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'Divide to unite'
NUFON MEETING FEBRUARY 12th
OVERSEAS LIBRARY
PEOPLE,COMMUNICATION & NAMES: Nigel Watson
SIGHTING REPORTSa
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DETAILED REPORTa The Staffordshire Flapa Ufora Staffs
P.?-8 D��AILED REPORTa The Fencehouses Occupant Encounter
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On January 8th BUFORA staged what was intended to be a public relations
exercise with northern ufologists.Unfortunately it did not quite work out
that way�W�at was supposed to
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I do not here wish to enter into any critique of this particmlar affair�except
to offer apologies to those who did attend { about twenty from five NUFON
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groups on behalf of my absent BUFORA colleagues.It did present an interesting
opportunity to hear some people's thoughts on the matter of where British
ufology should go,and these were in pretty broad agreement,! shall put them
down very basically here,and refer you to my article in issue one of Northern
Ufology �·o-r; additional detail.NUFON is considering publishing ALL the papers
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STOP PRESSa W ork is now underway
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It appeared to be agreed that B UFORA was too broadly based,and that trying to
do everything at once was its chief failing.Rather,I suggested,it should play
to its strengths and concentrate on PUBLIC RELATIONS.This means polding
pu?l��.seminars,lectures,exhibitlons,having excellent press liaison AND pub­
lishing a first class journal which would cultivate interest amongst a wide
variety of me�bers.Eyen if onl� 1% eventually prove useful to ufology then
BUFORA fulfill a role.Already the criticism of this has come from BUFORAoit
has been said I want them to be just a journal.The point has obviously been m�d.
Investigation,in my opinion,should be organised around a network system�
NUFON controls
of the work in.the north bontrol'is NOT used in an· auth­
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and fully cooperates with BUFORA.If BUFORA sponsored a SUFON
as an independant entity then the two could integrate ALL investigation from
all sources�and everyone would benefit - including BUFORA,who would get more
data,and the witnesses,who would not get several sets · of investigators callingo
On a different level I believe we should also set up a team of EXPERIENCED
investigators to deal exclusively with potentially high grade cases:They
would attack such cases in a VERY detailed fashion producing a report which
would do credit to the CIA.These case studies would be the basis for the
scientific recognition of ufolpgy.It will not come from a thousand LITS
reports,as much of the material included in NUN,but from DETAILED studies of
important cases by trained personnel.Again EVERYONE would benefit from this
system�The ordinary investigator would still have work to do,and plenty of
it,but he would hav� something to aim for.A standard to work towardsoThis
scheme has been considered in some detail,and detailed plans for 11hat is
termed �uK INVESTIGATORS AGEN CY' will be presented o� February 12th to NUFON.
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my editorial in NUN December 76 ,uti11sing the products of both the above
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It may appear to some - indeed it has been commented on - that this would
be fragmentary and devisive.Yet I do not agree.Ufology requires specialisation,
because coLcentration on specific aspects makes for better perf-rmanceeit is
also ESSENTIAL that we overcome the inbuilt divisiveness of ufology caused
by the different kinds of people who are involved.Provided this scheme were
worked on together by those who make up British ufology it would not be a
division but a unification.
JENNY HANDLES
Bryan Hartley,Bill Muir,Nigel Watson
Contribu�c�� this month:
Thanks to John house and CONTACT
SIS,WUFOS
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MUFORA,SPR
NORTHERN UFO NEWS
Copy date last of each month
NUFO "!"�
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inder�md:;.I.�.t '-'l-gP.n:i s:1.t� ::m.s and. :re �-carchers in N orthern Britainc: The
Nortner::-1 1J:i'C Fc;-..rs is - lLunthly -t YCU.rJ .:L...,or. '1e·Ks:. vi eHs a::1d ideass
Tr'"o c,pi.�·�.0n:=-: s"�rre;-s&c. hBrln cio not,neees:.=-arily�refl8ct the se of the
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An irregu.la:. f1�1: ��ct,.: j_F� r..<::g �'::;.lle:�NOR'l,HER�. ;JrOLOGY�=-·� a l s o p:--::-crluced and sold
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Seve rai of the aff'iliatsU. grou p s as �o J,:.ed on the Reference .Data. Sheet,
dated January 1977 ha ve NOT renew ed subscriptions for 1977.It is thought
that a num be r ·'Jf these a re in fact defunc-t· as - ·o rg an isat i ons . Cop i e s of
this iss�e will only be sent to those groups which hav e contributed to
NUFON mate rially and r.ould appear simpl y to have fo rg o tt en � A revised
l isting of affil.iates �rill be published when t he situation is known
with regar d s c�me 'Jf t:1em,It shou�'� be noted that NUFON is consci ous ,.f
the importan�c J� thi� out le t a Sinc e it is now reaching many of the world
renowned. svurce s of 'L.: d.ata, thartkE to t.r.e e fforts of Bryan Hartley in
over�ec.� liais0nreff0rts a re being made to upgrade the standard of
p re sen t ation , We a:r-e s'J.re you KC:,_lc want your data prese nting in the best
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It is sad to have to re�: ate thart SJFORS, the north Linco ln shi re gro u p. are
now defun�to'J.hey have operated · large l y through the medium of Nigel
Watso� for the pas-:. two yearsaNigel Will c on tinue as an i nd i vidual
i nvest i ga to r and c orres pon dant for NUFON in the areaoHe asks me to mentien
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Cent ra l :rtlANCHESTER Tuesdays February l 5 ,March 1 5 ,Ap r il 12,M ay 10 ( 7.JOpn )
UFOSI� Fu bli c exhibi tio� �-n :.Bi::r; ingham' A ;pr il 23tt Details from the group.
