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The Moth Man. Vietnam

ID #1598974119
Added Tue, 01/09/2020
Author July N.
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Initial data

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Incident date: 
08.1969 01:00
Location: 
Дананг
Vietnam

While near da Nang in August 1969, private officer Earl Morrison of the 1st marine division and two other guards saw an extraordinary sight just after 1 a.m. 

They were sitting on a bunker and talking when they noticed something approaching them in the sky: we saw something that looked like wings, like a bat, only it was gigantic compared to what a normal bat would have.

 After it got close enough for us to see what it was, it looked like a woman. Naked woman. It was black. Her skin was black, her body was black, her wings were black, everything was black. But it glowed in the night with a greenish tinge… 

She was right above us, and when she got over our heads, she was six or seven feet high ... We watched it fly directly above us, and yet it made no sound, flapping its wings. 

It covered the moon, so it was so close to us. And then in the dark it looked like pitch black, but we could still identify it because it just glowed. Real bright light. And she walked right past us to our camp. 

As we watched her - she moved about 10 feet away from us - we started to hear her wings flapping. And it was like a flapping of wings. And it just started to fly away, and we watched it for quite a long time. 

What covered her skin looked more like fur than feathers. The skin of her wings looked as if they were glued to her arms, and the movement of her arms suggested that they were free of bones.

Original news

Date:  August  1969
Location:  Da Nang
Time:  just after 1 o’clock in the morning.
Summary:  While stationed near Da Nang in August 1969, Pfc Earl Morrison of the 1st Marine Division and two other guards had an extraordinary sight just after 1 o’clock in the morning. They were sitting atop a bunker and talking when they noticed something approaching them in the sky: We saw what looked like wings, like a bat’s, only it was gigantic compared to what a regular bat would be. After it got close enough so we could see what it was, it looked like a woman. A naked woman. She was black. Her skin was black, her body was black, the wings were black, everything was black. But it glowed. It glowed in the night-kind of a greenish cast to it…. She started going over us, and we still didn’t hear anything. She was right above us, and when she got over the top of our heads, she was maybe six or seven feet up…. We watched her go straight over the top of us, and still she didn’t make any noise flapping her wings. She blotted out the moon once that’s how close she was to us. And dark-looked like pitch black then, but we could still define her because she just glowed. Real bright like. And she started going past us straight towards our encampment. As we watched her-she had got about 10 feet or so away from us-we started hearing her wings flap. And it sounded, you know, like regular wings flapping. And she just started flying off and we watched her for quite a while. The covering on her skin was more like fur than feathers. The skin of her wings looked like it was molded on to her hands and the movement of her arms suggested they had no bones in them. 
Source:  Worley, Don. “The Winged Lady in Black.” Flying Saucer Review Case Histories 10 Oune 1972): 14-16

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