Unofficial Archive // C.D. Nelson Fiction
Cases Inspired by Recorded Encounters
The Files — 1940s · 1950s · 1960s

Strange reports from a forgotten America.

Fictionalized stories inspired by documented sightings and historical reports from three decades of unexplained encounters.

Every story stands alone. Every case begins with something real.

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The 40s Files — 1940s Encounters
File 001
Battle LA: 1942

Everyone else sheltered. Vera Marsh went to the roof.

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Battle LA: 1942
The 50s Files — 1950s Encounters
File 001
The Flatwoods Thing

A visiting boy sees something on the ridge that no one else notices.

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The Flatwoods Thing
File 002
The Lubbock Lights

Everyone else saw lights. Ruby saw what they were attached to.

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The Lubbock Lights
File 003
The Levelland Night

Fifteen witnesses. Engines dead. Something crossed the highway.

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The Levelland Night
File 004
The Washington Flap

Radar tracked them. Pilots chased them. The capital watched.

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The Washington Flap
File 005
The Gorman Night

A pilot chased it for twenty-seven minutes. One boy on the ground saw what was underneath.

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The Gorman Night
"The reports were real. The stories are not. Mostly."

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