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NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE NEXT NUFO� RE�SENTITivE MEETING WILL BE HELD ONa
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those pre sent o You are cordially i nvi ted to b ri n g alon g any members you wish.
OVERSEAS PUBLIC TIOU S LIBRARY
I am now in a position to give an initial li sti n g of material whi ch is on
file with thP 1-nTFON libr a ry o i t i;:; knoH n , h o wev e r, that Cl)nsiderable addi tional
mater5�� is being added all of the time and regu l ar u pdates will be published
1� .l.,.,:U,No E ventu a ll y a separa te � pu bli ca ti on listing will be issued.
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A USTRALIA UFOIC pub Sep ?5,*
Australian UFO Bv�letin MayrAue; 75� Feb 76, Procedings of UFOCON 2 ( A COS 1916)
SOBE PS 1 ews * Jan , 'a:.c,Jul.,Sep 76� I nf ore space Jun 75,.Jan,Mar 76
BELGIUM
GERr�x UFO Nac hric hten Utm. 74 , Jun 75 HOLLAND Tijdschrift v·oor U fol og ie
Sep/Oct 75 FI�CE Phenomene3 Spatiaux Mar 72,Ma± 75 ITALY Ufo notizario
Dec 74, Gli Arvani Ju l 75rSep 75 �APAN Sp ace Phenomena Soc. pub May 75
NEW �LAiu S pacevie1� ro 65
SC]�I�VI� GICOFF 1974, UFO NYT Sep,Nov ?5
&.n,Mar;f1ayrJu2. 7�
SUFOI-¥.· 19'75/1 P 1976/1
USA*·Gray B arker s Newsletter
_Jan,Mar,Air 76 � Mystifax Jun 76� Mundo Monit o r
Mar,Apr,May 76 ( plus pub
Doomsday Coming up 11 Nothing Ne:-r tJnder sunrConcept of livin g,Living Electroni•••
FS Up-day) UFO Investig�t8r (NrCAP) Aug 75,0hio Skywa tche r Jun 76, CUFOS
B u lletin Apr 75 Apro Bulletin Sep 7J�Nov 73 Jan ,Ma r p Ma r 74,0ct 75,Feb,Jun,
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Jul 76 � Various bibliographies�publications � offic ial US ) ,press rele ase s
co ncerni ng the Bermuda Triangle�
ARGENTINA
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It is khown .that these are·· �ut a sampling of what is· available,
and ·you are urged
to,- contac� the lib
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available- t? NUF�N .associates and affiliate_s who are engaged in 're�e-arch.You
are as��d. to noti�y YOJ:lr req�irements ,_�hcl r�asons (since � ·f _would.·. be 1�possi
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to operate a lend1.ng library service pure and simple), The librarian ·wilt aim01
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certainly be able :to ?ive advice·about :pu.blicatfons,material available £or' --� - .
resear?h etc an?- you are urged to us·e·' :thi·s ser:vice.'ln . ydur: ·w�
- rk. C'ost"S� 'will' be
restrictett to postage ·(approx 20p.> per item,
· iop· for smaller items),Lending_
regulations will be given J:>y the· libratian: ·(NB:.* indicates in E�-lish)
BRYAN HARTLEY 23 HASTIN9S RD, 'THORNT9N-LE-FYLPE,
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PUBLICATIONS: a· BUFORA. JOURNAL Jan/Feb 77.- has an a:;cticle based .upoii .th � NUFON .
