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Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave Hodrien Originally forwarded by Richard Hall Release Date: 18/11/2010 For reasons of anonymity pseudonyms have been used Introduction The following case you are about to read about defies rational explanation. It is certainly a bizarre set of circumstances. The case involves both a UFO and unidentified entities, and is in places quite disturbing. Incident Details The incident began in the forest up American Fork Canyon just North of Cascade Springs late evening on 28th October 2010. US army soldier Ben and his friends Timothy and Chris were at a campsite 45 minutes along a dirt track in the mountains overlooking Heaber City. They had a bonfire going at the camp, which lit up the surrounding trees in a fiery glow. Aerial map of the area where the incident took place, West of Heber: 📷 At about 11pm, an orb of white light appeared through the trees. The men estimated it was about 50-60 metres to the East of the campsite. The light split into two and began to move back and forth. It changed colour to red, then to green, then back to white. It then vanished from sight. The men were discussing what the orb of light could be when it suddenly returned and repeated the same sequence. It continued to do this numerous times over the next few hours. At no point did the men decide to walk through the forest and find out what was causing the light, but it was a bit un-nerving. After a while, the men started to hear crackling noises coming from the trees near to the camp. This sound would come and go and was very distinct. Ben kept on telling himself that it was the sound of the fire bouncing off the trees, but he did not really believe this deep down. In the early hours of the morning, at least 3am, the orb of light had just appeared and vanished. Soon after it had gone, the men suddenly heard a deep growling sound and movement near to the camp. They thought there was a big animal of some kind nearby, so decided it was a good time to leave. They all got back in the car and started driving back along the dirt road to the South. After about three miles, Timothy got out a minute to use the bathroom. He headed over to the side of the track, while Ben and Chris remained in the car. Suddenly he noticed two strange looking figures running towards the car out of the darkness from the direction of the campsite. They had something strange up around the shoulders which almost looked like wings. They were moving very quickly in the direction of the car. As it was dark they could not see their features clearly. Timothy ran back to the car and they sped away down the track. Looking behind them they could see that the two figures were giving chase, and somehow were managing to keep up with the car! Ben was very scared and felt that these figures were going to catch up with the car and something bad was going to happen. He could see that Timothy and Chris were also very un-nerved by the situation. After about 5 minutes, the car reached the main road at the end of the dirt track. As they turned onto the road, something large flew over the top of the car. The soldiers believe that one of the creatures had taken off and flown above them off into the night. The men continued their drive home and discussed what had just happened. Incident Analysis This is a very unusual series of events. Considering the remoteness of their location, it is very easy to see why the men reacted the way they did and why they were so un-nerved. They must have felt quite vulnerable out in the forest after dark with no-one else around. The colour changing light that the men saw through the trees is very interesting. As the location was so remote it is very unlikely that there would have been any vehicles out there which could have accounted for it, they were nowhere near any settlements. It could not have been a landed helicopter as it kept on vanishing and reappearing for numerous hours. Also they would have certainly heard the rotor blades. Neither of these explanations could explain how the light appeared to split into two. The repeating pattern that the light/lights performed was very unusual, and it is hard to think of a reason why anything, ET or otherwise, would do such a thing, unless it was trying to communicate directly with the men. The crackling noises heard in the trees were unusual and it is not known whether or not they were related to the light or what happened later. Perhaps it really was caused by echoes from the bonfire, however if this were the case you would expect the noises to be continuous and not come and go. Could the growl and movement heard have been from the beings that then gave chase? Or was it merely a bear or other animal getting close to the camp? We will probably never know the answer to this question. The beings themselves certainly sound unusual. Some may immediately dismiss them to be people pulling some kind of practical joke on the men. We must always consider that the entire incident – the unexplained light, the sounds in the forest and the beings were part of an elaborate joke designed to frighten the witnesses. But if the beings were human, then how were they able to keep up with the car as it drove away from the area at quite a speed? And what was it that flew over the roof of the car as they reached the main road? I hope to soon provide further details of this fascinating case, but so far Ben has not got back in touch after his initial E-Mail, so for now this is all the information that is available. Copyright Dave Hodrien 2010

