1901.09.17 – 1972.08.26 Sir Francis Chichester gained fame as a round-the-world yachtsman.
Lympne, Kent, England, Europe
1997.03.08 [Click images to clarify and enlarge] 03.00 Tories hid Howard’s ‘alien visitation’ by Sebastian Hamilton Westminster Correspondent So there really was something of the night about Michael Howard. The former home secretary was visited by extraterrestrial beings in the run-up to the last election, according to UFO-watchers near his home in Kent. In […]
Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, Europe
1995.01.06 British Airways 737 approaching Manchester’s Ringway airport was buzzed by a fast-moving UFO, which hurtled directly towards them before veering off downside of the aircraft. The pilot instinctively dived before calling Air Traffic Control, who told Captain Roger Wills and First Officer Mark Stuart that there were no other aircraft in the area. (Fact […]
England, Wales, Europe
1993.03.31 01.05 Numerous witnesses from western and south Wales and western England reported that between 1.05 and 1.10 am on 31 March, against a clear sky, they saw two brilliant globular objects traveling at speed in a northwest-to-southeasterly direction. The UFOs left long vapor trails and made no sound. Estimates of height varied from 2,000 […]
Birmingham, West Midlands, England, Europe
1990.02.27 [Click image to clarify and enlarge] Enlargement of photograph taken by Peter Woolaway at Bartley Green Reservoir, Birmingham, 27 February 1990. Mr Woolaway has co-operated with the Editor [ie Timothy Good] and Quest International in an endeavour to authenticate the photograph. (The UFO Report 1991, Good)
London, Greater London, England, Europe
1988.01.02 23.50 ‘ELLO UFO! COPS SPY A JELLY IN THE SKY EIGHT policemen stood gaping as the grey-green, pink-blobbed UFO hovered before them. Laugh if you like… but they were convinced by the close encounter over Kensington, West London, as reported in the Mirror yesterday. At Heathrow, officials could find no explanation and logged it […]
Sopley, Hampshire, England, Europe
1967.11.06 01.30 Car-stop cases in Britain Exactly ten years after the Levelland events – in late October and early November 1967 – Britain suffered a major wave, with police cars chasing UFOs. Questions were asked in Parliament. Two classic car-stop cases occurred during the wave. The most impressive was at Sopley, right beside the secret […]
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, Europe
1967.09.02 [Click image to clarify and enlarge] ATV Today 27.11.1969: UFO Sightings at Stoke-on-Trent Summary A report from the Bentilee housing estate in Stoke-on-Trent regarding sightings of UFOs. Description General views of Bentilee housing estate. Reporter Gwyn Richards describes the events that took place there on the night of 2nd September 1967. We then see […]
Saddlescombe, West Sussex, England, Europe
1967.08 00.00 SCIENCE FICTION OR AMAZING FACT? by ANTON ANTONOWICZ IT happened at midnight in August, 1967. Edwin Kembery had just found his lost collie in the fields close to his bungalow. He was returning with the pet, and a fierce Alsatian watchdog, when he saw the shape of a huge cannon shell looming in […]
Lakenheath / Bentwaters, Suffolk, England, Europe
1956.08.13 The Royal Air Force bases at Bentwaters and Lakenheath in eastern England were both leased to the USAF. Any unknown aircraft coming from the east over the North Sea was reckoned to be potentially hostile. On the night of 13 – 14 August several UFOs flying at fantastic speeds were picked up by several […]