1975 report MUFOB Winter 76/77 as -�ual has several i��erestfng para-ufo.logical
texts,incluqin? iThe Monster as- Meta·:phor' COSMOLOGY NE�·l'SLINK Spring 77 (it
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appa±an�ly: _cop1es early this yep.r!} is full of chatty letters and little·. filler
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items. ·sKYLtNK Jan·77 _is the usual good offering from WUFOS (and it has an
intere���pg article 'UFOs-� Manipulative phenomenon' -·even though I did write
it my�eif� ):.Qutpiqe our area -look �ut for the ESSEX UFO STUDY GROU([? JOURNAL·,
Jan J?· :Js e�.e�- be;t�er than usual.One of the better local group publications�
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Another person whQ wishes correspondance with British ufologists has written to me:
Aduvoi Xenceti (:t.hlat'
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Nigel Watsoh
BI_� 't�.e.P lJ.f�logy is administered by three amateur organisations ;BUFORA I CONTACt
and NUFONoSupportiii.g. these are--the l·ocal-ufo·groups,investigato
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membershipoAll in all they constitute the main support of the pro-ufo mo.�ement
In 1974 NuFON (then· called 'UNO) was formed to ·cement relati��s . between .the m�riy-·
groups and iridividuals· scattered thr9ughout. the -north,and to facilitate better· ..
communication of ..,ufo reports and data.Since BUFORA .$eemed t9 )-?e something qf a
dead loss SUFORS,and myself,joine� NUFO�.NDw.more th� two years later it seems
a reasonable time to reflect on NUFbN and tn� general future or British ufology.
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and lecturesoUhfortuna.tely ·r have yet to attend· a c-onference which has _4_chie'yed
anything ,mainly. due· fo the 'fact that to aff.ord such· ventures the public has _'to
be catered foroThis means that silly men wfu.th · charts and projectors gel .iapt_
attention and serious speakers are almost completely j_gnored.It is a· pity that
. O� has yet to organise a conference solely for the ·disc�ssing 9f nort�ern ufo
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wii tten �ommunication of ufo reports tf)ing-s have .been a lot bett;er
several false starts Northern UFO News is now a stable _and reasonab�y ;informative
publication_oHowever�it is · near ·impossible for NUFON asso·c_iate gr_ou.ps to get hold
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all materi�1. is, or s�ou1::1 be,the
of the' repoi:ts s�nt. to Peter Warrirlgton. Since
collective property of the associates this situation is q�ite frankly-absurd.
Especially in view that FSR and BUFORA and a few ot�ers are kept with a rich
flow Jf informationo
Perhaps my qualms so far appear .petty,a�d indeed the� are when we consider th�
benmmcratic mess we are in.The best way to describe it is p:retentio·us.Somehow
we proliferate the use of titles and fine sounding names to cloak ufology in a
8��& of respectability.I say 'we' because in many ways I was responsible for
the founding of the Scunthorpe UFO Research Society,and'what-m�re,glerious
title than that can you have?Like a lot of groups SUFORS was a lot_.of. fun in,.the
first year,but we _never did any real investigation and so the ..'rese_arch' asp�ct
was a misnomeroHowever,SUFORS began to lose whatever merit it_. had. · and slowly
fade away.As from. the end of 1976 it is no longer in existance,but as it has.
existed as � �ame only for the past two years this .will have no material effect.
A look at the total picture of British Ufology clearly ·shows that it is nothing
more than a disorganised rabble.The .:irony is that the more attemps there are
to control and administer British ufology the worse things get.It should be
realised that tfuere is out a handful o:E __people-·taking an active interest in·
ufology- and that
- their activities and"time ''availabl� constantly change.
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Stripped of our pre\entious and ·silly titles we remain AMATEUR INDIVIDUAL�,
interested in -spending· _p�rt pf our lives on the subj�ct of uf.os.Rhatever talent
there is f,or · fut}.ITe progress is being dissipated through the :pursuit . of wasteful
and . oft.en irreievant- p,roj_ects,and bad communic�tions.The answer j_s that if · we
are ·to continue to have- 'orga:nisations ' such ·:as BUFORA etc,instead of merely
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publications such as FSR,}1UFOB .e_tc then simplicity should .l?.e_'employed rather
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NUFON was at_fir�t in pursu�t of'this si
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the north and' ·for a short time formed art active .enitity, solely concerned with
local events.NUFON is now n�arly as pretentious as BUFORA and could even soon·
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overtake it if five hour long committee meetings continuecSo NUFON has changed for the worse.Th� creator and _driving force of NUFON is the only one who will
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eventually d�cide ON its future.So whatever mames or t_� t)es 1 people in the
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Certai:t:llY t� my mind we do stili strive -for simpllcity,but simplicity which
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gives everyone a faJ'.r · say - her1ee the need f9r represen tf.t.tives me�tings. I· am·
certain-t�..JillEQR��h.�.$ :!t�ve� h�9- a . five hour me.�ting, and I .am sure we nevwr
shallcin'· addition:� as ha:s been pointed out in NUN �nd .at meetings,the files . ARE
available ; on loan OR J?hotocopy to _ associate groups who need them for researche
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grou:o-. bu_t -it is .a, ·cormerston� of NuFON policy_ that the matertal' not be hidden
away,but that it be AVAILABLEoThis,incid'entally,is why such efforts are made to
pubJI_c_isemaier·ra.-r--elsewhere and- why NUN -publi-shes d.e.tails._ o.f ALL sightings
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which NUFON receiveso This helps to alleviate the comm:unication--probiem:t ·hope··
Nigel will .e1laborate at- the BirminFSham meeting on Febi1.i'acy 12the-Ariy comments?