Birmingham UFO Group Report Author: Dave Hodrien Originally forwarded from Richard Hall Release Date: 21/11/2010 Introduction It is quite rare that BUFOG receives a case featuring ET beings outside of the context of alien abduction. Even when beings are seen, they are usually commonly reported species such as Greys or Nordics. However occasionally we hear of other unusual species being witnessed. This report covers an incident where two men encountered some strange hair-covered humanoid creatures. Now much older, Thomas (name changed for privacy reasons) decided to share the details of what he and his friend witnessed. Incident Details The incident took place in later summer 1978/79 when Thomas was only 20/21 years old. At the time he lived in North Kenton, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. From time to time he and his friend James would walk out to a field close to where they lived to go rabbiting. This field lay between Fawdon and Kenton Bank Foot. On the day of the incident, the weather conditions were ideal – clear and sunny – so the men decided to head out to the field with their hunting dogs. They left home about 9.30am, and it took 20 minutes to reach the field. They headed across Hillsview School field, and then onward along a dirt track that lead to their destination. There was wheat covering the fields at the time. The men let the dogs loose, and got to work searching the field for rabbits. They spent the entire day and evening at the field. Aerial map showing the location where the field used to be: 📷 Photograph of how the area looks today: 📷 It was between 10-11pm. The moon was just starting to rise in the sky, but was still quite low and large, providing quite a lot of light. After a long day the boys began their walk back home to the East. They were walking back along the dirt track, when suddenly they noticed some movement in one of the fields ahead of them and off to the left of the track. Stopping to take a proper look, they noticed two short figures. At first they thought it was some kids. They decided to scare them by lifting the dogs up, but soon realised that the figures did not appear to be human. Photograph of where the dirt track used to be, taken from the location the witnesses were at in the direction they first saw the beings in: 📷 Photograph of the Tesco’s supermarket that now stands on the spot where the beings were first sighted: 📷 The beings reminded the boys of gorillas. They were broad and squat, with long forearms. They appeared to be covered in dark brown hair. They did not really have necks; their heads just came straight up out of the shoulders very similar to an ape. In fact they could have been mistaken for gorillas, if it wasn’t for the fact that they were wearing what appeared to be semi-luminous tight fitting white clothing! It was too dark to see their faces clearly. Witness drawing of the two beings: 📷 The creatures were slowly moving across the field heading away from them in a North East direction. They walked similar to how an ape would, using their forearms as well as their legs. The witnesses stared at them for a couple of minutes. The beings approached a dead tree on a 10 foot high bank next to the Ponteland Branch train-line which cut across the fields. Suddenly one of them jumped about 30 feet in the air onto the tree. It grabbed hold of the tree with its right arm and swung around to face the men. They stared at the creature for a few seconds, but they were both un-nerved as it appeared to have noticed them. Aerial map showing various locations involved with the incident: 📷 Photograph showing the bank of the old Ponteland Branch train-line (Now Tyneside Metro) where the old tree used to be located: 📷 James said “I don’t like the look of this!” He began to hurry along the track to the gate which lead to the school field. Thomas walked slower and continued to watch the beings as he did. The being jumped back down off the tree and rejoined the other. By this time Thomas was on the part of the track that led along the edge of the field where the beings were situated. The beings began to walk South heading across the field in the direction of the track. As they did they would occasionally stop and start rolling around in the wheat in a playful manner. They did not appear to be approaching Thomas intentionally. Map drawn by the witness showing the original layout of the area, and the route the beings took in relation to him and James: 📷 A second map drawn by the witness shown on top of a modern map of the area: 📷 As Thomas reached the gate, he turned and looked one last time and could see that the beings were now close to the track where he had