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Following a report to the Madison County Sheriffs Department of a “possible plane crash” shortly after noon Sunday, the Rappahannock County Sheriffs Department and State Police investigated the sighting but found nothing.
William Harris, who lives on Rt. 643 in Etlan, just south of the Rappahannock County line, called the Madison County dispatch center to report that he had seen a bright flash near the top of what was later identified as Hazel Mountain. Mr. Harris described what he saw through his front window as a yellow flash, resembling a gasoline explosion.
He said that he called the Madison dispatch center because he felt that if in fact a plane had been lost, he could guide rescuers to its exact location. “If I had that information, and hadn’t done anything, I’d have felt terrible,” he said.
Rappahannock Sheriff John Henry Woodward, Deputy Capt. Ed Streapy and Trooper H. A. Newlin conducted a ground search of the area around Hazel Mountain, south of Sperryville, for evidence of a crash, but saw nothing which indicated a one had occurred.
Later Sunday afternoon, a State Police helicopter was flown in from
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