Falkville 'tinfoil man'
- Date
- 17 Oct 1973
- Place
- Gravel road outside Falkville, Morgan County, Alabama, United States
- Record
- Curated case
- Assessment
- Contested
- Evidence strength
What was reported
A week after Pascagoula, Falkville police chief Jeff Greenhaw answered a late-night call about a landed craft and photographed a figure in what looked like a shiny foil suit standing in the road, which he said then ran off faster than he could follow. The photographs show a vague metallic humanoid. In 1983 Greenhaw reported that the photographs had been stolen from his home. Skeptics regard it as a prank by someone in a reflective suit during the October 1973 flap, and no investigation established otherwise.
What officials concluded
No conclusion stated
No official explanation has been given.
Strongest ordinary reading
A prankster in a reflective suit, during the national October 1973 UFO flap
Evidence profile
Sensors2 of 9
- Yes: Visual
- No: Infrared
- No: Radar
- No: Video
- Yes: Photo
- No: Film
- No: Audio
- No: Night vision
- No: Other sensor
Witnesses1 counted
- No: Civilian
- No: Military aircrew
- No: Military ground
- No: Airline crew
- No: Sensor operator
- Yes: Law enforcement
- No: Scientist
- No: Astronaut
- No: Intelligence official
- No: Other
Shapenot stated
- No: Light only
- No: Orb or sphere
- No: Disc
- No: Triangle
- No: Cylinder
- No: Cube
- No: Other shape
Effectsnone reported
- No: Physiological
- No: Physical trace
- No: Electromagnetic
- No: Sound
- No: Silent
Outside sources
- Wikipedia: Falkville, Alabama (1973 UFO report)en.wikipedia.org
On the map
34.37° N, 86.91° W, plotted at the town or city
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