Fyffe

Fyffe, Alabama's UFO Capital

Through the winter of 1989 lights were seen over this town in northern Alabama for months on end: first by two police officers, then by hundreds of residents. The description barely varies — a large triangular object with lights at its corners, moving low and without sound. The rush was such that the mayor declared Fyffe the UFO Capital of Alabama, and the town has held an annual festival since the 1990s. Explanations have ranged from the F-117 stealth aircraft, whose night testing was going on at the time, to ordinary aircraft lights on an approach path. None covers the whole wave, and Fyffe remains that rare place where the town council treats its UFOs as a municipal asset.