise as the flew across the sky. The incident was investigated by the local police who “confirmed that it was something”, but refuse to elaborate further on the incident, instead referring further questions to the Department of National Defense. Officials from the DND have refused to comment on the incident leaving the quiet community wondering what it is they saw.

DND, RCMP mum on UFO mystery [via Chris Holly's Paranormal World]

[UPDATED] Even as the UK’s Ministry of Defense closes the department responsible for investigating UFO sightings, the strange occurrences in the skies above Britain continue as evidenced by this Youtube video shot in Dublin. The film, which was shot through a night vision scope, clearly shows a triangular craft of unknown origin flying across the night sky.

UPDATE: Turns out the Sun (the bastion of responsible journalism that it is *cough*) just recycled a much older UFO video that wasn’t even shot in Dublin as a new sighting. Lowbrow sensationalist tactics like this are exactly why it is so hard to get reliable information about UFOs and the paranormal. Sorry for getting caught up in the BS.

UFO Spotted in Dublin – Night Vision [via Phantoms & Monsters]