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Report 76/107 has .�een followed up in full detail by Bill Muir and ·the sighting
of the second Wm.tn.es
. s seems · most interes·t�·ng .He is a. former army officer and
was able to·_take accurate bearings of "the---silver cir
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discrepancy,in that his observation was c1t ·i5e:04 (two,hours earlier than the
other witness)oHe first saw the object at 10° elevation at bearing 085.It moved
slowly SE,then S9dropping approximately 9 degrees in elevation.It then shot away
· a jet aircraft.It was in view 3 minutes and in
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had at 03 00 one . morning. She wa·s awakened by a flood of whitish/yellow light
coking int-e_ _ he.r be.,droomoOutside she saw a disc,larger in apparant siz_e thfl�
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rugoy · ball,hov�ri_ng in the SE.It 'remained= still for ten minut'es and then the
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The tiny village of· Ranton is the _ scene of the famous R_o�stenberg entity case·.
SEHIES OF LITS REPORTS FROM WUFOS (Merseyside and West Ch�shire)
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19.30· White flashing star seen to disappear an�
75/143 Runcorn Oct 21 1975
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reappear several :tiines ·before streaking off towards
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? 1 1976 �Oo30 White ellipse.76/108 Bebbington
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shot out two red objects which moved away in opposite
? · ? 1976 19.00 .Two teenagers saw a metallic cir;ar shape
76/109 E astham ·
moving from Liverpool over the MersyaThere were flickering red lights on
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. each end, possibly reflected sunligh�.
21.45 Greep ball sprouting green flame,burst into
76/110 St Helens Jul 16 1976
orange and then disintegrat�dllin _yiew '�wo se<::pnds.�obably a meteor•
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1 Aug 1976 03.00 T�o white lights moving W-E and N-S.(Sa·teltttes)
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Mr Kan,who was at the time a Sbldier,was with a party on fire dampi_ng patrol
in the woods (os REF 175055) . IDt was about midnighti!. Th.E;iy had seeri.,.-severalt meteors
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�nd_ were looking at the sky. They saw a white star: mpv.e rapidly ac:r:-oss,in view
,Just a few seconds. This was· .followed moments later by another one going .in the
opposite direction a They passed these off as meteors and continued · -:their work.:A
minute or two later they saw a large oval object0It was dazzling whit�-, b?t
cloudy,and the apparant size of a tennis ball.It seemed. to be much lower and a
definite shape was made out.In the centre was a flashin� blue light.The object
appeared to be rotating clockwise.After four minutes it just went outo
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November 29 1976 WUFOS
The same fireman (six this time) as per report 76/1 o6· reported a red antL white
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flashing light low oyer . the t.own at 17.40sit ho'vered and then started to move
away �outh westwardsoThey opened the window but heard no sound despite its
proximitycThey thought at first tha-t- i·t ·was a helicopter,which rema ins a
possibility. The .object was in view about three minutes,
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MUFORA
Between 17. 00 and 223C0 on this night there were several calls to MUFORA
concerning ufos described as blue flashes seen streaking across. the skies�
They mostly came from the northern part of the .county�Connected with these
there was severe electrical d_isturpance in households, with room lights dimming
on several occasions in some areas (this occured three 'times to myself in
Irlam - ED)oit was subsequently confirmed thaf · ·there were faults in the grid
system,and it seews probable that the blue flashes were related to thiso
NOTIFICATION CARDS
76/113 · Woolaton,Notts
76/115 ( NottinghamDETAILED EEPORTS:
November 8 1976· 19 .. 30 Ora.nge LITS with tai'la(SPRING)
December 13 197·6 19.30 White LITS seen f-rom car (SPRINGj
THE STAFFORDSHIRE FlAP .
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Ufora Staffs
Du:rl=ng -D � 9e-m�er the North Midlands seems to nave been deluged by· a series of
:r.·apo�t� which· can only be termed a 'flap' .of fairly major proportions . T hi s
does. NOT.�ppear to have been mirrored in any. other part of th� northaindeed
some. areas ha-ve s·een decidely low levels of activi tyoFor example,the normally
active Greater Hanchester region saw,nothing of'note during November,December
and January!Our thanks are due to Derek James and his colleagues at.Ufora
vrho were involved . in a considerabl� amount of work in following through the.
repor.ts and _ralso had a good deal of 'radiO', TV and press coverage during the sp£:?llo
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The events appear to have begun,orrDece�ber 9th 1976 (RBPOHT 76/116).At 19.4�­
two young women were driving through Wetley Rocks,near Stoke, on a frosty · nmght.
