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: 22/07/2026 In mid-October 2022 I was contacted by a delivery van driver named Gregory regarding a number of days of UFO activity he had witnessed earlier in the month. Unfortunately, he did not respond to my additional questions so only the initial provided details are known at present. Night One At 7pm on 11th October 2022 Gregory was parked in his van near Wollacombe. It was a clear

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: 21/07/2026 Initial Post & Photograph On 16th December 2022 a lady named Sonya Marie Rye started a thread on the Alien Abductions & UFO Sightings Facebook page (which is no longer active). She claimed that she had been looking at Google Earth in the vicinity of her home and saw a mysterious figure. Here is her post with the image: As you can see the picture clearly showed a brown coloure

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave Hodrien Release Date: 23/07/2026 Last Updated: 29/07/2026 In July 2022 I came across a Facebook post by Shaun Kirkland discussing an incident involving a glowing being. I reached out to him via Messenger to find out some further details about what happened. He got back to me with some recorded audio clips that covered the incident at a high level. He also discussed a previous incident involving some flashes of light. The followi

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave Hodrien Release Year: 2022 Last Updated 20/07/2026 Notes: For privacy reasons precise locations have been omitted In late March 2022 my daughter Kira had a UFO sighting while at school. She excitedly told me about what she’d seen on her arrival home. Sighting Details It was roughly mid-day and Kira was in her Maths class at her school in Olton, Birmingham. Aerial map of Olton She was stuck on a question and so stared out

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: Dave Hodrien Release Date: 18/07/2026 For reasons of anonymity pseudonyms have been used In early March 2022 I contacted a lady from the East coast of the USA on Facebook Messenger who I shall call “Lucy” after seeing a contact-related post from her. She informed me that throughout her life she and her sisters had experienced contact on a number of occasions. She provided a lot of detail about a particular abduction experience from

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave Hodrien Release Date: 16/07/2026 Note: For reasons of anonymity pseudonyms have been used In late June 2026 I was contacted on phone by an elderly man who I shall name “Derek”. He wanted to discuss a disturbing incident which happened to him in late 2018 in his own home. After finding out that he lived in Olton, Birmingham I arranged to drive over in the evening to discuss what took place face-to-face. I took with me a voice r

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave Hodrien Release Year: 2023 Last Updated: 14/07/2026 Note: For reasons of anonymity pseudonyms have been used and certain location details have been omitted At the start of June 2022 I was contacted by a lady from Bristol, who I shall name “Claire”. She wanted to discuss a number of fascinating and varied experiences she has had throughout her life. What triggered her to get in touch was an incident that happened back in April

After two very successful camping trips on previous years to famous UFO-related locations, Rendlesham Forest and Warminster, for 2026 BUFOG decided to go down a more mystical route. Pendle Hill in Lancashire is widely known as the setting for a number of witch trials back in 1612. The area is famous for paranormal goings on, and is very popular with ghost hunters. There have also been a number of UFO sightings in the vicinity of the hill, making it the perfect choice for our

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: James Brodie Release Date: 02/07/2026 This is an interesting case as this happened to me quite unexpectedly with multiple people present at the time. It was the 18th June and it was the monthly BUFOG Truth-seekers meeting at the Hotshots Snooker Club in Oldbury. The guest speaker was Julez Finch who gave a fantastic presentation on remote viewing. Julez Finch begins his talk at Birmingham UFO Group I initially went across to Julez prio

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave Hodrien Release Year: 2022 Last Updated: 27/04/2026 Note: For reasons of anonymity pseudonyms have been used Incident Details Around 1983 in his early teens Martin lived in Bozeat, Northamptonshire. He used to regularly go camping with his friend “Steve” in an open field alongside Horn Wood. Aerial map indicating Bozeat (A) and Horn Wood (B) On one of these camping excursions soon after settling down to sleep in the tent

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave Hodrien Release Date: 24/04/2026 Last Updated: 28/04/2026 Introduction In late January 2026 a lady named Nikki Baxter got in touch with BUFOG via our website’s sighting report form. She wanted to know whether anyone had reported UFO sightings around autumn 1988 at evening time in the area of Bournville, Birmingham. She went on to describe a sighting she had outside of her house around this time, and also discussed having stran

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 Hodrien Release Year: 2021 Last Updated: 29/03/2026 Note: For reasons of anonymity pseudonyms have been used In October 2021 I was contacted by a nurse from Ombersley, near Stourport, who I shall name “Marie”. She wanted to discuss various experiences she has had throughout her life. I arranged an extensive Facebook Messenger video call to go over what has taken place. Timelines In 1971 when she was 6 years old she was out