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Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Last Updated: 29/03/2018 Introduction This report covers a stunning incident involving a formation of UFOs which took place in early August 1974 and was witnessed by many people at various locations around England. The incident was investigated by a previous UFO group based in Birmingham named the Unidentified Flying Objects Study and Information Service (UFOSIS), and also made the newspapers. In December 2009 Andrew, one of a number of witnesses who saw the objects over Castle Vale, attended one of BUFOG’s monthly meetings. Afterwards he sent me details of his sighting at my request. On 14th August 2010 I was contacted by another man named Gary Smith. He informed me that he too had witnessed the fleet of UFOs, along with up to 30 other witnesses in the area of Campden Green, Solihull! He got in touch after doing a search for the incident on the net and locating this report detailing the Castle Vale sighting! I was extremely pleased by this, as this is one of the reasons I write these reports in the first place. On 1st September 2010 I met Gary at Campden Green so he could go through his sighting with me directly. I returned there the following day to take some photographs which can be seen in this report. In April 2011 another man got in touch with me via Richard Hall's website, and he spoke of an incident involving a formation of UFOs. He claimed it happened in 1973 but did not seem certain. I feel that he probably has the year wrong, and is probably speaking of the same incident. In January 2017, a lady got in touch via E-Mail to inform me that she and her mother had also witnessed the blue orbs observed by the gentlemen at Castle Vale prior to the appearance of the formation. In March 2018 Gary put me in touch with Leigh Brooks, another of the witnesses who was present for the sighting in Solihull. He too gave a statement about what he remembered seeing. The fact that this incident has been reported now by four different groups of individuals is extremely impressive. It remains the most highly reported incident that I have yet investigated. PART 1: CASTLE VALE SIGHTINGS Andrew’s notes on the incident are very comprehensive so I have reproduced them in their entirety below, which is why they are written in 1st person. When Early August 1974 (Round about the 4th or 5th). Where Tangmere Drive, Castle Vale, North Birmingham. Map of sighting location (Position marked A is where the witnesses were standing): 📷 What Happened A friend of mine, Nigel, his girlfriend Sandra and I were waiting at a bus stop between 10.45 and 11.00 pm following an evening at a pub disco (The Albatross Pub, now demolished). Castle Vale lies under the flight path to Birmingham Airport, so we were used to seeing and identifying aeroplanes on final landing approach. We had in previous years also spent evenings watching the Pleiades meteorites (late August- early September) entering the atmosphere from Nigel’s back garden, and could easily differentiate between a plane and a meteorite. This particular evening while we waiting for the bus to arrive, a medium sized passenger plane passed overhead heading for Birmingham Airport, the aircraft noise causing me to look up. The plane was travelling roughly North to South at several hundred feet and descending. As I watched the plane pass over head, I noticed two small blue/white lights following the plane very closely, less than half a planes length behind it, both points of light were constant, not blinking or changing colour, were parallel to each other and no more than 50 feet apart, based on the relative size of the plane. I drew the attention of my friend Nigel to the sight, and as we watched, the twin spots of light stopped following the plane stopped abruptly and then shot off in opposite directions, in right angles with respect to the path of the plane (West & East) at amazing speeds and were out of sight in seconds. Map showing route of aeroplane and UFOs: 📷 Map showing path of UFOs after they changed course: 📷 It was as we tried to follow the path of one of the light spots (East bound) that the main event happened. A group of oval/egg-shaped self illuminated objects, at least 8, possibly 10 or even 12 in number in a clearly defined V formation passed overhead from due East to North West at an astonishing speed. There was no noise, and any estimate of height or size was difficult to gauge as there was no real terms of reference. However, it was a very clear night with no cloud cover and a lot of stars visible, and even though there was a high degree of light pollution from the surrounding houses, because Castle Vale is flat (it used to be Castle Bromwich Aerodrome), it was possible to track these objects clearly from horizon to horizon as they passed overhead, and although it happened very quickly it was possible to see stars being obscured by the objects as they passed. The objects appeared a pearlescent silvery white and internally illuminated not reflective, and had a silvery-yellow/green corona surrounding around and extending out from each object as distance equivalent to about 5 or 10% of the size of the object. There were no other lights or colours visible, and the formation was a very tight V shape with a lead oval object and at least 4 objects fanned out either side of it in a trailing line. Witness drawing of how formation of UFOs appeared: 📷 Although it was impossible to gauge the objects height, I had a feeling that they were very high up in the atmosphere, which also implied that they must have been travelling extremely fast. I would describe them as each being about the size of an egg held at arms length. The whole formation took no more than two or three seconds to traverse from horizon to horizon. It was that fast. Map showing route of UFO formation: 📷 Nigel and I looked at each other in awe. Nigel’s girlfriend Sandra had not witnessed the event, and before we spoke about the sighting, other than to say something like “did you see that?” we decided to each tell Sandra independently what we saw so that we could not influence each other. Needless to say, our experience tallied exactly and we were left with the certain knowledge that we had witnessed a truly unidentified aerial phenomenon. Follow Up The following day I rang Birmingham Airport to report my sighting and asked if the two small white objects following the plane had been visible/identified on radar, and what the hell were the other UAPs that we had witness just seconds after the plane had passed over the estate? I was told that there was no record in the duty log of any unusual sighting or anomalous object recorded on radar or visually sighted, but I was told that the Airport had been inundated with similar calls and that they had just set up a special phone line to handle the calls, so I was transferred to an un-named person (I never asked) who proceeded to asked me a series of questions in a very efficient and structured way which made me think that whoever he was, he was skilled at asking for information. I was asked to recount our sighting, he interjected with many questions, i.e. shape, colour, speed, number of objects, direction of travel etc and then asked me what I thought it was we’d seen. I thought this was an unusual line so I asked him where he was from and why he was dealing with this incident like this, he told me that he was a “press officer” who was trying to reassure people that there was no cause for alarm. He declined to answer the “Where are you from” question. Although he did try to ridicule my sighting by suggesting that we had probably seen the planet Venus, marsh gas, headlights reflecting off clouds or a meteorite. When I asked him what was it that we had witnessed, he replied “If you find out let me know”. I called Nigel to tell him what had happened, and we decided that I would call the Airport again to try and find out who it was I’d spoken to. I called the Airport at about 3.00 pm, and as there had been a staff rotation since my earlier call, and no one recalled anything about it. I was told that no one had been talking calls on this subject and that any reports of UFO’s would have been recorded in the duty log and as there were none, despite me having called them less than 4 hour earlier - I must be mistaken. Next Steps The objects had been seen by many other eye-witnesses with reports of sightings from as far afield as Hull and the Humber estuary, right down through Bristol, Devon and Cornwall being made. The Birmingham Mail had a front page article about the “unusual fiery meteorite” visible over the midlands for several minutes the previous evening. A collation of eye witness reports revealed an S shaped flight path over the West Midlands, and this pattern was repeated over other parts of the country. A diagram with the estimated route was part of the front page article. The Edgbaston Observatory promptly produced an expert who stated that what we had seen was either a meteorite or a bit of space junk entering the atmosphere and burning up. This seemed at odds with the reported sighting positions, as a re-entering object tends to travel in a straight line, not perform aerial manoeuvres. Because of the massive interest this news item generated, BRMB ran the story and interviewed the founders of UFOSIS which was based in Birmingham to seek out their take on the event and UFO’s in general. Many people called into the station with their sightings and UFOSIS gave out a phone number for anyone who wanted to contact them for a further discussion. Nigel and I arranged to see them and visited their flat which was located in one of the twin tower blocks on Holloway circus. We both gave independent witness statements, being in separate rooms, and although our stories again matched in key details, there were some small details that did differ, although they would not discuss it with us. They said they would follow up on the Airport call mystery and would provide feedback at a later date. The results of their investigations in to the Airport phone line mystery was a dead end. No further information ever came to light. Strange as it may seem with hindsight, no one at the time though to speak to the MOD about the sightings. In fact I’m not sure we ever knew at that time that the MoD investigated or recorded UFO sightings, although I suppose the ex military guys may have known. I subsequently joined the UFOSIS group, who used to meet monthly in a pub in Harbourne; we undertook several sky watches on Harbourne Golf course where we spent the night viewing the skies through binoculars and I also participated in field interviews of people who had witnessed other strange sightings around the West Midlands. Retrospective It was all over in a couple of seconds but the memory of the sighting will stay with me forever. I became a convert to the possibilities of extraterrestrial life and began to read many of the key reference works on the subject. My personal favourites, probably because they were the first ones I read on this subject are: The Spaceships of Ezekiel by Joseph F Blumrich, Operation Trojan Horse by John A Keel and the Chariots of the Gods by Erich Von Daniken. Second Blue Orbs Sighting In January 2017 I was contacted by a lady who claimed that she and her mother had also witnessed these orbs on the same evening. She seemed very excited that someone else had reported seeing them. Sadly she did not respond to further E-Mails that were sent to her, so we only have the initial information she provided to go on. She claims that as she and her mother were walking home along Gunther Road (within a mile of Tangmere Close) they observed two blue glowing orbs in the sky. The orbs descended until they were only 15 feet above their heads. They appeared to be quite small, about the size of dinner plates. Aerial map showing the positions of Gunther Road (A) and Tangmere Drive (B): 📷 The orbs then hovered for a period of about 5 seconds, before suddenly shooting back up into the sky in an ascending arc to the right, and were soon lost from sight. There is no mention of an aeroplane in the lady's statement, so it is assumed that at the time there was not one present. It is possible that they witnessed them prior to Andrew and Nigel, but this is not known for sure. PART 2: SOLIHULL SIGHTINGS Sighting Details Gary’s sighting of the UFOs occurred at Campden Green in Solihull. Campden Green is a roughly oval shaped area of grass surrounded by a road and housing. He was on the green with his football team and had just finished a match. They would often use the green for this purpose. There was no official pitches or goal posts, they would just use bags to mark out the goal lines. It was a dry, still and quite warm night. Photograph of Campden Green: 📷 Gary does not know the exact time the sighting took place, only that it was late and the sun had set. The sky had patchy clouds but was mostly clear, with both the moon and stars fully visible. One of Gary’s team mates was standing a short distance away from the rest of them on the other side of a couple of trees near one edge of the green. Suddenly he shouted out “What the fuck is that?!” Gary and the others looked over and he was pointing up at the sky. They ran past the trees to see what he was looking at. In the night sky to the North West was a V-shaped formation of either 7/9 oval shaped objects. They appeared to be dull metallic silver in colour and had a slight orange tinge to them, possibly reflection from the street lights below. Gary had no idea of how high they were but did not appear to be at low altitude. He could see the stars between the objects so knew that they were separate objects rather than one large UFO. Photograph of the two trees near where Gary and his team stood: 📷 Photograph from where the team were stood in the direction that the UFOs first appeared: 📷 The objects were approaching from the North West of the green, heading in a South East direction towards the witnesses. They were moving very slowly, probably no more than 10 mph. This of course meant that everyone present could have a proper good look at the objects. They were completely silent as they slowly approached, and passed the witnesses slightly off to their right but nearly overhead. By this time Gary noticed that other people had started to come out of their houses and were also looking up at the objects. They were probably aware of the team standing, staring and pointing up at the sky and had come outside to see what was going on. Nobody from the houses approached him or the team they just stood at their doors watching. Due to the position of the team players, the objects were lost from sight behind the trees they were standing close to. They ran to the other side of the trees, and noticed that the objects were changing course. Before long they were heading in a South South West direction. They then appeared to stop turning and continued away from the green at a slow pace. Aerial map of Campden Green showing the path of the UFOs: 📷 Photograph in the direction that the UFOs left Campden Green in: 📷 Within about ¼ of a mile from the green the objects suddenly came to a halt in the sky. All the witnesses continued to watch the objects. After about 3 minutes, all of a sudden the object at the front of the V formation (the middle one) started to wobble erratically. It did this for about 30 seconds. Then without warning all the objects massively