Ahead of them they saw a mass . of'lights hovering low down over a.field.�t
first they took it _-_�o be a. helicopter,but then it vias realised that this was·
- ted of open fields with high tension pylons�
not possible as· ·the area consis
Movine; a little closer. the car was stopped and- the window lo1-Tered.Ther.� ·: was ..
no sound and the object hovered for two to three· minutes,flashing orange,.white
.
and blue lights. They were in a rec·tangular formation,about the apparant size
pf a tennis ball at arrps leneth,in width,and of a golf ball in heightoSuddenly
·the lights just went out, and there · was no further trace
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F'ollowing on from this a most · interesting series of events seems to have occured
on December 13th and l4thoThis is parti-cularly interesting in view of the
ver_y similar incidents Hhich occured at Swinton,Greater Manchester on DeQember
Case Reporct. No 3 Feb 76) ·
12th and 13tb.l975c (See NoUaNo Jan 76 and Detailed
.
carefullyeThe similarity
reports
of
groups
two
these
compare
You are asked . to
JOURNAL Jan/Feb 77
Bu·�oRA
from
note
will
in date AND tim-e is remarkable�You ·
we havea
northoDO
the
throughout
that these 4ates 'in 1975 were SiEnificant
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There . are
year?
to
year
from
repea�
will
which
further · example of a ' flap date'
as
striking
recently
as
none
thoug0
15th
1�ugust
other �xamples,for �xample
reportad.
being
actually
is
this9in view of . the similarities of· what
On December 1=3th at a pproximately 17.2� · (R�PORT 76/117) a rmman art teacher
Hho lives at Dunkirk (OS �F SJ 814)26),a little village outside Audley, was
coming out of the house, next door when she saw an object · in the NN\v a:t an
elevatioR· of 45 degreesait was hovering, quite s��lently,with two tiers .of
bright lights surrounded by a yellow/orange glow shaped like an oval with a
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THE STAFFqRDSHIRE FLAP c·ont•• � · -;- · : ·
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flat boti � It ,.was �shinl�g fi�rcely o_ut of a black sky with swirling f
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around j, t..A.pparantly .5.. t .wa� over a s�all electricity pylonoAfter two to three .
minute·§ the object. se�,med to rec�ed,·pulsatin� and fading'. until only a glow was
lefte�l:ll;?. then
_ qeca�e .a . sl:'lallow �ab� of'_ el�iptical iight before �it too disappeared,
,
A few �o�en�s .after this a male neighbour rode up on his bicycle and· exclaimed
' What was it!'He sa;id that he had!se'en a big orange object .in the sky as he ha ·
pedalled home,�n. appRrant size i� was larger than an apple held at arms length.
The witness :i,.mmedi.ately . drew the object,and was interviewed within 1t hours.
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At a�ost exactly the same time,just a mile to the east Mrs Dean was also
witness to something strange in the fogo(REPORT 76/118).She was at Kidsgrove
Bank (OS S� 848540) when at 614 degrees she saw a brilliant white light�66ming·'
from behind an_electricity sub-station.At first she thought it was a car headlamp
·
but then it became clear that it was in fact-light shining through windows on
a greyish object shaped like an oy-ster shelloThere was additionally a beam of
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light pointing up into the sky,and a flourescent glow surrounding thE windows
themselvescThe object hovered in the sky for two minutes or more and she became.
very frightened,walking quickly away down the r�ad (in such a haste that' she
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fell over something! )When she looked back the object had eo�e,. Visibility w�ts
.
100-300' 0
It is not known for certain w�ether there is in_faqt·any r�lation between these
sightings,but their similarity is quit� amazi.ng,as is their compa!is6·n ·with the
events of 1975oNbte also that in all three of ·the above cases some form-of·
electricity pylon or sub station was _.involved.
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If all of this is beginning to sound incl[?edible :then we have not finished y'et
by a long waye .On the following day,December �4th,at (wpuld ·you beliey�) 17.15.
