Every so often, a once-buried news story will resurface causing another flurry of interest, then return to its crypt like feeding sparrows that fly off, then settle down until disturbed again.
Two mysterious, recently-resurrected accounts particularly intrigue me: Unidentified Flying Object sightings and D.B. Cooper findings. These stories occurred primarily on the West Coast, where I lived at the time, but both captured irresistible speculation nationwide.
First, the UFO subject: Although strange objects in the sky have been reported throughout history, a spate of sightings occurred especially in the
mid-1950s. As expected, most viewings proved groundless. There was no logical, conventional explanation for such apparitions; however, investigators were
unable to explain some of them in terms of known phenomena.
SOURCE:
http://www.syracuse.com/cny/index.ssf?/base/living-5/1207990611304740.xml&coll=1
