History of a Mystery: Fifty Years of the Warminster Thing

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At 1:25 a.m. on Christmas 1964, resident Mildred Head awoke with a start. Her ceiling, she later told local journalist Arthur Shuttlewood, had “[come] alive with strange sounds lashing at [the] roof.” It sounded like twigs brushing against the tiles, and got louder and louder until it reverberated like giant hailstones. Head got out of bed to look out of the window but found nothing there. She did, however, hear another noise, a humming sound that grew louder before fading to “a faint whisper.” They also say that the memory loss blanks are nearly always filled in under so-called regression sessions. Readers call in on Dorito UFO". Express & Star. Archived from the original on 28 February 2010 . Retrieved 29 October 2009. But by the early 1970s, sightings of the Warminster “Thing” began to decline, and with them the number of curious visitors that had once swarmed the town. Even Shuttlewood, who had become a figurehead of the phenomenon, had retired from sky-watching due to ill health. With few sightings, no new books, and no one to guide would-be UFO spotters, interest in the Warminster “Thing” soon disappeared. And, that also creates energy that can stall car engines, interfere with radio transmissions and potentially triggers physiological actions in those that get too close to it.

Our aim is to give a balanced view. There will be experts there and we ask people to come with an open mind. This is not one of those kind of conferences where everyone wears an anorak! It's for the general public as much as anyone." Mulholland’s music hazes the contours between psychogeography and hauntology, exploring his reaction to memory and place, both physically through field recording and figuratively, through his often abrasive manipulation of the sounds. Accordingly, his work can be as witty and expressive as it is caustic, but each one reveals something different and quite personal about the artist." We are here this evening in answer to your calling and to warn you of the damage your planet faces in the upcoming years." But sceptics claim alien abductiuon stories have no evidence to support them other than the anecdotes of the "abductee". Once I was told to go to Star Hill at a certain time. Within 10 minutes of arrival these lights came down and it landed on the hill.

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February 1994: a metallic disc-shaped object was filmed over Craigluscar Reservoir near Dunfermline in Scotland by Ian McPherson. [ citation needed] November, 2007: Numerous people from the West Midlands conurbation reported sightings in the evening sky of a silent, triangular object, which the press later dubbed the "Dudley Dorito". [76] Vapour trails, bright lights and a mysterious balloon". Torquay Herald. 1 June 2001. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014 . Retrieved 25 July 2014. James Walker noticed unidentified lights in the sky over Bonnybridge, the town became the scene of numerous UFO sightings. It forms part of the " Falkirk Triangle", an area stretching from Stirling to Fife and the outskirts of Edinburgh. Ufologists claim that Bonnybridge is the world's number one UFO location, with an average of around 300 sightings a year. [69]

September 1956: a large, spherical glass-like 80-foot-diameter object was seen over the Cleethorpes coast for over an hour and also seen on radar from RAF Manby at 15:00. RAF planes approached the object and it flew off. [27] The event will showcase 12 well-known speakers, researchers, authors and celebrities on the subject of UFOs and the paranormal.

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Clapham Wood in West Sussex experienced a rash of UFO sightings and unexplained events during the 1960s and continuing into the 1970s. [36] By June 1965, strange objects were being seen in the skies around the town. Shuttlewood amassed a sizable file on these sightings, and it was not until September, 1965, when he reported seeing a UFO from his home, that he became a believer in the enigma. At 1.25 am on Christmas morning, 1964, Mrs Mildred Head was awoken by a strange noise. At first, it sounded as if twigs were scratching on her roof and then as if giant hailstones were raining down. She got up and went to the window. The night was dry and clear, she could see nothing unusual. She did, however, notice “a strange humming sound, which grew louder and then faded away, except for ‘a faint whisper — a low whistling or wheezing.’”

Newly released UFO files from the UK government (inc. link to previously released files)". The National Archives. June 2013. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021 . Retrieved 23 March 2021. Clarke, David (30 May 2014). "Foxtrot 94 – a Cold War mystery solved". Dr David Clarke Folklore and Journalism . Retrieved 31 March 2021.

BBC West filmed a half-hour documentary in 1966, entitled Pie in the Sky. Of all the programmes made about the town, this is by far the most level and fair. April 1991: airline pilot Achille Zaghetti from Grosseto, Tuscany, in an Alitalia McDonnell Douglas MD-80 on a flight from Milan to Heathrow saw a three-metre-long khaki-coloured object over Lydd in Kent at 22,000ft about 300m away. It was seen on radar. [67] [68]

US UFO researcher Philip Klass, who investigated alleged alien abductiuon cases for more than 30 years and concluded there is "not a shred of evidence" Beginning at the end of 1964, residents of the town (its population then was about 10,000) started to witness something strange happening in Warminster. It is an appropriate location as Wiltshire is considered one of the weirdest counties in the UK, and Warminster was once crowned the UFO capital of the world. Claire Williams, 26, travelled from Swansea, with friend Sarah Heaton, 26, and both have a life-long interest in the paranormal.Chris said: "The skywatch is an educational tool. We're going to be up on the hills pointing things out and saying that's not a UFO, it's a planet, a star, an aircraft or whatever it may be. The taller one held up his hand with the palm open and fingers pointing towards the sky. I heard in mind 'welcome' and did the same thing," he said. It is claimed [ by whom?] that unidentified silent craft were regularly seen by two school children near the coastal village of Muchalls, Scotland, (but not in the village itself) from 1971 onwards. These events are alleged to have reoccurred night after night for many years, and are reputed to have continued until at least 1991 when some aspects of the apparitions were also filmed in the area. [46] Most of his sightings were in the evening when I was in bed but he used to tell me about what he had seen. A lot of it was cigar-shaped and circular objects. Best' UFO Picture Ever, the Calvine Photo, Found After 30 Years Missing". Newsweek. 15 August 2022.