accelerated vertically and were lost from sight within a few seconds! The entire sighting from start to finish was about 5-6 minutes in length. Everyone present was absolutely blown away by what they had just seen, and realised that no earth-made objects would have been able to perform the manoeuvre with which the UFOs left the area. Nobody outside the houses came over and talked with Gary and his team mates. Second Witness Statement In March 2018 Gary managed to get in touch with Leigh Brooks, one of the other witnesses who was there in 1974. He confirmed that he recalled the incident and would be happy to talk to me about it. I got in touch via phone to ask him about what he remembered. He informed me that his memory of what happened was a little hazy as it had occured so long ago, but he was still able to go over what he did recall. For readability I have condensed his responses to my various questions into a single statement: "Me and Gary go back years. We used to regularly play football at Camden Green. I was 17 years old at the time. It was a nice evening with plenty of light. We had been playing football on the green for ages. I can't remember the exact time, it was late evening, with still some light in the sky. We had finished the match and were stood around having a chat. All of a sudden there were these stationary lights above us. I can't remember who spotted them first. Egg-shaped things above us, five or six of them. They all looked the same. They were a silvery-blue colour and gave off a glow. They were all together in a cluster, and looked about the size of a small car. To look at it they didnt look that high, possibly as high as a police helicopter would fly. They were just hovering there. We looked up at them wondering what they were. We must have only looked at them for seconds but it seemed much longer at the time. Then in the blink of an eye they shot off! I can't remember whether they shot straight up or off in a direction. There was no trail left behind, they had just gone. They went as fast as they appeared. After they had gone we just looked at each other, and someone exclaimed 'What the fuck was that?!' The incident changed my views on the UFO subject. To actually see it with my own eyes was mind-blowing. I have never to this day seen anything similar. A few years after it happened I tried to blank it out and kid myself it did not happen, but it did. As you can see there are a number of discrepancies when comparing Leigh's account with Gary's, especially the fact that Leigh does not recall them flying over the green, but just hovering over their heads. However discrepancies such as these are common with multiple witness sightings, especially when they have occured a long time ago. It is clear that Leigh is reporting the same incident, and I am very pleased that he has come forward with this statement. Sighting Analysis This is a very impressive sighting, and I believe clearly of the same objects that were witnessed over Castle Vale. The description of the colour of the objects slightly varies between the sightings, but this is common, and is often down to individual perception. It is unknown which sighting occurred first. The Castle Vale sighting occurred between 10.45-11pm. Gary does not remember when his sighting took place, but says that it was late. The fact that the objects were seen to be moving extremely fast over Castle Vale, but in the Solihull sighting were moving very slowly and also appeared to either travel to a very high altitude or even leave the atmosphere at the end of the sighting tends to suggest that the Solihull sighting occurred after the Castle Vale one, but this is by no means proven. In the Castle Vale sighting the objects came from the East and travelled to the North West. In the Solihull sighting the objects appeared from the North West. Solihull is directly South from Castle Vale, so it seems likely that after the objects had disappeared from sight of the Castle Vale witnesses, they then turned and headed South, and then as they neared the area of Campden Green turned and started moving South East. This is just speculation, however Andrew says that when numerous witness reports were correlated soon after the incident they revealed the objects had been moving in long S-shaped paths over numerous areas of England. Both of these sightings could well have lay on one of these paths. If the objects were seen performing these routes at various places in England, but not seen in between, this suggests they were either asending out of sight, making themselves invisible or teleporting between different locations. Perhaps at the end of the Solihull sighting when the objects shot straight upwards extremely fast, they then moved to another location in the country before descending again. We will probably never know for sure. PART 3: LIVERPOOL SIGHTING In April 2011 a man got in touch with Richard Hall about two UFO experiences he had witnessed in the 1970’s. One of these appears to be related to the 1974 formation incident. John (Name changed for privacy reasons) states that the sighting took place in the summer of 1973 but seems unclear on this, so it could have easily been 1974 considering how long ago this was. Unfortunately he has not yet got back to me with additional information, so at present I only have his initial notes to go on. John claims that he was playing with his friends on the local cricket field, about 8 miles from Liverpool airport. He was about 11 years old at the time. It was about 8pm in the evening and the weather was pleasant and clear. The light was just beginning to fade in the sky. Suddenly seemingly from nowhere, five large disc-shaped objects appeared in the sky over them. The discs were glowing a bright cream white colour. They were in the same formation as the dots on the 5 side of a dice, with four in a square and the fifth in the centre. The edges of the discs were very crisp and clear, but the objects did seem self luminescent. It was hard to accurately judge their height and size, but John got the impression that they were very large and hundreds of feet in the air. The discs hovered silently above them for a while. John and the others there began talking to each other asking things like “What the hell is that?” Without warning the centre disc then moved forward, making a V-shape formation with the other discs. Within a couple of seconds of this manoeuvre, all the discs suddenly shot straight upwards at incredible speed and vanished from sight. John has so far not provided me with any information relating to what happened next. He did mention that he does not believe the incident was mentioned in the newspaper, but as he was young he did not read the paper anyway so perhaps there was something. I feel that John may have the year of the incident wrong and that this was another sighting of the formation of UFOs that was seen up and down England that night. There are many aspects that are very similar to the other witness testimonies I have so far received. These similarities include the time of year and time of day the sighting occurred, shape of the discs, their colouration, the fact they were in formation and that prior to the sighting ending formed a V-shape, and the way in which the UFOs suddenly shot straight upwards. I hope to hear back from John soon and if so may be able to add further detail to his story of what took place. Special Note: John also had another UFO sighting in 1976/77. You can find details of this sighting in a separate case report. Click here to go straight to the report. CONCLUSION This incident is absolutely stunning, and made all the more impressive by the fact that the objects were seen by many witnesses at different locations across the country, not just Castle Vale and Solihull but according to Andrew elsewhere as well. Because of the various matching testimonies there is no question that the objects were real. The small blue/white orbs reported by Andrew, and later by the other female witness, displayed clearly intelligent manoeuvres which appeared intentional. Because of this, mundane explanations such as meteorites, satellites or lit balloons can be discounted. The formation was even more impressive, again displaying obvious intelligence in their structured positioning to one another. I feel that anyone who tries to explain these away as one or more meteorites/satellites is either not thinking straight or deluding themselves, as neither of these flying in organised formations. The objects were clearly under intelligent control – they turned without moving out of formation, altered their speed and also at the end of the Solihull sighting ascended vertically at an incredible velocity, much too fast for them to have been radio controlled models or some other hoax. If what Birmingham airport told Andrew was true, then the objects were also invisible on radar. The follow up calls performed by Andrew after his sighting are fascinating, and suggest that a cover up about the objects may well have taken place. Birmingham airport transferred his call to an un-named person who proceeded to ask him many questions about what he’d seen, and even ridicule him about the sighting. When Andrew asked who he was he replied that he was a press officer. But when he rang back to the airport a second time later, they informed him that no-one had been taking any calls about the objects and that there was nothing in the duty log about it. As a matter of course, calls taken would be added to this log, so why would their call have been left out of it? It seems likely that it was either not added for a specific reason, or that it was in the log and whoever Andrew spoke to on his second call was lying to him. Could the objects have been secret military craft of some kind? If so it seems unlikely they would fly them right across England, including over highly populated cities. And the manoeuvre they performed at the end of the Solihull sighting would surely have created G-forces way too high for a human pilot to endure. Also what reason would they have for tailing a commercial passenger jet with smaller glowing craft, this would surely put them in even more danger of being spotted. After taking all the evidence into consideration, I feel it can be concluded that this was a genuine sighting of a formation of unexplained intelligently controlled craft, which could well have been extraterrestrial in origin. Copyright Dave Hodrien 2018

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave Hodrien Release Date: 31/08/2010 Introduction Mark Rathend (name changed for privacy reasons) first got in touch with me via E-Mail in early May 2010 after I sent out an advert about the BUFOG Contactee Support meetings. Mark has experienced numerous events throughout his life that could well be ET related. His experiences focus around two impressive incidents – a close encounter with a UFO with which contact appears to have taken place, and a visitation by a glowing entity a number of years later. This report will cover each of his experiences in detail, and includes numerous maps and location photographs. The Rocking Chair Mark used to live at a house in Dagenham, Essex with his parents. There used to be a rocking chair at one side of his bedroom. For many years, this chair used to often rock of its own accord. It would do this most nights, usually after his mum had put him to bed and he was lying awake in the room. Nobody else ever saw the chair do this, it would only do it in Mark’s presence. He felt it was strange but was never really frightened by it. It continued to happen right up to when his parents decided to throw the chair away. Obviously this may have nothing to do with ET contact. Perhaps it had a mundane explanation such as a regular draught of air. Or perhaps it was paranormal activity of a different kind. I mention it here because contactees often experience ghost like activity around their homes, often in their own proximity. So however unlikely, there is still the possibility it is related. 23rd November 1996 UFO Incident Mark’s sighting of a UFO and possible contact took place back in 1996 when he was 23 years old. His girlfriend Sarah, who he would later marry, lived in the same town on Cornwallis Road. On 23rd November Mark had gone round to see her. At 7.30pm he decided to leave for home. Sarah asked him if he would like to call a taxi but as it was a pleasant evening he said he’d rather walk. It was a warm, clear evening, and the sun was just starting to set. At the time Mark used to live with his mother on Ivyhouse Road. The route home lead him along Parsloes Avenue, which runs along the edge of Parsloes Park. It was quiet and there were very few people about. Aerial map showing the location of Cornwallis Road (A), Parsloes Avenue (B) and Ivyhouse Road (C): 📷 Photograph of Parsloes Park: 📷 As he walked along the road, he decided to cross over onto the side adjacent to the park. As he did so he noticed a strange object hovering over a small patch of trees a short distance into the park. The object was just above the trees, about 50 feet off the ground. It appeared to be cigar-shaped and was medium grey in colour. Mark estimated it to be about the same size as a double decker bus. It had a smooth shiny surface with no markings on. Along the side of the object was four rectangular windows. These windows were dark and Mark could not see anything through them. At either end of the object was a flashing red light, which were slowly strobing. These lights were not bright enough to light up the surrounding area under the object. Aerial map of Parsloes Park showing position of where the UFO was situated: 📷 Photograph of the patch of trees over which the UFO was hovering: 📷 The object was hanging motionless in the air above the trees. Mark had no idea what it could be. He thought at first it was some kind of balloon, but soon realised it could not be. He was both awestruck and frightened at the same time. But he was inquisitive enough to want a closer look. He entered the park and began walking towards the patch of trees over which the object hovered. He walked for about 15 seconds and got near to the trees, but did not feel comfortable with walking right underneath where the object was as he thought it may be dangerous in some way. He also felt that it was aware of his presence. Suddenly without warning the object took off vertically into the sky at an incredible speed and was very quickly lost from sight. Then almost immediately, Mark found himself back on Parsloes Avenue. He noticed that it had got a lot darker, and felt very unusual. He had no recollection of how he got back to the road, his last memory was of watching the object depart, and then a strange sensation of moving backward. Mark looked back to the patch of trees, but the object had not returned. Looking around he noticed a man in the park walking his dog. He ran up to the man and asked him if he had seen the object hovering over the trees as well, but he had not. The man gave him a strange look before continuing on his way. Mark decided to head for home. He was very confused, but knew that something strange must have taken place due to the sudden shift in lighting conditions. This was confirmed when he arrived home and he checked the time. The walk between Cornwallis Road and Ivyhouse Road used to take him about half an hour, but it was now 9 o’clock so there was about an hour he could not account for. His mother was worried and asked him why he