A West Virginia man’s stunning claims to police have deepened the mystery surrounding a haunting town where the government conducts secret surveillance work and UFO sightings are common.
Clinton Wayne Nelan, 33, was arrested at his home near Kerens on May 17 after officers said he allegedly misused the emergency telephone system and also harassed neighbors by falsely claiming he was a police officer from Louisiana.
The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office noted that Nelan had made multiple phone calls to 911 dispatchers, claiming that he had seen ‘zombies, ghosts and a UFO at his residence.’
The officers sent to check out Nelan’s story ultimately concluded that none of what he claimed was true and took him into custody for allegedly making false reports to 911 and impersonating a law enforcement officer – both misdemeanors.
Several people commented on the arrest report, which was posted by police on social media, claiming that Nelan has been suffering from mental health issues.
Despite there not being any proof of zombies, ghosts and UFOs near Nelan’s home, this is not the first time these types of claims have been made within this region of West Virginia.
Nelan’s home sits within an area called the National Radio Quiet Zone, a region used by the US military and intelligence community for top-secret monitoring of foreign communications and by astronomers searching for extraterrestrial life.
Over the years, there have been numerous unverified reports of UFO sightings, people experiencing ‘lost time’ and others suffering strange sensations described as paranormal.
Clinton Wayne Nelan (Pictured) was arrested in West Virginia for allegedly making false claims to 911 and impersonating a police officer
Pictured: The Green Bank Telescope. The incident involving Nelan took place within an area known as the National Radio Quiet Zone, where UFOs have previously been spotted
The National Radio Quiet Zone is a 13,000-square-mile area stretching into both Virginia and West Virginia, where cellphones and Wi-Fi are banned.
The massive blackout zone was created to protect the Green Bank Observatory, a key US facility for major radio telescopes.
The area, established by the US government in 1958, enforces tight restrictions on radio transmissions to guard against the sensitive scientific and military receivers encountering radio frequency interference (RFI).
However, this work has given Green Bank, West Virginia, the heart of the National Radio Quiet Zone, the nickname the ‘quietest town in America.’
Due to this ‘haunting’ quiet, one theory has tied Nelan’s alleged paranormal encounters with zombies and ghosts to a strange condition caused by the lack of regular electronic signals.
Since these invisible waves are so heavily restricted in the area, it has become a haven for those with a condition the Green Bank Observatory has recognized called electromagnetic hypersensitivity.
These individuals are reportedly so sensitive to the appearance, or ‘hauntings,’ of stray electromagnetic waves that it causes them to have physical symptoms of a serious illness.
In a statement, officials at the observatory described electromagnetic hypersensitivity as ‘a condition purported to be a debilitating sensitivity to the electromagnetic waves emitted by Wi-Fi routers and cellphone towers.’
The National Radio Quiet Zone is a 13,000 square mile region which restricts cellphone and Wi-Fi usage due to work by the military and astronomers
Pictured: A UFO sighting by a US Air Force Reaper drone between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Similar UFO sightings have taken place over West Virginia
‘Its sufferers report experiencing headaches, nausea, nosebleeds, sleep problems and other symptoms they believe are connected to exposure to such waves,’ Green Bank Observatory added.
The town closest to Nelan’s home, Kerens, has seen multiple reports of UFO sightings in recent years, centered in the nearby city of Elkins.
According to the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC), multiple residents in Elkins spotted unknown flying objects described as star- and orb-shaped.
One witness in 2004 told NUFORC: ‘It looked like two very large stars shaped like rectangles and lightly covered by a cloud. It was a completely clear night with no other clouds at all.’
‘The “stars” seemed to be pulsing slightly, and the “nebula” surrounding them began to grow larger and disperse over the next 15 minutes.’
In 2010, another UFO witness reported seeing three small, white orbs in a triangular formation. They appeared as very bright stars and were flying independently below the clouds.
‘These were much too small and fast to be even military aircraft. There is no military air base near here, though the lights were in the airspace above our small local airport,’ the witness said.
‘The maneuvers were like that of an aerial dogfight, but all movements were rather fluid, albeit extremely fast and precise.’
Meanwhile, there have also been anecdotal accounts of people seeing UFOs within the zone experiencing ‘missing’ or ‘lost’ time, where they have no memory of what happened to them for several hours.
The phenomenon has been a common claim among those who alleged that they were abducted by aliens, often saying they have no memory from the time when they encountered a UFO or extraterrestrial to a moment several hours later when they are suddenly sitting in a car or their home as though nothing had happened.