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(REPORT 76/f19) Mrs Bebbington,atb Alsager,was dri.ving her car when she saw a .
brO\-ln/gold semicircular object in the north eastcAgain it had two. tiers of
vrhi te·-liehts,
· afld- w-as - hovering over _$9J!le
. rogftopsoAt the base of the object,a
.
ereyish vapour-like cloud w::1.s swirling.The object was huge ..:.: ·est imated· at --the interview as that of a two inch circle held at arms lengthoUpon seine it
· nt�She drove- ·on :pq,st·... .
the witness· swerved the car and nearly mounted ·"the :pa,veme
leaving it· :;;till there,Alsager is a c. oup�e of .miles north of Dunkirk,just overthe Cheshirec border,Quite coincidentally I�rs Bebbingtm1 is a teacher, just asthe witness of the previous day ,and. ve .ry similn.r to her in ·physical appearance.
Neither were. ·known to one another,and there was no public'i ty for any .of the
incidentsruniil December 16th. These sightings were not- correlated until -after·
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wards.
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Our next report (REPORT 76/120) from December 15th is almost cer�ainly an n.ircraft
It concerns a lig{lt. hovering,in th�_ ditance,and m9vine; slowly away flashing.
The place 9f observ�tiori was Bign�ll End,tlme 22,30.
By now the locale knew that a flap ·was on,so . this must be borne · i� · mind-�ith
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all subsequent reportscOn D ecember 21st at .-1-BaOO an engineer at Bignall End
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reported seing a silvery sphere· from his car (REPORT 76/121)cit hovered for
two to· three minutes and then dulled to oranee, fragmented into- irregular
anguiar··p:lfces and then disappeared.It was in the SS\v,apparant size of a gr�pefruit.
At 02o30 on December 25th �rt elderly lady at Hanley received _ an �nwelcome
Christmas present (REPORT ?6/122)I�. the · east she: saw a halo of light above
trrree. green lightsait was mm�ing slowly WNW for about ten minutes before fading.
The next indident appears . to be ev�n more significant.It concerns Darryl Smith,
age 26,who was driving his van between Kingsley Holt and Cheadle at 19.30
on De�ember 28th (REPORT 76/123)He saw· a strarige ·red · light.It appeared to
hover in the north over some woods .As he drove alo-ng a lit +.le he saw it move.
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He stopped the. car and wound the window down and·watched · it silently glide
alonG,split into two and then rejoinoit was _ in vi.ew· ·eight minutesl}lmoving very
slowly,He then drove on to his brothers at a ne�rby house,but within ten ..
minutes was back on the · lookout for the object. He saw it ..;. d.:::scending into a
fieldit was shaped lik13 -a bullet,·red on·-top and ·white below,and was within.
·
a hundred yardscTh� size was estimated as 6' high and 4J wideoHe.'tried two
different vantage points,stoppip.g t_he car and getting out,but cpul� not see
over the · · hedge in-to the field.Imtnedi_�te;ty .he contactect the police. They were
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very ht'3lp�l in UFORAs i·nvestigations,sendin� a police car to the witness and
taking him to the siteoThe promissed that ;if they found any traces they
would cordon off the site and give priority of investig·a�ion to UFORA!
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Unfortunately they found none.
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to t.r.e e'tGr:t -r1hi ch caused a real. stir of
publici tyoThi s :l. s the R:�u�haJ."Clson ea se
and i t began ll\'i th a bang
li tt.erally 0
On Dec e:rnber 31 st Mrs Nclli e Ri cha.rd son 9 aged 65 0was in heJ:: bod at Bignal.l End
(OS S.J 809.521 ) (�T. 76/i"t:L!.· t c Thi E O"/e::."1oo:ks tho Cheshire! :pJ.aL�i to thE: north0
towards Crewe 12 mt les n·w�-1y�At i:lfiD:t'o�·J.mat (; .ly 02 042 sb<-3 was a�:oken by a l�ud bang a
( This was later c onfi.rmed 'b; the n ext doo.t· nt�ighnour 9 who tV-tW n�thing be�ause
her room fac es the wrong Trlay:, <-. 1:r�; Ri oha-rcbson saw a hc.i ll.t ant e low floodins into
her room.I t Wc.i. S caused by a tHlge o lal obju<�t out-:�.ide h.er ·�tildo'lr<rc Elevation t'(a 1 0
degre e s & bearLng 290 degree s o 'rhe ;;:;l ze ( c,)nfb:Y.."mt= d c."t t .i n ��ertr:l E;vl tHelvE: hours
cl:l:::t.."'l er platrJ a t i o a dista:l•.:: e gAt first she was
after the event ) was that o£" a ·/"
very frie;htened " but as she calme' i i t bt:ca.rrte r�J.ea:c tha.t t he object ·was not moving0
