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Triangle

Location: Istead Rise (Kent) - Skies above village
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 24 November 2017
Further Comments: A large triangular craft was watched as it moved irregularly across the sky. It made no sound and would occasionally disappear and reappear.


ID #12686, last updated 2017-12-18

Triangle

Location: Ixworth (Suffolk) - Road between Diss and Bury St Edmunds
Type: UFO
Date / Time: June 2000, dusk
Further Comments: Two witnesses in a car spotted a triangular craft, around the size of a house, hovering above a field. Soft lights were visible under the ufo. The witnesses also noticed other road vehicles were slowing down to look at the object.


ID #10086, last updated 2010-12-31

Triangle

Location: Kirkheaton (West Yorkshire) - Skies above the village
Type: UFO
Date / Time: Circa 2012
Further Comments: A witness looked out the window at night and spotted a large triangular object, at least the size of a bus, hovering over the house and street. It had numerous lights around the edge, but the lights did not appear to cast any shadows. The object silently flew off in the direction of Holme Moss.


ID #13363, last updated 2019-10-10


An old photograph of Kirkwall Harbour.

Tailed Sphere

Location: Kirkwall (Orkney) - Northwest of Kirkwall
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 25 January 1985
Further Comments: The Kirkwall coastguard reported a very bright spherical object with a tail, moving north west to the south east. The object then split in two. The Aberdeen coastguard reported seeing the same or similar two objects a little later.


ID #8625, last updated 2008-05-16

Domed Craft with Flashing Lights

Location: Langenhoe (Essex) - Skies over town
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 14 September 1965
Further Comments: During this sighting, the witness claims that the flashing lights became painful to look at, and he felt his body tingle, as if hit by a bolt of electricity.


ID #702, last updated 2000-08-17

Robot Attack

Location: Langford Budville (Somerset) - Lane near the village, exact location unknown
Type: UFO
Date / Time: October 1973
Further Comments: A woman driving near the village was attacked and abducted by a large robot after her car broke down - it took her to a domed craft where she was experimented on by three creatures.


ID #2014, last updated 2002-08-06

Flying Loaf

Location: Laverstock (Wiltshire) - Skies over the village
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 1990s
Further Comments: Several witnesses reported seeing a UFO hovering in the sky, resembling a glowing loaf of bread.


ID #4114, last updated 2003-04-13

Balls of Fire

Location: Leicester (Leicestershire) - Skies over town
Type: UFO
Date / Time: November & December 1388
Further Comments: These balls of flame were seen many times during the winter months, spinning like wheels.


ID #1827, last updated 2002-07-18

Giant Pumpkin Smelling of Acid Drops

Location: Leiston (Suffolk) - Beach north of Leiston, in the skies
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 1980s
Further Comments: This strange UFO was reported over the sea.


ID #487, last updated 2000-08-17


A beam of sunlight shines down on the sea close to Leiston.

Large Yellowish & Greenish Ball

Location: Leiston (Suffolk) - Off coast near Sizewell
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 1980s
Further Comments: Observing the power station here (or maybe formed by it?), the unnatural ball only hung around briefly before leaving the scene.


ID #488, last updated 2000-08-17

Abductions

Location: Little Houghton (Northamptonshire) - General area
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 1970s / early 1980s
Further Comments: Jenny Randles claims that there were two missing time episodes during these decades.


ID #3538, last updated 2003-01-09

Mile Long Craft

Location: Liverpool (Merseyside) - Skies over Anfield
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 25 July 2007
Further Comments: Lee Jones, his wife and her mother watched a huge saucer shaped craft hovering in the sky, clouds occasionally covering the object. A passenger jet that passed near the craft enabled Jones to estimate the ufo was about a mile long. Other witnesses reported seeing the craft throughout June and earlier in the year.


ID #7974, last updated 2007-09-23

Anti-Ship Mine

Location: Livingston (Lothian) - Dechmont Woods (a monument now marks the area)
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 9 November 1979, 10.30h
Further Comments: A forestry worker was attacked by 2 robotic creatures that resembled mines, with six protruding legs. They gave off a smell that knocked him out. Later, when the site was examined by police, they found evidence of a fight, and marks from the robot's 'legs'.


