Fyffe's UFO Capital: A 1989 Sighting That Redefined a Town, and Alabama Campus News

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An in-depth feature recounts how Fyffe, Alabama earned the nickname “UFO Capital” after Fred Works’ 1989 sighting, with police Chief Junior Garmany pursuing the craft and Brandi Clayton defending witnesses against skeptical reporters like Matt Brooks, and it shows how the event reshaped the town’s identity even as the broader page covers Kristy Curry’s departure as Alabama’s women’s basketball coach, a First Amendment lawsuit over Nineteen-Fifty Six and Alice magazines, a memorial for Jimmy Gracey, and Alabama basketball’s climb to the Sweet 16.

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Over 30 years ago, Fred Works saw something he couldn’t quite explain. What’s easier to explain is the way that Works’s sighting changed the DNA of his town forever. When Fred Works holds out his hands – palms down, thumbs together, index fingers touching – it’s his best attempt to approximate the shape of something...