had taken so long to come home, but Mark did not tell her about what had happened. Later in the evening, Mark found a scar behind his left ear, which hurt when he pressed on it. He had no recollection of how he had got this marking, but had never noticed it before so assumed it must have been linked to what had occurred. He also noticed a strange indescribable taste in his mouth. He stayed up for most of the night thinking about what took place. In the weeks following the incident, Mark had flashbacks in which he was looking down at the park from a height just above the tree-line. These flashbacks began about two days after the incident. They would occur both when he was awake, and also while he slept. They would feel more real than a normal dream, and he would wake up in the night feeling extremely anxious and frightened. The scar behind his ear hurt for a number of days before healing. The strange taste in his mouth was present for a number of weeks but finally went away. He no longer gets the flashbacks but still gets anxious at night and sleeps with the light on when he is alone. Prior to the incident Mark had no interest in UFOs at all. But afterwards he began to look into the subject, and the more he read, the more he realised that he may have experienced ET contact. He soon decided to get in touch with the late UFO researcher Tony Dodd. A while after this he came across the ACERN website and got in touch with contact specialist Mary Rodwell, who advised him of ways of coping with the fear he was feeling regarding the incident. Mark is sure that the object he saw was some kind of craft, and believes that it was extraterrestrial. He feels that it was too advanced, both in appearance and manoeuvring capabilities, to have been a secret military craft. He is still not aware of what took place during that missing time, and is interested in being regressed to see if he can remember any further details. Premonition On The Bus For a time Mark used to work a night shift at Asda in Dagenham. One early morning, when he was on his way back home on the bus, an incident occurred which suggests that he may have been protected from harm. He was sitting on the bus and nothing appeared out of the ordinary. Suddenly he heard a voice inside his head telling him to quickly move to the other side of the bus. This voice was not his own and he did not recognise it. However he did as the voice asked him. A moment later a brick came flying through the window next to where he had been sitting, shattering broken glass everywhere! It appeared that he had been saved from harm. Many contactees report having heightened senses or psychic abilities such as precognition. It is possible that Mark had a genuine premonition and was subconsciously aware that he was in imminent danger. He has not experienced any other premonitions, so this appears to be an isolated event. Perhaps rather than something coming directly from him, Mark was being protected by an external presence which made itself known. These are both possibilities which should be considered. 20th July 2004 Being Visitation It was eight years after the incident with the UFO. Mark and Sarah had now got married, had a daughter and moved into a house on Blake Avenue in Barking. Aerial map of Blake Avenue: 📷 The evening of 20th July was just like any other, there was no warning signs that something was about to take place. At 11.45pm he and Sarah went up to bed and soon dropped off to sleep. In the night Mark was awoken by a strange buzzing sound in his head. He was also had a strong feeling of a presence in the room. He glanced over at the clock and checked the time. It was 1.55am. Mark then looked around the room, and was shocked by what he saw. Most of the room was very dark as the curtains were drawn. But over by the window of the room was a tall glowing being. The being was glowing a golden yellow colour, lighting up part of the room around it. It was about 7 feet high and appeared to be floating a short way off the floor rather than standing on it. It had a slender humanoid form with a large head, essentially the shape of a tall Grey being. However it appeared to be completely made up of light and no specific features could be made out. There was a horrible odour in the room, the likes of which Mark had never smelt before, which he assumed must be coming from the entity. Mark felt sure that it was an extraterrestrial being of some kind, and was quite frightened by its presence. It did not seem familiar, but he sensed that it was interested in him. He was certain that he was fully awake and not dreaming. He immediately tried to wake up Sarah by shaking her but she would not stir, it was like she had been switched off. The being remained over by the window of the room for about six minutes. Then without warning, it started to slowly drift towards him across the room. When it reached the side of the bed it held out its arms like it was reaching out for him. At this point Mark blacked out. He does not know whether this was due to fear or something the being had done to him. The next thing he knew, it was the following morning. He told Sarah all about what had happened. She was accepting of what he told her and believed him. When he thought back to the incident, he felt that he had seen the being before, but he could not remember where or when. He also felt that something else may well have taken place after he lost consciousness. Contactees have often reported being visited by ET beings at night-time, and they have appeared as glowing entities many times before. Many aspects of this incident are classic signs that contact has taken place – the feeling of a presence in the room, the appearance of the being, the fact he could not wake his wife up, the way in which he blacked out when the being approached. The fact that he could move means that this visitation was not caused by sleep paralysis, and Mark was certain that it took place and was not just a vivid dream. He hopes that through hypnotic regression he may find out if anything else took place that night. Corridors When thinking or talking about the incidents that have taken place, Mark sometimes experiences a flashback of a location with dimly lit corridors and non-human entities moving around in them. This flashback is always the same like a recurring memory. These still take place and do frighten him, even after so many years. Mark feels that they are of something which has happened to him that have been blocked out, either intentionally or because of the trauma involved with the experience. It is possible that the flashback is a memory of being on board a craft at some point, maybe linked to the UFO encounter or the light being incident, or perhaps from another time all together. Conclusion As you can see Mark has had some truly fascinating experiences. It seems probable to me that after his close encounter with the cigar-shaped craft he was abducted, and that currently most of the details of this have been either repressed or blocked for a reason. It is unknown whether the being he saw many years after the experience with the craft was related to this experience or not, but it is certainly a possibility. Perhaps the being he saw was merely observing him or checking up on him. Alternatively he may have been taken on this occasion as well after he blacked out. There may have been other times that he cannot currently remember at all. It is possible that he has been a repeat contactee from an early age, although it does seem more likely that his contact was initiated when he encountered the craft. Perhaps this was by accident, and he was just there at the wrong place at the wrong time. Mark’s experience has similarities to the Travis Walton abduction case of November 1975. Just like Travis, Mark had approached the craft to get a better look at it, and it was then that contact appeared to take place. Another possibility is that the craft was there for Mark and its occupants were fully aware that he would approach it. We will probably never know either way. Although Mark still suffers from ongoing flashbacks and anxiety attacks, these appear to be related to the experiences discussed above, and there is little evidence to suggest that he is still experiencing contact, although this is not out of the question. I wish Mark all the best for the future and hope that in time he comes to terms with what has happened to him and gains more of an understanding. He has agreed to stay in touch and keep me updated on any further incidents which take place, so this report may be updated. I may also be arranging a hypnotic regression for Mark in the near future, if so any further details which are uncovered will be added here. Copyright Dave Hodrien 2010

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave Hodrien Release Date: 05/09/2010 Sighting Details The Jones family live in the area of Pool House Farm, Wombourne. At 8.30pm on the evening of 4th September 2010, Mr Jones came out of his house to collect something from the car. It was a calm dry evening but cloud cover blocked the stars from sight. As he walked down the drive a light in the sky caught his attention. He looked up and saw a glowing orange tall dome-shaped object crossing the sky. The object was very bright, with an even brighter yellow-orange glow coming from the base of it. Mr Jones estimates it was about half a mile from his position. It looked about the size of a double decker bus, and appeared to be quite low down, about 40 feet up. Mr Jones was shocked by the appearance of the object and the way in which it appeared to be flying on a controlled path across the sky. He called his partner and 3 children to also come and take a look at the object. It was moving in a Westerly direction, estimated at about 50-60 mph. As it headed on a straight course, it slowly increased in altitude. His wife ran back inside and grabbed a camera. She tried taking a photograph of the object but it wouldn’t come out due to the distance and the fact it was after dark. They all watched the object for about 4 minutes until it was obscured by cloud to the West. Aerial map of Pool House Farm housing development: 📷 Sighting Analysis Even though the witnesses felt the object could not have been a Chinese lantern due to its apparent size and straight flight path, I feel that this is more than likely the explanation for what was seen. As lanterns are launched after dark and are very bright, they can often appear larger than they actually are because there is no point of reference in the night sky. They often tend to drift on a straight course across the sky when they are caught in an air current, and will usually slowly gain in altitude because of the heated air inside them. The description of the object clearly matches a lantern, with a brighter glow coming from the centre of the base where the source of the flame was. Even though it felt like a calm night, there may well have been a slow current of air at the altitude the object was at which could have accounted for the movement observed. It did not perform any manoeuvres which would suggest it was under intelligent control. Therefore I feel quite certain that the object seen was a Chinese lantern. Copyright Dave Hodrien 2010

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave Hodrien Originally forwarded from Richard Hall Last Updated: 07/09/2010 This report covers a stunning sighting of two different UFOs seen by taxi driver John Wall on the same night. It is highly likely that these two sightings were related. Each will be discussed in depth. There is also a possibility that John experienced missing time. The incident took place on a Sunday evening in 1999 (The exact date is not remembered) Moore - White Orb Sighting Back in 1999 John worked as a taxi driver in Warrington. He had finished his night shift ferrying people back and forth, and was on his way back to his home in Runcorn. It was a dry and relatively clear night with light cloud cover. He decided to drive through the village of Moore along Runcorn Road. He was driving along a straight stretch of road towards Sandymoor Housing Estate when he realised there was a light low down in the sky off to his left which he could see over the top of the hedgerow. Aerial map showing approximate location the sighting began: 📷 Photograph from Runcorn Road showing the fields over which the UFO was hovering: 📷 The light appeared to be a glowing object about 30-35 feet from the road and was bright white with a slight blue-ish tinge. It was about the size of a bowling ball, and was about 15-18 feet in the air. John slowed down the taxi to take a look at the object. He noted that it appeared to be keeping pace with his car, it slowed down as he had, and it remained at the same distance and height from his position. John stopped the taxi, and as he did so the object also stopped. He checked to see if any internal lights had been left on which could account for the UFO, but he soon eliminated this as a possibility. John continued driving forward, slowly at first, and the orb of light continued to follow. He thought that perhaps it was a surge of energy from the nearby electrified railway line, and could possibly be something natural such as ball lightning. However the railway line was 130 yards away, and this explanation did not account for the fact the object appeared to be tracking him. He accelerated and the object continued to follow alongside until he went under Daresbury Expressway. After the underpass he checked for the light but could no longer see it, so he continued his drive to Runcorn. Aerial map showing the route over which the UFO followed the witness: 📷 Runcorn - Flying Triangle Sighting About 12-15 minutes later, John was nearing his home in Runcorn. His route home took him past the car park at Runcorn East railway station. Aerial map showing location of orb sighting (A), and Runcorn East Railway Station (B): 📷 As he drove past it, he suddenly realised that there were some lights above him to his right. He looked out of the driver side window up into the sky and was astounded by what he saw. There about 300 feet up was what looked like a huge black or dark metallic triangular shaped craft! Around the underside of the three edges were rows of small evenly spaced dark red and dark green lights. Although there were no obvious markings on the body of the craft, John says that there was a differing shape to the base in some way, but he did not get enough time to study this in detail. The craft was moving very slowly, John estimates about 5-10 mph but this was hard to judge. Each side appeared to be about 600-700 feet in length. Witness drawing of the Flying Triangle: 📷 Photograph of the car park of Runcorn East Railway Station over which the FT was seen: 📷 John immediately knew it was not a conventional aircraft of any kind – it was much too big and was also completely silent. He wanted to get a better look at the object, so he stopped the car and tried to get out, but as it was dark he fumbled with the door handle. During this time the triangle continued to move slowly forwards. John managed to grab a hold of the handle. At this moment the triangle appeared to slightly increase in speed, and then suddenly vanished from sight. John got out of the car and stared up into the sky wondering where the object had gone and what it could have been. If the object had actually massively increased in acceleration rather than simply vanished, then the speed involved would be