Her alarm clock h3.d. appc�.t."c:tntly et ,1ppod so 3hE) went dmmstairs to find: · the time o
On setting her c l ock rl sht she re \.U!ned. ups+air:� and found the ob ject. 5 ti ll
there C\nd fil:i i ng a qua)'."ter of tb , windo·w- 9 ha1ne; 1arge:rJ tha.n the full moon o i t had
moved slightly g n.nd as she w·cj.t<:hed. i t moved towaxus r:e:e and darkened to an
orange co lour0It lia s observ·ed fo.t: 1. �· hours at lea�t,&Dur-ing thi s time it moved
on ly t-o bearing 32 0 degrees0I t a�:. so m�;ved fLU:ther away , ."l..nd at thi s point two
small :figure s 'r'lere s e en si lhoutt.�. 1 against the bright ob,jecto'l'hey 1-�cre like
0 toy s o ldi ers 0
movi ng to and froo'rhe:y di sa:ppea:r:ed and. the object cont-inued to
move away oAt thi s point. her s on Johr1 � c:�ed 31 � returned from a re steraunto He ran
upst.airs to hi s di straught mo �he::. and explair.. ed that he had seen a big orange
ball over the plaino i t was sti !:.. l thn vi ew tf>..rough the window and he wa.:tched it
unti l O!to1 5 ,moving i nto the di star�c e o Obe otheJ:" point to note i s that their cat
(which is normally NEVER di sturbed d'!.l:t'ing th•::: night ) was on the window ledge
downstairs sta.rlns � the obje�to1n the follorl t.hro:.:.gh no explanation wa s
found o'The moon t-ras di sc. ou.r:ted as a source 0 hav:tr� setbefore the si ghtir� o Thi s wa s
confi�"'med on BBC rrv when Dr Ron M·�.ddison of Ke(al0 Uni"Jexsity di scussed the case
with D erek James of UFORA 0ManchtJ e , er Ai:::oport ant.l Che shire Po:i.i ce had no suggestions.
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by no :maans
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NUFON t.ha.nks UJi'lQF.A 9 espec ially D el: c.k James r; Ghri s I- ·· '3tt"n e and 'l'ony Pace � for the
extensi.ve documentation supp1i ed0'Ih.i s i s fi:led. U.L -�(7r the re:fereno e s quotedo
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Re port
September 3 1976
7699
21. 0 00
Inve et:!.gated by J ohn Reuse
(CONTACT)
I t i s unfort.unate tha t the report ing r-d tness t.v thi s cas e i s an e lderly lady
( age 63 ) who was very frightend. and wi shes no p.Abli cltyo There Ha s an 1. 8 year
old w1 tn e s s wi i�h her 9 rut she has no t so far. boen ��:eaced eHowever s the in�l/'e ::.1tigator
for NUFON � .John R ouse , be lievB s the case to be genui ne o
Mrs A and Miss B were re turn i ng from a v:i.si t. to some relstj.ves a'rhey were
walking past a wa ste area ln the li ttle vi llage of Fencehou se s , eounty
The area has i n fact s:l.nce been levelled for building � and l s :!.1 ttered wi·th
Durhamg
di sused mi ne shafts �
r; and exact
They saw rt strange object upon a mound o:(' earth o i t �"a s ·v·ery small
·was 5 °
oit.
described
be
to
events
tho
to
o·wing
s.i'bJ.o
o �red. pos
measureme nts
compart "'"
like
glass
large
a
th
l·d
shape
n
i
oval
roughly
hif!h
lor.g and 3-Jz-0
sledge­
on
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sti
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was
t
p.,I
t.o
on
dome
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orar
bright
a
anc1.
in the centre
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ment
like :r."U!lne!.'s ,_ whi ch appeared to be mc..d.e of: �:'!·b:r·ome or stee lo
The wi tn.e ssec. t>rere not af·:r-a.id c but a ppea.r�d t,o be ,:t t tracted towards the object
in ai.most. a hypnot,:i. ce fashionoJ� S they 2.pp;:oa ched. c lose.r.· t.hey noti�ed an odd
effect0There had. 'been a rnoderate lvlr..d and seat.tered cloud in the twilight.
sky 9 but the wind seemed to r�uddenly sto po The t::rt� e :=:� a.p:pearec_i to stop r:.w-.1.yi.ng
and the tra.ffi.c on the nea:cb:r road seemed to just di.sappea:t"oThe w-J. tn e s s e s
wat.(�he s f:.toped a·t th:t s poi nt.
although they worked normall.y after-�:al.'d s e l t
l.laS almofrt a s if they ·!-\"ere s'fuspended i . n t.lr.te o
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:l :. .h :· �):-'! ; i · 4�� �e z ��J:: j"' -r·:•. :: "" -� r..lor _,_ :, ...: �::il-LG ·: o - r::�e� b;�.CJ. J.n.·.�·s:e eye.:; n.nd claw
like finger�o TiPy a�paa.r·t.-i
i :t'.l[;llt.enec.. u t 1.1e l-r:tnosses a.nd put both
hand� up to their fa(!·.-.. s 0
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The obj e ""t w2 s Be�
the
time .,
Tbe:re was pass.".b iy
;::·· : o�o1 t:e:: t puy c.d.oi:->t; �) :...:�::.. ci'fe c t. o 'rhe next day Mrs A
· c2�r-��r o. t · :;; ;r._.:, . ShG fonnrl t:1at �;ha could not
trying o plug tr' a V1i.f uu:I;.
