"I can assure you that flying saucers, given that they exist, are not constructed by any power on earth."
President Harry S. Truman.
Press conference , April 4, 1950
Upon graduation from high school, Frank Feschino Jr. was accepted to Paier School of Art, a private college in Hamden Connecticut. His major field of study was Commercial Art, specialized in Illustration, with a minor in Advertising. Along with these studies, he also studied Photography. After completing a four year program, he received an Art’s Diploma in 1981. After graduation, he worked as an illustrator and assisted in his father’s business.
2001 photo of Mrs. May and Frank holding a reproduction poster of monster illustrated by Frank.
In the early 1990’s, Feschino became involved in UFO and Crop Circle research in West Virginia. He frequently visited a relative’s farm located in Braxton County, where Crop Circles appeared over night and UFO sightings were frequent. This is when Feschino learned about the 1952 “Braxton County Monster” Incident, which occurred in Flatwoods, near his cousin’s farm. In 1991, he contacted MUFON and was granted a meeting with Crop Circle enthusiast, Colin Andrews. Shortly afterward, Feschino met with MUFON representatives and Colin Andrews and supplied him with his West Virginia UFO and Crop Circle documentation. He continued to collaborate with Andrews about the ongoing anomalies occurring in Braxton County but Frank’s curiosity with the Flatwoods Incident proved to be his calling. He began to investigate this 1952 incident at a deeper level and devoted all of his time to it. Feschino moved to Florida to further his education. In 1993, he enrolled in Phillip’s JR College and studied film and video production. He continued to travel to West Virginia during his schooling but was now armed with camera operation knowledge as well as interviewing and scriptwriting skills. It was during Frank’s two-year training program that the Braxton County Monster evolved into a production project. He combined his strong Art background together with his video production and scriptwriting skills; his story began to take shape.
After graduating from Phillip’s JR College, Feschino began to travel more and expanded his research throughout the eastern United States, continually gathering more information. His investigation gained the attention of television and radio psychic, Gary Spivey. Frank voiced nearly 50 radio shows in Florida discussing the subject of UFOs and his West Virginia research. He made several guest appearances in the Tampa area at conventions and then expanded his radio audience into the Atlanta area as well as the Baltimore area. Meanwhile, Frank was working on his video documentary and piecing it together from his script when he simultaneously began writing a book. This hectic schedule put a temporary end to his public appearances and he again concentrated solely on his book project. After going into seclusion for the next few years, Frank finished his book. In addition to his book manuscript, he also illustrated it with over 40 paintings and drawings as well as hundreds of accompanying photographs. In October of 2001, Frank Feschino JR went public again after his four-year absence. This time he went public in Flatwoods West Virginia as a guest of the town’s mayor. Frank appeared at the Flatwoods Fall Festival with special guests, witnesses Fred and Kathleen May, who made a very rare public appearance. This public appearance marked and celebrated the 49th Anniversary of the Flatwoods Monster Incident. Frank informed several hundred curious visitors who came to Flatwoods inquiring about the story, that a book would soon be made available. Feschino’s dedication and devotion to this story has gained the trust of those involved in this incident to only speak with him and no one else.
Feschino during a video shoot on location near the steadily deteroraing tree that the Flatwoods Monster once stood next to.
Several other key witnesses involved directly with this incident that were interviewed by Feschino have since passed away during the past ten years. Although they are no longer with us, Feschino has their interviews and testimonies on video and audiotape. Frank Feschino JR holds the key to unlocking the truth and the ability to make the public aware of what actually occurred on September 12, 1952.