absolutely incredible. John waited a while but realised the object was probably not going to come back, so in the end he got back in the taxi and drove the remainder of his journey home. Because of the alarming nature of the incident, John did not tell anyone of the incident for quite a while afterwards, even his wife. He has since shared the experience with her and other close family, but does not talk about it with many people because of the ridicule factor. Time Discrepancies? John gets the feeling that he made a mistake regarding the time of the two sightings. He assumed the time was about 2.30am when he saw the glowing orb. His shift had ended and this is the expected time that it would have been, although he doesn’t remember looking at the clock during this sighting. After the Flying Triangle had departed, John checked the time and it was 4.30am. If the orb sighting really did occur around 2.30am, then the clock was now much further forward than it should have been. Sadly John did not check the time until after the FT, so he may well have misjudged the time when the orb sighting took place. Missing time often occurs when contact takes place, as the ETs have a way of blocking out memories so the clock appears to jump forward. John is not currently aware of any interaction which took place other than the orb following his car. He also feels that if there had been any contact, he would not remember the orb sighting at all. However quite a number of contact cases have both started and finished with a UFO sighting, it is only the details in between which tend to be blocked out. Could the orb have been some kind of scouting craft which then led to John being taken by the Flying Triangle craft? This is a possibility, but does seem unlikely. Usually the individual would have an inkling that something else had taken place or feel strange in some way, but John felt completely fine throughout the incident. Conclusion This is an absolutely amazing incident which I believe involved two intelligently controlled advanced objects/craft. The fact that the glowing orb matched the speed of John’s car, even when he brought it to a halt, cannot be just coincidence. The object followed him for quite a distance, and was clearly matching his speed throughout. This implies that it was under intelligent control and specifically interested in him/his vehicle for whatever reason. It also means that the object could not have been a lantern/LED balloon or ball lightning. The orb appeared to be quite small in size, so if it was a genuine craft it can be assumed that it was probably unmanned - possibly being used for observation purposes. The second sighting was of a “classic” Flying Triangle craft. Large black triangular shaped UFOs with multi-coloured lighting along each side have often been reported all around the world (In other cases the craft have a small light at each corner and a larger central light). It is very unlikely to have been an inflatable or model of some kind. John even speculated that it could have been some kind of hologram, but for what reason would anyone display this in the middle of the night? Also the object definitely appeared to be a solid structure. Also if it were an inflatable or model it would not have suddenly vanished from the area. It seems very likely to me that the two sightings were related in some way. They were in the same local area and appeared to be only 15 minutes apart (ignoring the possible missing time). Perhaps the glowing orb was in communication with the FT and relating details to it. Perhaps the orb was actually the FT but under a completely different form. On the third night of the infamous Rendlesham Forest incident a small glowing orb suddenly transformed into a much larger solid craft in front of many witnesses, could this have been something similar? I have already covered the possibility that John experienced contact during the proceedings of the incident. At the moment we have no way of knowing for sure, unless John recovers further memories of the incident, possibly through hypnotic regression. If any further details come to light they will be added to this report. Copyright Dave Hodrien 2010

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave Hodrien Originally forwarded by Richard Hall Last Updated: 07/09/2010 Most sightings received by Birmingham UFO Group are merely of distant objects or lights in the sky. This is not really surprising as UFOs rarely appear in close proximity to people, they are essentially covert in operation. However occasionally a sighting takes place where a UFO is clearly seen and where an advanced craft is the most likely explanation. This is one such sighting, which took place in Abergavenny, Wales in the early 1980s. Sighting Details The witness Paul Griffiths, cannot remember the exact date of the incident but believes it to be either July or August of 1983 or 84. At the time Paul was living with his parents in a house on St Marys Road. He awoke about 6.30am to use the bathroom. He came back through to his bedroom and sat down on the edge of his bed and looked out of the window. It was a bright and clear morning and the sun had come up. The view from his window overlooked some nearby housing, beyond which was the nearby Bailey Park to the West. Old photograph taken by the witness showing the view out of the window: 📷 Suddenly he noticed something enter the right of his line of sight. There was a strange looking object which appeared to be over some trees in Bailey Park, about 200 yards from his location. At first he thought it was a conventional aircraft of some kind, but very shortly realised it was something else entirely. His glace quickly turned into a wide eyed stare! There in the sky over the park was what looked like a dark metallic grey coloured saucer-shaped craft. The craft was divided into a shallow base section and a deeper upper section. At the division was a narrow flat band. This band had black rectangular slats in it. The band appeared to be rotating around the object in an anti-clockwise direction. There were no other markings or lights on the craft. Paul estimates the craft was about the size of a large saloon car. It appeared to be just above the height of the trees, about 40 feet high. Witness drawing of the UFO with notes: 📷 Photograph of the main entrance to Bailey Park. The UFO was first seen hovering over the trees in this photo: 📷 The UFO was moving in a South Easterly direction at a slow speed, about 5 mph. This movement was constant and it remained at a level altitude. The central band was rotating at the same speed the craft was moving at, and Paul wondered if this was something to do with its propulsion. He was amazed at what he was witnessing. He jumped up off the bed so he was right next to the window, but did not open it. He thought about taking a photograph but realised there was no film in his camera. At the time Paul was quite into photography, but did not keep exposed film in the camera for extended periods as he was aware it could be damaged. He tried calling his parents to come and see also, but they did not wake up. Paul watched the craft for about 20-30 seconds until it disappeared to the left of his vision behind some trees. Aerial map showing the route of the UFO and location of the witness: 📷 After the sighting he felt privileged to have seen what he did, and believed that it was a genuine alien craft. Over the next few days he checked the TV and newspapers for any reports of the UFO from other people but he did not see anything. He feels that even though it took place quite early in the morning, there must have been other witnesses due to the object. In 2007, Paul decided to post his sighting on the MUFON website. He received an E-Mail back expressing interest in his sighting and in meeting up with him, but after this nothing else became of it. Sighting Analysis This is a very impressive sighting due to the appearance of the object and the clarity of the sighting. The object was a “classic” flying saucer shape. It was obviously not a conventional aircraft or helicopter of any kind. There is a possibility that it was a remote controlled model someone had made which was being flown over the park, but this seems unlikely. The object seemed too large to be a model, and even if it was, why would its owner have been flying it so early in the morning? This particular explanation does not make sense to me, and I feel it can be disregarded. It is unlikely the object was an inflatable of some kind because of the rotating band around the centre, general structured appearance and the fact it was flying on a level course. It certainly appeared like it was under power, and even though it did not perform any obviously intelligent manoeuvres, it did not look like it was merely drifting in an air current. Could it have been a secret advanced military craft. As no extraterrestrial beings were seen this cannot be completely ruled out, however if it was I find it very unlikely the military would fly it at low altitude over a populated area in plain sight. This would be completely illogical, so again this explanation I feel can be disregarded. I feel that after looking at all the possibilities, the most likely explanation is that the object was exactly what the witness assumed it was – an advanced craft of extraterrestrial origin. What it was doing in the skies over Abergavenny that morning we will probably never know. It seems likely there may have been other witnesses. If you are reading this report and feel you too saw this UFO, please get in touch. Copyright Dave Hodrien 2010

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave Hodrien Last Updated: 08/09/2010 Introduction Daryl Winston (name changed for privacy reasons) lives in Thirsk. He initially decided to contact Nick Pope about his experiences. Nick often hands over contact related cases to me for investigation, so forwarded Daryl to me. Since a young age Daryl has had strange experiences which he believes could be linked with alien abduction. This report will cover these experiences in depth and discuss the possibility that contact is taking place. Being Watched For many years Daryl has felt like he is constantly being observed by an unknown presence. This feeling becomes more obvious when he is alone and not distracted. It is worse at night, and Daryl often finds it very hard to get to sleep. He often feels like something is going to come and get him during the night, and this has led to him being afraid of the dark. He always closes his curtains, and feels that if he opens them there will be something outside staring in at him. While he is in bed he gets easily spooked by strange noises around the house, and will often put a fan on in his bedroom to drown out any other sounds. Contactees often feel like they are being observed, and it is possible that they subconsciously sense the presence of the ETs watching over them as they go about their life. Many contactees have a fear of the dark. This is usually down to the fact that they are aware that they have been taken during the night-time, so whenever it is dark and they are alone they feel very uncomfortable. Paralysis Incidents Since an early age, but more regularly during the last few years, Daryl has experienced paralysis during the night. This occurs sporadically, but will usually happen around 3am in the morning. He awakens to find that he cannot move. When he tries to shout for help from his girlfriend lying next to him, nothing comes out. These incidents seem to last only a short moment, but afterwards when he checks the clock it always says 4.30am. He has noticed that this time appears to be repeating time and time again, and he never has any recollection of where the last 90 minutes have gone. After these experiences, Daryl feels like his body is drained of energy. He has experienced this at numerous different properties as well as his current address. In late May 2010 one particular incident would absolutely terrify him. He awoke in the night much like usual, and once more found he could not move. However he then began to lift vertically off the bed and drift across the room in the air! As he went past the base of the bed he saw a shadowy short being below him. He could not make out any details of this being, it just seemed to be watching him as he moved by. He floated towards the open window feet first and his lower legs actually went outside. At this point he blacked out. He then came round and found he was back in his bed. He felt like he had gone somewhere but he could not remember anything else taking place. Daryl informs me that both of his parents have also had similar paralysis experiences. These experiences could well be due to the condition known as sleep paralysis and nothing to do with ET contact. Some of the things Daryl has spoken of do seem to fit in with side effects of this condition. However I do find the floating experience to be very interesting indeed. I have not heard of anyone with sleep paralysis actually experiencing themselves float across the room and partially out of the window. It is possible to get a lifting or sinking sensation during sleep paralysis but Daryl had his eyes open and was convinced he was actually floating. It is also interesting that on this occasion he also saw what appeared to be a short humanoid figure near the base of his bed. Contactees have often reported being visited by ET beings, who often stand around the bed of the individual staring down at them. Perhaps it is a mix of both – it is possible that Daryl suffers from sleep paralysis but could also be a contactee. However I feel that this scenario is unlikely. Contact also often runs through generations of a family blood line. It is not really known why, but it seems probable that the ETs are interested in our genetics and how they change over different generations. It is interesting to note that Daryl’s mother has also had similar experiences. Could it be that both Daryl and his mother are contactees? Body Markings One of the aspects of Daryl’s experiences which is the most intriguing is the various markings he has found upon his body on numerous occasions. One morning when he was 12-13 years old, he awoke to find strange red welts across his back which almost looked like scratch marks from a wild animal. His mother was the first to see the markings and was quite concerned about where they had come from. The skin was not broken or bleeding. The markings left behind stars which still exist today. Photograph of Daryl's back with the various scars indicated: 📷 Quite regularly Daryl also finds lines of dots on the back of one of his lower legs (He is not currently sure whether it is the same leg every time or not). He believes these have appeared on him since at least 2004 if not earlier. These lines are always perfectly straight, though the number of dots varies. The dots are quite small, several mm across. They are not raised and are flat on the skin, and a red sore colour. They tend to fade away within a day. Daryl is certain that these markings have not been caused by insect bites or scratches. He has not done so before, but he says that if any markings reappear on him he will take a photograph of them. Recently he found another long red scratch-like marking at the base of his neck. This marking appears to have a shorter line in the opposing direction towards the left hand side. Until he found it when looking in a mirror, Daryl had no idea this was here, and