been. This was the last he saw of them. He caught up with James and they discussed what they had witnessed. When they arrived at Thomas’ house, his mother said they looked like they had seen a ghost. They decided not to tell her about the beings. Later when James was back at his own house and in bed he heard a loud thump noise on his bedroom door. He was already un-nerved by what had happened earlier on, so was very frightened by this and could not go off to sleep. The following day, Thomas asked James if he would like to return to the field to see if there was any trace of where the creatures had been, but he refused. Instead Thomas asked another friend to go along with him, and told him all about what they had seen. When they got out to the field they found the path of flattened wheat that the beings had left behind and also the areas where they had rolled around. Thomas told others what they had found but sadly did not take any photographs at the time. Unfortunately Thomas lost touch with James some years ago, so unless he sees this report it is unlikely I will get to speak with him about the beings. Incident Analysis This is quite a bizarre story, but Thomas has nothing to gain through sharing the details of it, and I believe it took place as he described. The beings seen were very unusual. If they were extraterrestrial in nature, then no UFO was ever seen. The men had no way of knowing how they had arrived at the location they were at. Reports of hair covered ETs/beings are rare but there have been occasional cases reported. Elsewhere on the BUFOG website you can read details of a sighting of a tall hair-covered humanoid that was seen in Michigan back in 2000. In his book “Alien Liaison”, Timothy Good also mentioned another case from Colorado where a family experienced UFO sightings, unusual electrical activity and beings covered in dark hair that were seen in the proximity of their property. I do wonder if the beings were in fact two escaped gorillas, perhaps from a nearby circus. This would explain the unusual clothing they appeared to be wearing. However when I put this possibility to Thomas he said this would be extremely unlikely as the only site where such an event would have taken place would be on the town moor, which was a good 3 miles away from where the incident occurred and separated by several busy council estates. This explanation also ignores the fact that one of the beings apparently leapt 30 feet in the air to grab hold of a tree. But could Thomas have been mistaken on this particular aspect of the incident? Maybe the tree was not as tall as it appeared to be. Maybe the being actually used the tree to clamber up very fast, which appeared like it had jumped. We must also take into account the fact that the tree was quite far away from their location. It is great that Thomas returned to the field the following day with his friend, and the flattened crops could still be seen. It is a shame that he did not take any photos which could have been used as evidence for the presence of the beings, however such photographs could easily be hoaxed so would not really prove that much. The identity of the two hair-covered beings remains an intriguing mystery. If any other witnesses come forward, their accounts will be added to this report. Copyright Dave Hodrien 2010

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave Hodrien Originally forwarded from Richard Hall Release Date: 22/11/2010 Back in 1995 Gary Barnacle had a close encounter with a massive Flying Triangle craft over Birstall. In 2010 he finally decided to come forward and share the details of this fascinating incident. Sighting Details Gary cannot remember the day or month in which the incident happened, but does know that it was about 9.30pm. It was a mild and clear evening and the stars were fully visible overhead. Gary was on his way to meet up with a friend at a local pub. He parked his car and walked to the ATM of Barclays Bank on Sibson Road to get some money out. It was a quiet evening and there was no-one else around. Photograph of Sibson Road Barclays Bank: 📷 As he was using the machine he suddenly became aware of movement overhead. He turned and looked up and was astounded to see the corner of a massive triangular-shaped craft. The object was black in colour and blocked out the stars, so its shape could be made out against the sky. It was not equilateral but slightly elongated. There was a bright white light underneath at each corner. The craft appeared to be about the size of a football pitch, and was roughly 125 feet high. It completely covered most of his view of the sky. The front corner of the craft was almost overhead. Looking back along the road, he could see the rear of the craft with the two corner lights. Aerial map showing the location of the bank, the location where the craft first appeared from (Y) and the position of the traffic lights which were below the rear of the craft: 📷 Photograph from the sighting location in the direction which the craft appeared from: 📷 The object was drifting slowly towards the South East following the direction of the road. When the front corner of