the plug l.n· o th�1 5 0(;1� t. ;- I t l :-Jv s 3.S -': � son�� force t,.ere :pushing - her hands
( remember she had 1£1.12 �.£ th .... objec..<r ) 0 I n the snd her dau3hter had to do
job for hern
Sample s
was
<-
of soll and ef
put
back
thi s
io b12 analysed and a radiation reading
�kely {-,hl. ;, "tht3J' will sho-ri anythi� so long after
veo t ·a.tion are
to be taken p al t�1oue;h J.t 1
the event Q
B earirl6 in mind the di .:rr.:·
u,.
o f tne lii tr:.ess v:e -;vt.:re very fortunate t o find out
ir·3ctly and s:ltiply because she wanted to g e t the
affair off her cn&st ,� h8.:,G �as been nv �J(..,b l.:. e;..�... t y � n.lthough it i s o bvious in
consideration of the -rubl:t c i i:.y given to the W inche ste r entity case of November
14th that she ould ha r� oa s �; ly ac, a ved thi s had 1 t been her aim ., I t does
appear a reasonably l ogi ca...., �;·c�c �i on · ,.J no ..;- w:.. sh to .T.'or0et ths whole a:ffair 0
althou3h attem::-_:;t. a.re �t Jl t J .ln,: � mad e �-o t· ..vestigate matters in complete
confidence ') She is '- t.-X;.. -...r :rr1.. ed �- .)�-ut the ,;t·n��qu ence G of the pro ss getting
hold of the S"tO:l:Y •J
about the J.no�dent . Tr :.:.. s
One can make
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comparisons wi t
story of l1rs Lainc.hbury
( eee
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other case s qu t\3 :c adi ly Q The parallel with the
F'-;R. £.2..-.J . : s
in tero sting r. She clai.!T', ed vi sits
from
being sfrom Pluto r. see . ln C\ .a1.m·tlar tJ.r..1.nce li ko si t�J.at:.. on � and. subsequently she
ve-:ry sirr.\i1.ar .:tlCt:i:JH:r " tolling ·;:,he s tory and then de cldi ng she had
enough n She WCt. ..':} of n.. �.rcry s�_miJ..n. · r\.,.!{G -
reacted in
sai
a
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hasa t._� :;y; of c asc "::: 1; whi ch I refer to as � psychi c contactee
experi ences a is r-e arkit.b:' ·a :. Thi!J� o:r 'i't L ··:":t'(}!il tt/e s t YorkshirG (August 76 NUN )
and Mrs H from B e :ii a s . (Hor · bei:n U.f ol c-gy o 1 ; ,. re here has to be a common link
fact or he:r·e as to Hh i.-hc �t::' .:; ,(o ·:: e �--t. � .. e CX�?-G:L ienc e s are being � nf li ct e li: in
prCl bc-.b.. y be no �ra.c e of the obj ect greater n�mber up.') n rl tn ess�s '!'he.te ·�i.
r"' i:.-1.-n.ce of ·che Wi:c1. clle st.er object
almost as if i t lrere not- t.bt.=;-1'-: e Ti el.c �jr
( als o an oron.su o .:al : t· a .d i t. hctc! A : v :��� .�,--l-. ;.. o:f .)�t - '.1 -:-a2 l ,4b,:-m+ it 3 Yet because
the e\mnt appears ·'.. o b-; su'b �. (. t.iv · · c.oe �, •:. : �· r:-aa re shou c: ignore i ... .} There is
the pos sibi ... i ty 't'.it,�t 1\l'ha:... ev:;r -��.��s ::. �, -' .r.0 ufo r.:r..enomenon has the abi lity to
o_: whr.t 1'1E 'hi. wi:it to s � e �hn:t i ·... wa.nt: ·.; .-:: ... c: z .. e
make us see jus't
The prevalance of
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The tranc e like �cnu.ition _.�f -c:l:-nB ·� S.ter si on 1-s another fam1. 1al:.- aspect of
:,.,e of ·-he en t:l:ti � ;:;; i s mo st
dos e en oounters t' alth) >.3h ;...h ... ::: t r-:) 11'-� S:Ti,'J.l.
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unusuR.l '-'> but not un2:r��1eden t ..d .,
and in
Let us hope that we are ao.l:. to finG. ou'L l"!Oi. e about t:n s c Rse
olrl eirloThat
yea·
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