cannot think of anything which could be responsible for it. The marking does not look artificial, and it is possible that Daryl simply scratched himself on something without being aware, but considering the other markings which have appeared on him this could still be relevant. Photograph of the scratch-like marking on Daryl’s neck: 📷 These markings, especially the lines of dots, are very interesting indeed. There does not appear to be an easy explanation for them, and they may well be physical evidence that Daryl is an abductee. If the scratch-like welts were caused by creases in the bed clothes or an allergic reaction, surely they would occur constantly and it would be obvious this is what they were. Could these markings have been caused by instruments used on him during contact experiences that he is not yet aware of? In most contact cases the individual’s conscious mind is cleared so they do not remember what has taken place. Blood Stains Roughly every few months Daryl finds small specks of blood on his pillow case. He has no idea where this comes from, and is not prone to nosebleeds. There is never any sign that his nose or ears have been bleeding. Unexplained blood stains are one of the many signs that suggest contact may be taking place. This blood could be from temporary wounds inflicted by instruments used on him during contact experiences, which by morning have healed up. Unexplained Sounds Daryl regularly hears strange buzzing or ringing noises in his head while he is lying down in bed. These too can be a side effect of sleep paralysis, however Daryl says that he gets these at other times, and they do not appear related to his paralysis incidents. Contactees often report hearing similar sounds to these, and it is possible that these sounds are heard during ET scanning procedures or when a craft/ETs are in close proximity. However there is the possibility that the noises are a down to a medical condition such as tinnitus, and completely unrelated to contact. Cat’s Senses Daryl has a pet cat which often comes into his room during the night. Sometimes it stares at him in a very strange way, and in the end he will shoo the cat away as it starts to creep him out. Another strange thing which occurs from time to time is that lots of cats from the neighbourhood will sometimes congregate outside the house. There does not appear to be any particular reason for them to do this. It is widely believed that cat’s have heightened senses and can detect things which we usually cannot. Could these cats be sensing that Daryl is different in some way? Other Observations Daryl is drawn to the night sky and the stars, and quite often sits out staring up at them. He feels that when he does this he may see a UFO. Sometimes he gets a strange taste in his mouth which remains for at least a day. He cannot describe this taste, but when it occurs he tries to get rid of it by gargling mouthwash, although this does not seem to fully work. Daryl feels like he should be doing something, helping people in some way, but he is currently not aware of exactly how or why. All of these things are possible signs that he is a contactee. Obviously none of them prove this beyond doubt, but they are still interesting to note in addition to his other experiences. Conclusion Daryl has certainly had some interesting experiences. As he currently has no clear recollections of being aboard a craft and seeing alien beings I cannot say whether or not he is a contactee to any degree of certainty. It is possible that his experiences have other explanations such as sleep paralysis and phobias. However some of the things he has mentioned are intriguing and do perhaps point towards contact taking place. I hope to speak with Daryl’s mother soon to hear about her own experiences and what she makes of them. If I get the chance to do this I will add the findings to this report. Also Daryl has expressed the wish to be hypnotically regressed to see if there are any hidden memories surrounding some of his more unusual experiences. I hope to get this arranged for him in the near future. Copyright Dave Hodrien 2010

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave Hodrien Last Updated: 17/09/2010 For reasons of anonymity pseudonyms have been used, and specific locations and dates ommited Introduction Steve has experienced a number of strange events throughout his life, right back to his childhood. These events have puzzled him for many years, and nobody has been able to give him a valid explanation for them. He has looked into a number of different things which could be the cause of them, and has recently read into the abduction phenomena. As he looked into this subject, he felt very uneasy and a number of memories from his earlier years came back to him. Many of the things which he has experienced appear to match those reported by other contactees. Steve is a very cautious man, and does not accept anythig at face value. He has looked into the UFO subject and believes that some UFOs are extraterrestrial in origin, and that they have been here for thousands. However he is not yet convinced that he is personally experiencing contact or has done so in the past. But it is very interesting to see the correlations between his experiences and those commonly reported with contact. Panic Attacks When Steve was young he began to suffer from anxiety and panic attacks. These would occur out of the blue, and there was no clear reason for them. Steve was taken to see both doctors and psychiatrists but they could find the source of the attacks. However they did find that he was psychologically fine and not in any way metally impaired. In the end he was sent to a childrens home for kids with emotional issues. Years later when he left this home, he was mostly ok, but would still occassionally find himself in situations where he would suffer from intense panic for no apparent reason. Steve put this down to some kind of disorder and tried to get on with his life as best he could. Premonitions? Occassionally Steve would be aware of “seeing” things before they took place. From time to time he would think of something involving someone and soon afterwards they would bring it up in conversation. Steve noted that this seemed to happen more during periods of high stress. He is not completely convincved that it was anything more than just coincedence, but it did seem unusual to him. In 1985 Steve was doing some decorating around his girlfriend's mother's house. He was alone in the house and was painting the first floor landing. All of a sudden he had a vision of a calendar showing the month of February. Then he saw a pole, then flames with carnage all around - bodies of people, parts of seats, sponge and fire falling from the air. This vision only lasted a brief moment, and he carried on decorating thinking it had just been a day dream. That evening he was round his father's house and the news was on TV. A report came on about an air crash, flight Iberia 727 at Monte Oiz in Spain. The aircraft was on approach to Bilbao Airport, and accidentally struck the pole of a TV antenna on top of a mountain, crashing and killing all on board! It appears that Steve had a premonition about this disaster and knew it was due to take place. You can read further details about this air crash at the following address: http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19850219-1 Ghostly Apparition At some point after his premonition of the aircraft crash, Steve went for a meeting with a lecturer of parapsychology and his partner in Leicester. While he was there with them, the lady kept on looking behind the sofa Steve was sitting on, as if she could sense or see something there. Steve turned round to look and saw an old gentleman standing behind the sofa. The man spoke directly to Steve and told him that he was the lady's father. Steve told the lady of the old man's presence, and she appeared really pleased. Her father had passed away a number of years previously. This sighting of what appeared to be a ghost is yet more evidence that Steve has heightened senses, which could well have been gained through contact experiences. The Anxiety Returns Many years later, when Steve was grown up, the panic attacks and anxiety began to manifest again. He once more went to see doctors and psychologists about his condition. He also attended therapy sessions. He tried taking pills and medicines but these just made him feel worse. Two doctors diagnosed chronic anxiety and depression, whereas a specialist diagnosed post traumatic stress disorder. They claimed that the attacks were down to something which had happened in his childhood, but neither they nor he could link it to a specific known event or events. A Visitation Soon after the panic attacks returned, Steve began to remember things from his childhood. He remembered both unusual events which had taken place, and also strange “dreams” he had experienced when younger. Some of these experiences seemed very real to him, and he wondered if they had really taken place or not. Steve has recurring memories of a “dream” he had shortly before his anxiety began as a child. In this dream, he awoke in the night to see a number of beings around his bed. There was also a floating silver sphere, about 8-9 inches in diameter. He could not see the figures clearly they were just shadows standing close to the bed. Steve has no idea wether anything else took place. He remembers running to his parent’s room, but says that after that night things were never really the same again. Since reading into the types of ET beings seen in contact cases, Steve feels that the being to the left of the bed was a very tall female Nordic-type being with long blonde hair. The silver sphere was floating behind her right shoulder. To the right of the bed he feels that there were two smaller grey coloured beings. He is not sure if this is just his imagination, but he feels that through reading about these beings he may have unlocked further memories about the incident. For some reason when he thinks back to this experience, he feels that the female and grey beings are friendly, but he is absolutely terrified of the silver sphere. He also feels that he may have changed rooms with his dad some point after the incident because he was frightened to go to sleep, but he does not know this for definate as it happened so long ago. Visitations by shadowy beings in the night are a common aspect of contact, and have been reported many times before. However there are other things which could possibly explain the incident. Perhaps it was nothing more than a vivid dream. Or maybe it was linked with sleep paralysis. People undergoing this often report feeling a presence in the room or seeing beings around their bed. However, if the beings that Steve saw really were as he now remembers, then this may well be a genuine contact experience, one which perhaps changed his life in many ways from that point onward. Many contactees have reported seeing both Nordic and Grey-type beings at once, and there is evidence to suggest that these species are either working together or related to one another in some way. Steve regularly has dreams of flying over things, even though he has never been on an aeroplane. Again this is commonly reported by contactees, so is another point to consider. Could he be remembering something he has seen while on board craft? The White Orb A couple of days after Steve’s dad passed away, he was sitting in the living room of his house with his pet dog and watching late night TV. Suddenly the dog began whining, Steve looked over at it, and it was staring up at the ceiling. When he looked up he saw what looked like a small orb of glowing white energy. The orb was quite close to the ceiling though not touching it, and was a few inches in diameter. Steve was puzzled by it and wondered what it could possibly be. He is certain it was not a reflection of light on the ceiling from an unknown object. At first the orb was stationary. Steve and his dog both stared up at it for a couple of minutes. Then suddenly it began to move slowly towards the front door of the house. It passed through the door and was lost from sight. As it went, Steve noted that the dog kept watch on it until it had gone, so it was clearly a real event and not just his imagination. Cold Patch A few nights after the white orb incident, Steve was asleep in his bedroom, when he was awoken by the dog whining in the middle of the night. He got out of bed and went to the living room where the dog would usually sleep. The dog was sitting in the middle of the room and whining loudly. This is something it had never done before, so Steve knew that something was wrong. He walked over to comfort the dog, and as he got close he felt the temperature of the air drop dramatically. The dog appeared to be surrounded in a small patch of very cold clammy air. After a moment, this seemed to fade away and the temperature returned to normal. The dog seemed to settle back down and Steve returned to bed. Steve wonders if both this and the white orb were some kind of ghostly activity, and were signs that his father was still present in the house for a short time. Animals are widely believed to have high senses which allow them to detect unusual acgtivity. This could be a possibility, but it is also possible that these vents were linked with ET contact. Many contactees, including those I have investigated, have reported unusual paranormal activity around their home and sightings of glowing orbs. It is also possible that through contact Steve had gained heightened senses (either directly or indirectly), and it was due to this that he was able to see and detect these events. Glowing UFOs Sighting A couple of evenings after the incident with the cold air, Steve was out walking his dog around a local reservoir that he regularly likes to visit. He looked up into the night sky, and was astounded to see two glowing white objects alongside one another. As he watched they suddenly both shot straight upwards at a tremendous speed and were lost from sight. Steve was convinced that the objects had not been meteorites, as they were stationary to begin with, and besides this meteorites fly across the skyline, not straight up. The objects had moved much too fast to have been helicopters. Phobias Steve has a number of phobias which make him feel very uncomfortable. He is frightened of being held down while in a chair at the dentist or hairdressers. He is also scared of needles, and enclosed spaces such as elevators or corridors. All of these phobias are commonly reported by contactees. It is believed that these things remind them of events which have taken place during contact, such as the medical examinations often carried out by the ETs during abduction experiences. As with other things Steve has experienced, these fears do not prove he is a contactee, but should certainly be taken into consideration. Black UFO Sighting In early June 2010, Steve had another UFO sighting. He was once again out at the reservoir where he had seen the two glowing UFOs. It was evening time at sunset. He looked up into the sky and saw a strange black object floating in the air. At first he thought it must be a bin-bag or lantern drifing in the wind. It was an odd shape and was rotating in a clockwise direction continuously. There was a strong breeze blowing, yet the object maintained its position in the sky. Steve had his camera on him to take some landscape photographs, so