Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave Hodrien Release Date: 06/08/2026 Note: For reasons of anonymity pseudonyms have been used Over the weekend of 25th-26th July 2026 I was down in Somerset for the annual Glastonbury Symposium conference, which I was a speaker at. During the 26th July my wife Natasha decided to check out a local gift shop. She was wearing a Birmingham UFO Group t-shirt at the time. This sparked a conversation with one of the shop assistants,

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave Hodrien Release Date: 04/08/2026 In early August 2026 I spoke with a man named Paul about a stunning incident he witnessed as a child which potentially involved the military intercept of a UFO (Click here to check this out). In our discussion he also mentioned that he had a second sighting in the winter of 2025. This report covers this additional sighting. Sighting Details About 10:30pm on an evening in winter 2025 (exact da

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave Hodrien Release Date: 04/08/2026 Sometimes speaking with one experiencer leads to further cases coming to light. In July 2026 I spoke with a man named Shaun about his UFO and contact experiences (Click here to view his report). During the investigation he mentioned that his close friend Paul had also had a fascinating sighting of a possible military intercept of a UFO back in the early 1980s. I arranged for a video call with Pau

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave Hodrien Release Year: 2022 Last Updated: 22/07/2026 On New Year’s day 2022 a man named Chris reached out to Birmingham UFO Group via our website sighting report form. He wanted to pass on details about a sighting his grandparents had back in 1980 to get it down on the record. What is particularly fascinating is that their sighting apparently happened just two nights before the beginning of the Rendlesham Forest incident in Suffo

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave Hodrien Release Year: 2022 Last Updated: 21/07/2026 Note: For reasons of anonymity pseudonyms have been used In 2022 I posted a link to a new case report I’d written up covering a red glowing sphere seen over Birmingham in 1969. The link was posted on a number of UFO related Facebook groups. In response to this I was contacted on Facebook Messenger by a man who I shall name “Jack”. He informed me that he had seen something similar

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave Hodrien Release Year: 2022 Last Updated: 20/07/2026 On 25th September 2022 I was contacted by a night security guard named Stuart. He guards Elmdon Trading Estate after dark. He informed me that approximately 20 minutes before he called he had witnessed a UFO over Birmingham International Airport. My conversation with him has led to the creation of this report. Sighting Details Stuart works close to where the aeroplanes at Birming

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave Hodrien Release Year: 2022 Last Updated: 20/07/2026 Note: For reasons of anonymity pseudonyms have been used In November 2022 I released a BUFOG case report about a glowing red oval-shaped UFO seen over Chudleigh Knighton. As usual I posted a link to the case report on numerous different UFO related Facebook groups. In response to one of these posts I was contacted by a man who I shall name “Evan”. He wanted to report a simi

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Ian Jones Release Date: 02/04/2026 Reported By: Mr Mark Pestridge The Place: Telford Close, Warley Woods, Smethwick The Sighting: Occurred on 15th August 2016 Time of Day: From 5.25pm to sunset Mark contacted BUFOG and reported a sighting he and his family had in August 2016 in the back garden of his home in Smethwick, Warley. Mark’s Report The 15th August 2016 was a Monday and they were having a barbecue in their back garden about 5.

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave HodrienRelease Year: 2021 Last Updated: 26/03/2026 Note: For reasons of anonymity pseudonyms have been used On 12 th September 2021 “Lucy” and her husband were out dowsing a leyline at Meon Hill, an Iron Age hill fort in Warwickshire. It was 1:30pm and a warm and dry day with patchy clouds in the sky. As they dowsed they took some photographs. Aerial map of Meon Hill They saw nothing at the time but later on when checking t

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave Hodrien Release Date: 17/03/2026 Last Updated: 23/04/2026 Introduction My wife Natasha’s maiden name is Patching. Many years ago she reached out to a lady from Tampa, Florida named Sherrie Patching who she came across on Facebook. In February 2026 we took a flight to Tampa for a cruise around the Gulf of Mexico. Because we were in the area and had a number of hours available, Natasha decided that it would be a great opportunit

