“UFO? - Silent, lighted flying object
has cities, police perplexed”,
15 February 1989 (TimesDaily, Florence, Alabama)
A mass UFO sighting occurred over DeKalb County in Alabama on 10 February 1989, at 8:42 p.m.:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=L1geAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qMcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2452,1842344
The silent UFO was sighted by people from Grove Oak to Lickskillet (south of Fort Payne).
Several DeKalb police officers also sighted the UFO.
Fyffe Police Chief Junior Garmany and Assistant Police Chief Fred Works followed the UFO about 12 miles before the UFO suddenly reversed direction and flew right over them, according to the Times Daily.
Map of DeKalb County , Alabama
(city-data.com image)