decided to snap a couple of pictures of the object. First photograph of the UFO, showing the unusual shape of the object: 📷 Zoom image of the UFO: 📷 Zoom image of the UFO with edge find: 📷 Second photograph, showing the rotation of the UFO: 📷 Zoom image of the UFO (2nd photo): 📷 Zoom image of the UFO with edge find (2nd photo): 📷 Soon after taking the photographs, something very unusual took place. It looked as if a lump pushed out from the right hand side of the object, and from it emerged a second similar looking object. So now there were two objects next to each other. Even more bizarrely, the new object was rotating anti-clockwise, the opposite direction to the initial object. As he watched, the two objects then moved together back into one. Then a moment later, they blinked out in front of his eyes. There was nowhere for the object to have gone, it had vanished without trace! Soon afterwards, Steve took a landscape shot using a long distance lens. Later when he checked his photographs he saw what he believes could be the same object but much further away from his position. If it is the same object, then this suggests that instead of vanishing it may have moved extremely fast, and then stopped again at a different location. Or perhaps it had used some kind of cloaking ability before moving, and had then for whatever reason de-cloaked again. However there is the possibility it is something completely mundane such as an insect flying past the camera lens. Steve says he often has to airbrush insects out of his photographs taken at the reservoir, but that this looks different and like it is an object in the distance rather than close to the camera. Landscape photograph, showing the area of the sky where the UFO was initially (A), and the possible distant object (B): 📷 Zoom image of the Area B object: 📷 Zoom image of the Area B object with edge find: 📷 This is a very unsual sighting indeed. Many aspects of it point towards it being of something out of the ordinary. It was clearly not a conventional aircraft of any kind. It could not have been a strange shaped remote controlled model, as it would not have been able to suddenly vanish, plus the duplication into two objects and then re-merge into one would have been extremely difficult to pull off. As you can see from the photographs, the object appears opaque black in colour, and has a strange curved shape, which straigtens out towards a more flattened edge. Im some ways it is a bit similar to the shape of a Chinese lantern viewed side on, although due to the strange behaviour exhibited by the object I feel this explanation can be ruled out. There are a number of reasons why it is unlikely to have been one or more inflatables/balloons. Firstly it was windy weather conditions - if it was drifting in the air, then it would not have retained its position in the sky for the length of time that it did. It appears that the object was either not affected by the wind or was powered in some way. You may feeel that when the object duplicated, the second object could just have been behind or next to the initial object and had then temporarily dettached. This is a possibility, though it would not explain why the second object was rotating in the opposite direction to the first, or how it then became reattached to the first object and appeared to once again merge with it. Also if the object was anything mundane, it would not have suddenly vanished from sight. As you can see from the photographs, the object was clearly visible and there was only light high altitude cloud at the time, so it is not possible that the object simply disappeared into the distance or into the clouds. Steve says it was simply there one moment, and gone the next. The final photograph which shows an unidentified dark object much further away adds another level of mystery to the sighting. We have no way of knowing if it really was the same object, but Steve feels that it may well have been. It is interesting to note that Steve has had two UFO sightings around the same location, and that location is a reservoir. It is believed by some that UFOs are seen more regularly around reservoirs or other bodies of water. The reason for this is not currently known; perhaps they collect water for their own usage. Neither of Steve’s experiences involved any direct interaction with either himself or the surroundings. This incident reminds me of another sighting I have recently investigated. The object appears quite similar to a UFO seen over Dudley Castle on 12th March 2010. There is a seperate case report which covers this incident. Orange Orb Sighting In early August 2010 Steve visited a friend who lives close to East Midlands airport. At about 10pm he was about to leave and they were chatting on the front door step of his friend's house. His friend noticed a light in the sky and pointed it out to Steve. It was a glowing orange object. Steve said that it must be a Chinese lantern. It was drifting alongside the approach to the airport. A large yellow DHL freighter came in on the approach. At this point Steve started to reconsider his previous explanation. The orange light looked at least half as big as the aircraft. As it got closer it appeared like a large ball of flame with a rotating square/triangle shape in the middle just visible inside the glow. The plane flew past the object and landed at the airport. A moment later the object faded away into the distance. Even though the object had a strange appearance and seemed quite large in size, I still feel that a lantern may have been the explanation for it. It did not display any manouvres which would suggest intelligence, and the colour and shape fits with a lantern. It is often hard to tell the size of Chinese lanterns because they are so bright - they can often appear much larger than they in fact are. However it is strange that the centre appeared to be rotating, perhaps this was an illusion caused by the flame flickering. White Orb Sighting At 10pm on 16th September 2010 Steve was in his office and on the phone to the same friend who he had witnessed the orange orb with. He looked out of the window and noticed a bright white light in the direction of Leicester. At first he thought it was a bright star appearing low in the sky. After a few minutes a small aircraft appeared, flying between 5000-8000 feet, coming from the direction of Leicester. As the aircraft approached the position of the bright star, all of a sudden the "star" increased in altitude extremely fast and then stopped again. Steve immediately realised it was not a star, but was a glowing unidentified object. Once the aircraft had gone past, it then dropped back down to where it had originally been positioned! At this point Steve grabbed his camera and took several photographs of the object. When he checked the photos he found that most of them turned out blurred due to camera motion: 📷 📷 📷 The third shot is odd, and has a reddish tinge to it. However the last photo Steve took came out the clearest, and shows the surroundings as well as the UFO. 📷 Below is a zoomed view of the UFO taken from this final photo: 📷 After taking the photographs, Steve continued to watch the object for about 15 minutes, during which time it remained stationary. He also decided to take some video footage of the object. Video of the white orb (which appears pale blue on zoom). The audio can be ignored, it is just the TV and Steve speaking with his friend, and is not related to what's on camera: After a while Steve had to go out. He returned at 11.30pm and checked again but the object was no longer there. This is a fascinating sighting of a glowing object seemingly under intelligent control. The fact that it moved out of the way of the aircraft and then moved back to where it had been, and did so at a sudden extremely fast speed is impressive. These manouvres would not have been possible with a helicopter or brightly lit remote controlled model, and it clearly wasn't an LED balloon or lit inflatable object. Due to the movement exhibited I feel this may well have been a genuine sighting of an advanced ET craft. A Family Connection? Steve does not wish me to reveal the details within this report, but he has informed me that his mother has also had experiences which could point towards her too being a contactee. Contact often runs through numerous generations of a family. The reason for this is not really known, althought there are numerous theories. Perhaps the ETs wish to explore how genetics changes down the family bloodline. Conclusion Even though Steve does not currently have any concious memories of actually being taken aboard craft, this case is none the less extremely interesting. He has had numerous sightings of strange aerial objects, two of which have been photographed. He experiences ongoing panic attacks and unusual phobias for which he currently has no valid explanation. He has had recurring dreams of incidents which appear to involve visitation by unidentified beings. He has seen and felt unusual paranormal activity in his home, activity which his pet dog has also been aware of. All of these aspects suggest that he may be a contactee, one who at present has not fully uncovered all that has happened to him. I spoke with Steve about the possibility of hypnotic regression, but due to his current state of mind and warnings he received from his doctors, this is not something he currently wishes to pursue. I hope that over time Steve finds the answers he is searching for and gains more of an understanding of what has happened to him. I would also like to personally thank him for sharing the information discussed throughout this report. Copyright Dave Hodrien 2010

Birmingham UFO Group Report Author: Dave Hodrien Release Date: 28/09/2010 Many sightings of UFOs that take place after dark are just of anomalous glowing unidentified lights. In such incidents it is hard to say what the object is going on appearance alone, other aspects of the sighting such as movement pattern becomes much more important. In this particular case, the movement of the objects is the most impressive aspect. Sighting Details It was around 9.00pm on 21st September 2010. Paul, Jason and Jason's two sons had been to Cantebury for the day for football training. They were on their way back to London. Jason was driving the car, and Paul was in the passenger seat. They were driving along the M2 motorway. It was a clear and still night and the stars could be seen overhead. As the car approached the Medway services near Gillingham, Kent, Paul noticed two bright white orbs of light in the sky directly in front of them to the North East East. He watched for a moment before alerting the others in the car to their presence. Aerial map showing the stretch of motorway along which the sighting took place: 📷 He continued to watch the lights, which were hovering in the sky and slowly moving towards and away from each other. They appeared to be a number of miles away from their location and about 500-600 feet high. Initially Paul thought they must be helicopters. After about 2 minutes one of the lights suddenly dimmed in brightness and then greatly increased in acceleration and flew away to the North West towards London at an extremely fast speed. It was only visible for several seconds before it had gone out of sight! A few seconds later the remaining object performed the same manoeuvre, but this time flew away to the North towards Essex. Due to the movement observed, Paul was immediately certain that the objects had not been helicopters and must have been something else entirely. Sighting Analysis Despite the fact the UFOs were only seen at a distance and no discernable shape could be made out, this is an impressive sighting due to the movement pattern observed. As Paul rightly points out, when the objects left the area they did so at a speed far greater than helicopters could move at. The fact the objects were more or less stationary for up to two minutes before means they cannot have been conventional aircraft either. They obviously moved far too fast to have been something else such as LED balloons or remote controlled models. A natural explanation such as ball lightning is also extremely unlikely in this case. I feel that due to the movement seen, there is certainly a possibility that this was a sighting of two advanced craft, possibly of extraterrestrial origin. If what was seen was two secret military craft or drones, it is unlikely they would have been flown in such a public location, in full view of anyone driving along the M2 motorway at that time. Copyright Dave Hodrien 2010

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave Hodrien Release Date: 29/09/2010 This report covers an unusual sighting of four triangular shaped objects which were observed over the Birmingham area in early September 2010. Sighting Details At 8pm on the evening of 20th September 2010, Simon and Judith (Names changed for privacy reasons) were watching TV in their home on Brook Lane, Springfield, Birmingham. It was a clear evening and the sun had set. The curtains of the living room were still open. Simon happened to glance through the window a moment. He saw some glowing lights in the sky to the South. He pointed it out to Judith and they both took a closer look. Aerial map of Brook Lane: 📷 They saw a flattened triangular shaped object, like a diamond cut in half. Along each of the edges were what looked like red, white and blue lights. The blue and white lights were constant, where as the red ones appeared to be flickering. The main body of the object appeared dark. There was a glowing light at the base of the object which was constantly bright. It was hard to judge exactly how large it was, but it appeared sizeable. The object was moving on a straight course. They watched it until it had flown out of sight. Soon afterwards a second identical object appeared, heading on the same path as the first. Over the next 5 minutes, four identical objects had been seen, all travelling in the same direction, and all spaced the same distance apart. The witnesses wondered what the objects could be and were fascinated by them. Sighting Analysis This is an interesting sighting and one which it is hard to pin down an explanation for. The objects certainly had an unusual appearance, and did not look like conventional aircraft or balloons. The fact there were four of them means they were unlikely to be radio controlled models of some kind. They were clearly not typical Chinese lanterns, as these tend to appear as glowing orange/yellow orbs of light. However the movement pattern of the objects and the fact they appeared one at a time suggests that they could have been inflatables drifting in an air current which had been launched from somewhere just as lanterns often are. Perhaps the objects were LED balloons. These are balloons which come in a variety of shapes and sizes, and are electronically lit by one or more LEDs. This seems like a possible explanation for the strange objects, but it is by no means a definite. It is feasible that the objects were under control, but they did not display any manoeuvres which would definitely suggest intelligence. This sighting will probably remain a mystery. If you have any information about what these objects could have been, please get in touch. Copyright Dave Hodrien 2010