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave Hodrien Release Year: 2021 Last Updated: 02/03/2026 Note: For reasons of anonymity pseudonyms have been used In late September 2021 a man who I shall name “Simon” got in touch with BUFOG via our website’s sightings report form. He wanted to know if anyone else had mentioned to us a sighting of five large glowing UFOs over Halesowen around March 2008. He proceeded to mention some brief details about what he himself saw at that

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave Hodrien Release Year: 2021 Last Updated: 11/02/2026 Note: For reasons of anonymity pseudonyms have been used In late February 2021 a lady who I shall call “Claire” got in touch via phone to discuss something unusual she had seen earlier in the month close to her house in Castle Bromwich. She informed me that what she had seen had been captured on her security camera. Unfortunately, despite stating that she would do so, she nev

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave Hodrien Release Date: 02/10/2020 Last Updated: 04/02/2026 In September 2020 I was contacted by a lady from Kings Heath named Marian. She was interested in learning more about BUFOG, but when asked if she had ever seen anything herself she informed me of a stunning experience she had witnessed back in the early 1970s while living in Warminster, Wiltshire. Warminster has for many years been known as a UFO hot spot after a wave o

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave Hodrien Release Year: 2020 Last Updated: 02/02/2026 Note: For reasons of anonymity pseudonyms have been used In early July 2020 while browsing a UFO-themed channel I came across a message on Facebook from a lady who I shall name “Kelly”. She mentioned a sighting she had back in 2007 over Huddersfield. I reached out to her via Facebook Messenger to learn about what took place in more depth. Sighting Details In the summer of 2

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave Hodrien Release Date: 01/02/2026 In early January 2026 a lady named Pauline got in touch with BUFOG via our experience report form to inform us about a UFO she had both observed and recorded in March 2025. After examining the photographs and videos which she sent to me I got in touch via phone to go over the details of what took place. Sighting Details On the evening of 28 th March 2025 Pauline had her sisters round to visi

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave Hodrien Release Date: 24/04/2025 In March 2025 I was contacted by a man named Gary Freeman via the BUFOG website to inform us about a historical UFO/UAP sighting he and his wife at the time Suzanne had. This report covers what took place. Sighting Details On the evening of 10th October 1990 Gary and Suzanne drove to the NEC for a Billy Joel concert. After the show they walked back to their car and got back on the road to head

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Ian Jones Release Date: 06/11/2025 The Sighting: Occurred on Sunday, 17th September 2023 Reporter: Paul Michael Tongs-Richardson Time of Day: Approximately 9pm The Place: Greenfields Road, Kingswinford, Birmingham, DY6 8EW Experience Details “It was about 9.00pm on a Sunday evening. I had just let my two dogs out and while I was waiting for them I noticed a pulsing light in the sky. At first I thought it was a drone or helicopter.

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave Hodrien Release Date: 29/07/2020 Last Updated 28/10/2025 For reasons of anonymity certain location details have been omitted In early July 2020 Matt got in touch with me to report a sighting which took place on a weekend in June or July of 1992 when he was 9 years old, prompted by the fact that he had come across another BUFOG report which covered a similar sighting from the same city several months after, which he believes ma

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave Hodrien Release Year: 2019 Last Updated: 19/10/2025 Note: For reasons of anonymity pseudonyms have been used On Halloween 2019 “Jake” got in touch via the BUFOG website sighting report form to go over a repeated sighting he experienced back in the early 1980s. Unfortunately, we only have limited information at present as he did not respond to my further inquiries, but this case report covers what is known about the incident

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave Hodrien Release Year: 2017 Last Updated: 14/10/2025 In December 2017 a man named Stephen got in touch with me via Facebook Messenger. He informed me that he had watched my recent interview with Richard Hall and that he had experienced a UFO sighting himself which he wanted to go over with me. I got back in touch to discuss what took place. Sighting Details In August 2012 Stephen worked at the Brittannia Hotel in Daresbury. O