ID #1497, last updated 2002-06-26

Cube With Arms

Location: Livingston (Lothian) - Skies over the town
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 05 October 2021, 22:50h
Further Comments: A UAP was spotted by multiple witnesses. The object was difficult to make out, due to the piercing light it emitted, but was thought to be similar to a cube with 'arm light' appendages. A witness estimated the object to be between four and six times the size of an aircraft. The UAP was initially stationary but moved north over the Edinburgh flight path.


ID #14302, last updated 2021-10-23

Downed Craft

Location: Llandrillo (Clwyd) - Berwyn Mountains
Type: UFO
Date / Time: January 1974
Further Comments: Some researchers believe that a UFO crashed on the mountain, the event covered up by the UK Government.


ID #3674, last updated 2003-01-22

Downed Craft

Location: Llandrillo (Clwyd) - Cader Bronwen hill, east of village
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 1974
Further Comments: A loud crashing sound was heard by many locals, coming from the nearby hill. They thought it was a light aircraft or military training jet, but RAF personal reported finding nothing, though they kept the area closed to the public for several days afterwards. Some now report that a small alien craft crashed there, and the wreckage recovered by the Government.


ID #3764, last updated 2003-02-06

Alien Chase

Location: Loxley (South Yorkshire) - Myers Lane
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 1977
Further Comments: A couple in a car were reportedly pursued by a UFO. Both people claimed to have seen the occupant of the craft and described the figure as large with frizzy hair.


ID #6945, last updated 2006-08-20

Figures in Jumpsuits

Location: Manchester (Greater Manchester) - Banks of the River Mersey, south Manchester
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 19 August 1979, 21:00h
Further Comments: Walking home with her two daughters, Lynda Jones and the children watched a twenty metre long orange/pink oval craft drop into a field. When they approached to take a better look, the ufo had changed to a grey colour and was hovering sixty centimetres above the ground. They all ran away after one daughter started screaming, and in later hypnotherapy Lynda recalled being abducted by almost human figures in jumpsuits.


ID #7044, last updated 2006-11-21

Darting Lights

Location: Manchester (Greater Manchester) - Skies above Bury
Type: UFO
Date / Time: Late 1990s
Further Comments: Several circular bright lights were observed by a man walking his dog in the night sky. The balls were all different sizes and travelled very fast in a zigzag motion, creating no sound. The man was left shaken after watching the display but did not contact the authorities fearing they would think he was mad.


ID #7257, last updated 2007-04-09


An old postcard of Market Harborough.

Dark Torpedo

Location: Market Harborough (Leicestershire) - Skies over town
Type: UFO
Date / Time: May 1909?
Further Comments: Reported as being over thirty metres long, this long, thin scareship of unknown origin passed over the town late at night.


ID #6299, last updated 2005-06-07

Fast Moving Light

Location: Marlow (Buckinghamshire) - Skies over the town
Type: UFO
Date / Time: Circa 1999, summer, 02:00h
Further Comments: Two people in a garden watched a light in the sky as it moved fast, suddenly stop, and move back on itself before disappearing.


ID #13801, last updated 2020-05-25

Domed Object

Location: Meriden (West Midlands) - Footpath in area, exact location not known
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 1940
Further Comments: While out walking, Cathie Connelly encountered an illuminated domed object surrounded by tall men wearing one-piece overalls. The men had strangely tall foreheads, and one man cleaned his hands using a duster smiled at the witness. As Connelly left the area, she turned back and realised they had gone.


ID #13637, last updated 2020-04-02

Black Cloud

Location: Mumbles Head (West Glamorgan) - Direction of Pwlldu bay
Type: UFO
Date / Time: Late December 1908 / early January 1909
Further Comments: The crew of the pilot cutter Beaufort watched a large black cloud pass by, creating noise resembling bursts from a Maxim gun, which lasted twenty minutes. One witness said they had never observed anything like the phenomenon.


ID #16250, last updated 2025-12-30

Orange Lights

Location: N19 (Greater London) - Skies above Archway
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 2 February 2007, 17:30h
Further Comments: It was reported that traffic was brought to a standstill when between 10 - 15 orange lights were seen moving in a southerly direction. The UFOs all moved at the same speed, before stopping and moving upwards. The sighting lasted for about ten minutes.


ID #7107, last updated 2007-02-20

Triangular Object

Location: Nacton (Suffolk) - Unidentified car park
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 1998, 01:00h
Further Comments: Two friends sitting in this car park watched as a large, brightly illuminated triangular craft pass overhead. After the sighting, as they tried to drive away, the car froze, as if held in place by an unseen force.


ID #9716, last updated 2009-10-04

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