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave Hodrien Originally forwarded from Richard Hall Last Updated: 03/10/2010 Introduction Out of the myriad of shapes that UFOs can appear in, the flying saucer is still the most widely recognised. This report covers a stunning close encounter of one such craft which took place in the mid 1990’s in Cumbernauld, Glasgow, Scotland. Cumbernauld is within the “Falkirk Triangle”, a known UFO hot spot which also includes Bonnybridge, a town widely recognised for its ongoing UFO activity. Sighting Details It was about 7.45pm on an evening in November 1994/95 (Exact date unknown). It was a still but cold evening, with scattered cloud through which some stars could be made out. Tony was in his second floor apartment on Pine Road, Abronhill, watching TV. The apartment had a full length window, giving a wide angled view over the local area. Aerial map showing sighting location: 📷 Tony’s views on UFOs and extraterrestrials were about to be changed forever. Suddenly a large glowing white object came over the roof of the apartment. Tony immediately jumped to his feet to see what was going on. The object was about 150 feet up. When he first viewed it, he was looking up at it at a sharp angle, so it appeared circular in shape. The entire object was glowing a burning white, no marking or other details could be made out. Tony estimates it was 25-30 feet in diameter. The object was moving on a level course to the South at about 40 mph. Photograph from the sighting location in the direction the UFO was heading in: 📷 As the UFO moved further away, Tony began to see it for what it truly was – a saucer-shaped craft with a dome protruding from a curved disc. Due to the cold temperature, it was a quiet night, and he did not see anyone else around in the vicinity of his home. However, as the UFO flew right over the town, there may well have been other witnesses elsewhere. Tony continued to watch the craft for over a minute until it had moved out of sight. Drawing of the UFO based on witness description: 📷 This is not where the story ends. The following day Tony went down his local pub The Maltings for a drink, the events of the previous evening still playing on his mind. His friend Barry walked in and came over to him. Before Tony had time to speak, Barry excitedly said “You’re not going to believe what I saw last night!” He went on to explain that he had been driving along Forest Road at the Southern edge of the town. Next to the road lies an area of dense trees and undergrowth. All of a sudden the wooded area lit up in a bright white flash, making it appear clear as day. It did this two more times before returning to darkness. Barry did not mention seeing any craft, and had not got out of the car to investigate. Photograph of Forest Road with accompanying woodland: 📷 Aerial map showing UFO sighting location and Forest Road: 📷 Tony asked him if the flashes had occurred around 8pm. Barry confirmed that this had indeed been the time. Tony then went on to tell him about his own sighting. The two men were convinced that the incidents were linked. Tony kept an eye on the local news over the next few days but neither the UFO or flashes of light were mentioned at all. Sighting Analysis This is a fantastic sighting of what was more than likely a genuine advanced craft of extraterrestrial origin. Due to the appearance, size and controlled flight path of the object it is very unlikely to have been something else such as a radio controlled model or lit inflatable. It was clearly not a conventional aircraft of any kind, due to the relatively low altitude it was flying at Tony could easily make out its shape. Tony feels it is very unlikely to have been a secret military craft of some kind because if it was there would be no way they would have flown it directly over a populated town. This would be completely illogical, and I certainly agree with Tony’s views on this. UFOs are often seen to glow after dark. It is widely believed that this is due to the anti-gravitational field that surrounds them while they are airborne. The flashes seen by Barry are also very interesting. It is highly likely that they were caused by the craft, as Tony saw it heading in the direction of Forest Road, and if the craft remained on the same course it would have been over that area at the time the flashes occurred. We can only speculate what the flashes actually were. Perhaps the craft was scanning the woodland for something. Or perhaps the flashes were linked with its propulsion system. Could the craft have even landed in the forest? We will probably never know the answers to these questions. Because of the time the incidents took place, it is likely that there are other witnesses who are yet to come forward. The flashes were very bright and would probably have been visible to any driver heading along Forest Road at that time. If you have any further information on this stunning case, please get in touch. Copyright Dave Hodrien 2010

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave Hodrien Originally forwarded by Richard Hall Release Date: 04/10/2010 This report covers a fascinating close encounter with a boomerang-shaped UFO which took place in Bedlington, Northumberland in May 2010, and may well have occurred directly as a result of something the witness was doing at the time. Sighting Details In May 2010 Jane Davison from Bedlington, Northumberland bought an astronomy lazer pointer, a device which shines a bright green lazer light into the air allowing individual stars to be pointed out. She did this after watching some night-time clips on the internet where UFOs were apparently vectored in by one of these lazer pointers, and could be seen flashing in the night sky. She wanted to give it a go herself, and hoped to get some kind of response. Early in the morning of 12th May, Jane was watching some TV after a late shift at work at her home on Windsor Gardens. Her family were asleep upstairs. It was the first clear night since she had bought the lazer pointer, so she then decided to head out into her back garden to try it out for the first time. It was now about 1.20am. Aerial map showing location of Windsor Gardens: 📷 It was very peaceful outside and there were no aircraft in the sky, so it was safe to use the pointer. She aimed it up into the sky and shone it a couple of times. Suddenly she heard a very quiet and low pitch noise in her right ear. It sounded similar to someone swinging a cord around in circles. She turned towards the sound, expecting a flock of birds to be the cause of the strange sound. Instead she was greeted by an incredible sight. There hovering over her neighbours garden was a black boomerang-shaped object. It was about 50 feet in width, and had five equally spaced green glowing lights on its underside, which were not very bright. Its surface was smooth, and it had curved edges with no sharp corners. It was level with the roof of the house, and was only about 30-40 feet away from her position. It appeared to be sideways on to her. Jane immediately assumed this object was an advanced craft of some kind. She also felt sure it had arrived in response to her shining the lazer pointer. Photograph of the sighting location with UFO drawn on top by the witness to illustrate how it appeared to her: 📷 Jane froze to the spot in fear, she was absolutely terrified by the sudden appearance of this unusual craft and its proximity to her. Even though she had a camera in the house, she did not think about this at all, her prime concern was for the safety of her family. The craft remained completely motionless, and continued to make the strange whirring noise. After about 5-8 seconds, it turned through 45 degrees away from her to the South over 4 seconds. It did this without changing position or tilting at all. At this point Jane forced herself to move and quickly ran back inside the house. She remained inside and did not go back out, so has no way of knowing how long the craft remained in the area or how it left. Jane immediately woke her husband up, hysterically telling him about what she had just witnessed. He refused to get up out of bed, and there was no way Jane could get to sleep after what she had seen. She instead decided to phone her work place. She knew her work mate Nick was on the night shift. He picked up the phone and she excitedly went on to explain what had happened. She said to him “Nick you have to be my witness. If I go missing, at least someone knows what’s happened to me!” She was terrified that the craft may still be outside and may decide to take her. Jane’s husband heard the noise of the call and came downstairs to see who she was talking to. Jane remained awake for the rest of the night. At 3am she rang Nick back to thank him and let him know she was ok. She was too frightened to look back out of the window until the sun came up. Later in the morning she spoke to her neighbours. They said they had not heard or seen anything. The craft had been extremely close, and looking back on the incident, Jane wishes she had reacted more calmly and taken some photographs of it. The sighting has changed her life in numerous ways, and Jane now has a new found perspective on the reality of UFOs and extraterrestrials. Sighting Analysis This is a truly incredible incident, and one which I believe definitely took place. The witness sounds completely trustworthy and has nothing to gain by sharing her experience with me. Firstly it seems very likely that this was a genuine sighting of an ET craft. Its appearance was completely different to any known conventional aircraft, and it was capable of remaining stationary and turning on the spot. It also managed to arrive without the witness noticing, and emitted only a faint sound, one that has been reported numerous times before. It is very unlikely to have been some kind of inflatable object, not only due to the green lights along it but also the circumstances under which it appeared. It seems too large to have been a remote controlled model, also for what purpose would it have been flown in the middle of the night when it was unlikely anyone would even see it? Could the craft have been a secret military project, not alien? This is of course a possibility, but if it was it is very unlikely they would have flown it over a populated town. I feel therefore that it is likely the craft was extraterrestrial in origin. The description of the craft sounds very similar to the object which was seen over Phoenix, Arizona on 13th March 1997. The craft in the Phoenix Lights incident was much larger, and it had white lights instead of green, but the shape and lighting configuration were similar. Below is a drawing of the craft seen over Phoenix by one of the witnesses, the similarities are easy to see: 📷 It seems very probable that this craft did arrive directly as a result of Jane using the lazer pointer. Obviously this usually does not happen when these devices are used, otherwise it would be easy to get conclusive proof that UFOs exist. It is possible that this happened by pure chance, perhaps the craft was in the vicinity, the lazer light was noticed and it flew in for a closer look. Or perhaps it was there to observe Jane or her neighbours, and it was just a coincidence that the lazer pointer was being used at the time. The green lights seen under the craft are interesting. This is just a suggestion but could these lights have been changed to this colour in direct response to the green lazer light that Jane was shining into the air? Whatever the reason for the craft’s appearance that night, this remains an impressive close encounter. Due to the time of night that it took place, there would not have been many people out on the streets, but it is still possible that other witnesses exist. If you too saw this craft over Bedlington please get in touch. Copyright Dave Hodrien 2010

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave Hodrien Release Date: 10/10/2010 Introduction Phil Wright from Coventry is a keen astronomer and enjoys taking photographs of the sky , planets and stars. Over time he has both seen and photographed a number of interesting UFOs. He has come to realise that there are certainly strange objects flying around our skies, and for the last five years has regularly scanned the skies with his telescope and camera in the hopes of seeing them. He does this from the back garden of his home on William Bree Road, Eastern Green, Coventry. This report covers each of his UFO sightings and contains photographic analysis of the images he has managed to capture. Aerial map showing location of William Bree Road, from where the photographs in this report were taken: 📷 04/02/2007 – ORANGE ORB UFO Sighting Details At 1.46pm on the 4th February 2007, Phil was out in his back garden and trying out his new Canon eos400d camera with Sigma 105mm ex telephoto lens. The weather was quite cloudy, but there were still patches of blue sky. He suddenly caught sight of a very fast moving bright yellow/orange orb of light. It was moving much faster than a low altitude fighter jet would fly at, and heading on a straight course to the West. It was at an angle of about 20-30 degrees from his position. Luckily the camera was set up on the tripod and pointing towards the object, and Phil quickly snapped three frames over one second. The object was visible for a further 3 seconds in which time it had covered the entire skyline and disappeared into the horizon. He did not expect to have caught the object due to its speed, but when he checked he found he had managed to capture it on the first two of the three photographs. Bizarrely, the object appeared at exactly the same position on both the photographs. Phil finds this aspect of the incident very hard to explain – it was almost as if for a fraction of a second the object had halted, perhaps to allow itself to be photographed! He is certain that the two photographs were both genuine and that one was not a copy of the other. Unfortunately Phil has currently only been able to locate the first photograph of the three, but if he manages to find the others he says he will send them to me for inclusion here. Photographic Analysis Here is the first photograph which captured the object. The intense glowing light coming from the object can be easily seen: 📷 Zoomed view of the UFO: 📷 Zoomed view of the UFO with edge find: 📷 Sighting Analysis This is an interesting sighting that defies many explanations. The appearance of the object was very similar to how Chinese lanterns appear. However the object was moving much too fast for it to have been a lantern, even if there was fast wind conditions (Which there wasn’t at ground level). It was also moving too fast to have been a conventional aircraft/helicopter, and as it was the daytime the shape would have been visible. It is possible that it was an earth light, although these would not generally move so fast or travel right across the sky as the object did. Perhaps it was a daylight sighting of a meteorite burning up in the atmosphere. This is probably the most logical explanation for what was seen and photographed. However this does not explain how it appeared at the same position on two separate photographs, unless there was a temporary issue with the camera. There is still a chance it was something much more unusual travelling on an intentional course. 17/03/2007 – METALLIC FLOWER-SHAPED UFO Sighting Details It was 2.30pm on 17th March 2007, and Phil was once again out in the back garden of his house checking out the sky. It was a mild sunny day, with patchy cloud and a light breeze. He sighted what looked like a bright glinting dot in the sky moving from the South West to the North East. Aiming his camera towards the object he started to take photographs at a rate of 1 a second. Through the telescopic lens he could see that the object appeared to be metallic silver in colour. It was shaped like a flower, with a rounded central section surrounded by petal-like appendages radiating outward. As he watched, these appendages appeared to change position and angle in an unusual way. Within a minute the object had been lost from sight to the East. Photographic Analysis Sadly Phil lost most of the photographs he took of this particular object when his laptop stopped working. However he had luckily managed to save a couple of them beforehand. Below is the first photograph: 📷 Zoomed photo of the UFO: 📷 Zoomed photo of the UFO with edge find: 📷 In this second zoomed photograph, the edge appendages look a little different and less pronounced. Phil says that the other photos showed similar differences as if the outer edges of the object were moving and changing in some way: 📷 Sighting Analysis Phil admits that the object could have been a balloon, however he did find the apparent movement of the outer sections of the object to be very unusual. This could however have been merely a trick of the light. I agree with Phil, it is certainly possible that the object was a decorative balloon of some kind, although the shape is extremely odd. It was certainly not a conventional aircraft of any kind. It did not perform any interesting manoeuvres which would suggest it was under any form of control. 29/05/2007 – WHITE FLICKERING UFO Sighting Details On 29th May 2007 Phil was to witness another strange looking object. It was a very clear day with only light fluffy clouds. At 5.52pm Phil caught sight of a bright, erratically flickering UFO in the sky. The object was moving from South West to North East and appeared to be at very high altitude. It looked like it was white in colour and a very strange shape which was hard to describe. The flickering coming from it was extremely bright and reminded Phil of a welding arc. It was travelling on a straight course at a steady speed similar to that of an aircraft. Phil had his camera at the ready and started taking a photograph every second until the memory card became full. As the object flew towards the North East horizon, it appeared to get even brighter for a moment, and also seemed to “hang around” for a moment, which suggests it was at very high altitude. Phil has often seen low flying aircraft leaving from Birmingham International airport, and when these reach the horizon they vanish straight away. Photographic Analysis Here is a time-lapsed video sequence that Phil has made from the photographs. This clearly shows the odd shape of the object and its rotation: There are far too many photographs taken to display all of them, but below are a select number of photographs. As you can see, the object’s shape looks different in each, which suggests it was probably rotating to different angles. Here is an example of how the object appears unzoomed: 📷 Zoomed photo of UFO: 📷 Zoomed photo of UFO with edge find: 📷 A number of other zoomed photos of the object: 📷 📷 📷 Sighting Analysis This is a truly bizarre looking object. I feel that the most likely explanation is some kind of lightweight material that was caught in an air current and drifting across the sky. Perhaps it was even space debris that was in orbit just outside of the atmosphere. It does not look like a balloon, but neither does it seem to have a definite shape or structure to it which would indicate it was some kind of craft. Phil says it appeared white and had flickering light coming from it. There is the possibility that it was reflecting sunlight at certain angles which would have created this effect. 26/07/2008 – SPINNING DISC-SHAPED UFO Sighting Details Late on the evening of 26th July 2009, Phil saw and photographed a strange disc-shaped object in the sky. He first sighted it through binoculars and it appeared as a tiny metallic looking object, with a shape very reminiscent of a “classic” flying saucer. It was not visible with the naked eye due to the distance. It appeared to be at very high altitude and was hardly moving. Phil took about 40 photographs of the object, but when he tried to find it again with his binoculars he had lost sight of it. It had probably headed to the South away from him. When he checked the photos, it appeared that the object had been rocking back and forth and also possibly rotating anti-clockwise. Photographic Analysis Below is a time-lapsed video of the object, showing the rotation and erratic rocking movement: One of the original photographs: 📷 Here is a close up of the object: 📷 Zoomed view of the UFO with edge find: 📷 A number of other close ups of the object: 📷 📷 📷 Sighting Analysis I feel that the most likely explanation for this particular object is some kind of balloon/inflatable. It appears to be silver in colour. The rocking motion and possible rotation could well be caused by the object being blown in the wind at high altitude. It looks nothing like a conventional aircraft, and did appear to be in the atmosphere, albeit very high up. I do wonder if in fact the object was similar in shape to the UFO Phil saw on 17th March 2007, with a more flower-like shape, but with the appendages beings viewed from the side. The central area of the UFO does not appear smooth, and suggests that it could be oddly shaped. 21/02/2009 – OVAL UFO WITH RED LIGHT Sighting Details This sighting occurred around lunchtime on 21st February 2009. It was a moderate temperature with a mostly clear sky, except for a few fast moving clouds. Phil was sweeping the sky with his binoculars when he came across a small intense red light, at an elevation of about 60 degrees. The object appeared to be stationary, with the intensity of the light slightly changing every few seconds. Phil used his William Optics Megrez72 apo camera with 1.4x Teleconverter and took 25 photographs at 1 second intervals. After about a minute, some high level haze appeared and blocked out the object from sight. When he checked the photographs on his laptop, Phil could then make out a dark oval-shaped object behind the light. It appeared that the red light was emenating from this object, possibly even coming from an opening in it. It was also possible to see that the object was rotating in an anti-clockwise direction Photographic Analysis Below is a time-lapsed video sequence of the object, showing it’s shape and rotation: Photograph of object without zoom: 📷 Zoomed photo of the object: 📷 Zoomed photo of the object with edge find: 📷 Other example zoomed photographs of the UFO: 📷 📷 📷 Sighting Analysis As Phil has stated, this could well be a balloon/inflatable with LED light attached. It’s constant rotation could be caused by the object drifting in air currents. This is not a definite though, and the rotation of the object could be entirely intentional. The object is clearly not a conventional aircraft of any kind, and it does not look like atmospheric phenomena. If it was some kind of structured flying model it is unlikely it would have been rotating. The most probable explanation is a lit inflatable of some kind. 23/04/2010 – GLOWING ORANGE CYLINDRICAL UFO Sighting Details At 5.22pm on 23rd April 2010, Phil caught a glimpse of a stationary flickering amber coloured light to the North from his back garden. It was a clear sunny evening, and the glow coming from the object was immediately apparent. It appeared to be extremely far away as even through his binoculars he could only make out the intense light. He snapped 30 photographs of the object using his telescope and camera setup. Later when he checked on his laptop, it became clear that the object was cylindrical in shape. Also he found that it appeared to be rotating on the spot. Photographic Analysis Here is a time-lapsed video sequence, which clearly shows the clockwise rotation of the object: Below is an example photograph of the object: 📷 Zoomed photo of the UFO: 📷 Zoomed photo of the UFO with edge find: 📷 Other example zoomed photos of the object: 📷 📷 Sighting Analysis I feel that the most probable explanation for this sighting is an internally lit balloon of some kind. The object appears too long to be a conventional Chinese lantern, and also these do not tend to rotate completely even if caught in a breeze. However the fact that it was a glowing amber colour and occasionally flickering lead me to believe it had a flame inside of it. It performed no manoeuvres which suggest that it was under control, and its rotation could easily have been caused by it being blown around in an air current. As with most of the other sightings here I cannot give a definite answer to what was seen, but this is the most likely explanation. 09/05/2010 – METALLIC UFO WITH VAPOUR TRAIL Sighting Details On the afternoon of 9th May 2010, Phil was out in the back garden of his house. It was 2.15pm and a clear, warm day with a slight breeze and some white cloud cover. He was out with some binoculars and Pointed Handheld Celestron 5 telescope with attached Canon 550d slr camera attached, and was doing a scan of the sky to see if he could spot anything out of the ordinary. As he looked through his binoculars, he came across a distant object glinting in the sunlight to the North North East. It was hard to judge the size of the object, but it appeared to be high in the atmosphere, at least at airliner cruising altitude. It was at about 45 degrees elevation from his position. It was too distant to visually notice any detail, so he began taking photographs of it through his telescopic camera. He took 25 photos, but then thought to himself that the object was nothing more than a balloon and put his equipment down. A minute later he noticed that the object had moved slightly higher in elevation, so decided to take a further 15 photographs, after which he lost sight of it behind some clouds. Phil was curious as to what the object could have been, but assumed that when he scanned the photos into his PC it would turn out to be nothing more than a balloon. However he was surprised to find that the object was something much more interesting! It looked like a metallic silver hexagonal or star shaped structure, with a central domed area and a number of appendages sticking out from it. These appendages appeared to have blue lights at their tips. Surrounding the object was a strange looking white vapour trail which appeared to have a particle-like structure to it. Phil had never seen anything like this before. Throughout the 40 photos that he took, the object appeared to be morphing and moving into and out of this trail, perhaps suggesting that it was being emitted from the whole object rather than a specific place on it. The trail appeared to be directly behind the object. Phil has a lot of experience of observing jet aircraft and knows how their trails appear at different angles. The photographs suggest that the object was possibly changing shape or morphing relative to the trail, although it could have just been rotating to different angles. Soon after the incident, Phil sent some of the images to UFO researcher Martin Slough to see what he thought of them. Just like Phil, he had no idea what the object could be and agreed that it looks extremely unusual. In June 2010 Phil sent me all the high resolution photographs he had taken of the object. Some of these photos are analysed and discussed below. Photographic Analysis Here is a time-lapsed video of the UFO showing it’s bizarre shape and actions: Below is the first photograph taken of the object (The original pixel definition is much larger than this, enabling a closer view of the UFO, even though it is quite small when looking at the picture as a whole): 📷 Here is an zoomed view the UFO. As you can see, it appears to be a very strange shape with rounded domes protruding from it. It looks to be metallic and reflecting sunlight. The extensions with possible blue lights at the ends are not really visible in this initial photograph, but throughout the sequence the object appears to change angle or actually morph into different shapes. You can also see the strange vapour trail behind/below the object: 📷 Zoomed view of the UFO with edge find: 📷 The whole sequence of photographs is very long. Rather than show every single shot, I have chosen specific zoomed photos which show the object at various angles or performing different actions. In the below photo, the object appears to have completely vanished into the vapour trail apparently pouring out of it. This is very strange and suggests that the vapour sometimes surrounds the object as well as just pouring out from behind it. It does this numerous times throughout the photographic sequence, remaining hidden for up to three frames before becoming visible again: 📷 This photo is from after it has “reappeared” from out of the vapour. As you can see the appearance is now different, probably because the object has rotated to a different angle: 📷 In this photo it is possible to see what looks like small blue lights around the upper edge of the body of the object. From this angle these do not look like they are protruding from it very far, but later photos suggest otherwise: 📷 Later in the sequence, one of the photos shows the object as looking more like a star shape, with clear rounded triangular sections. It is impossible to know the angle the object is at (Of course this assumes that it actually has a front, back, top and bottom): 📷 This compelling photograph, taken from towards the end of the sequence, shows the object as a rounded hexagonal shape. At the top and possibly the bottom it is possible to see two protrusions, at the ends of which appear to be small blue coloured lights: 📷 Sighting Analysis The object that Phil photographed on this occasion truly is an anomaly. The photos taken are the most bizarre set of UFO photographs that BUFOG has yet received, and I find this sighting completely fascinating. Without his telescopic camera, this would have been nothing more than a tiny dot reflecting light. Many high altitude UFO sightings end up like this, with no way of knowing whether the object is something mundane or out of the ordinary. But thanks to the equipment available at the time of this sighting, we instead are left with many photos of a highly unusual structured object. It clearly looks to be solid, and looks like it is emitting a vapour trail of some kind. It looks completely different from any conventional aircraft. It is unlikely to be a remote controlled model due to the high altitude it appeared to be at. Also it looks nothing like an inflatable object or a bunch of balloons tied together. LED balloons do feature small glowing lights, however balloons do not emit a visible trail behind them. If you have ever seen anything similar to this or know what the object could possibly be, please do get in touch. For now it remains an intriguing mystery. Conclusion Over the last few years Phil has managed to capture some very interesting objects on camera. While some of them may well have mundane explanations, all of them certainly look very unusual, and display characteristics different to many normal aerial objects. I am certain that he will continue to watch the skies over Coventry, and will continue to film UFOs, and if he stays in touch this report will be updated with these further sightings. Copyright Dave Hodrien 2010