it was overhead it suddenly halted, almost as if it was observing him. It was completely silent. It remained stationary above him for about 30 seconds. Suddenly without warning, the craft massively increased in acceleration and shot away to the South East. It moved away so fast it looked blurred, and was completely lost from sight in only a second! Gary was absolutely shocked at what he had just witnessed. He continued his journey to the pub, but when he told his friend what he had seen his friend made fun of him so he decided not to mention the sighting to anyone else. Sighting Analysis This is almost certainly a sighting of a Flying Triangle craft. This type of UFO has been reported many times all around the world, especially over the last couple of decades. The object was clearly much too large to be some kind of inflatable or model, and the fact that it moved away at a tremendous speed after remaining stationary also shows that it was under intelligent control. The massive size of the craft, its colour, shape and lighting are all commonly reported, although usually there is also a central light underneath as well as the corner lights. However there are variations on the lighting configuration and colours seen. Some believe that these craft are an ongoing secret military project, but if so I find it highly improbable they would fly one of them at low altitude right over a populated town, this would not make any sense at all. Also the manoeuvring capabilities of Flying Triangles are very impressive and far in advance of any known conventional aircraft. I certainly believe that they are ET in origin, and that this was a genuine sighting of one of these craft. Copyright Dave Hodrien 2010

Birmingham UFO Group Report Author: Dave Hodrien Originally forwarded by Richard Hall Last Updated: 26/11/2010 Introduction Sherrie Robinson has spent the majority of her life at various properties around the area of Surrey. Over the years she has had a number of very interesting experiences, including numerous UFO sightings and various paranormal encounters. She has enthusiastically shared details of these experiences with me, and it is my pleasure to now be able to share them with you. Near Death Experience Sherrie had a near death experience in 1971/72 when she was 12/13 years old near the start of secondary school. She went swimming at 'The Kingston Coronation Baths' swimming pool. The pool no longer exists but used to be on Denmark Road, Kingston-Upon-Thames, Surrey. Her and her friend Natasha were asked by another 8 year old girl if they could accompany her across the pool as she was learning to swim. They agreed and began to swim across the pool, either side of the girl. Half way across the little girl began to panic and grabbed hold of Sherrie, wrapping her legs around her neck. Sherrie was submerged underwater because of the weight of the girl dragging her down. She thrashed around trying to get the girl to let go but she held on even tighter. The life guard did not appear to have noticed what was going on. Sherrie started sinking deeper underwater and literally saw her life flash before her eyes. It looked to her like an old reel of camera film, which was showing her pictures of memories getting younger and younger as each one flicked by. Then her panic subsided and she remembers thinking to herself “Oh dear, I am going to die, never mind.” A moment later someone grabbed her hand and dragged her back up out of the water to the pool side. This incident may not be relevant at all to Sherrie’s later experiences, but I mention it because people who have had NDE’s have often reported paranormal activity later in their life, there may be some form of connection. Some believe that having an experience like this can lead to them being more aware of the spirit realm or other dimensions. UFO Over The House When she was about 28 years old, Sherrie lived at on Woodlands Avenue, West Byfleet, Surrey (Out of interest this was close to Horsell Common which was the initial landing place for the Martians in the renowned ET invasion story War Of The Worlds). One night around 3am she awoke to a low humming sound that was coming from above the roof of the house. It sounded like something slowly rotating. She felt un-nerved by the sound and immediately had the gut feeling that it was something out of the ordinary. She tried to wake up her boyfriend but for some reason she could not get him to stir. Even when she dug her nails into him he would not wake, which was highly unusual as he was a light sleeper at the best of times. Aerial map of Woodlands Avenue: 📷 Sherrie got up out of bed. As she did she realised her hair was wet with sweat, something did not feel right and she was quite scared. She felt almost too frightened to walk. She crept low to the curtains of the room and then was tried to pluck up the courage to peek outside. She felt like her every move was being observed. In the end she pulled back the corner of the curtain and looked outside. Down in the garden was what looked like a miniature whirlwind going round and round in an anti-clockwise direction. Yet next doors garden was completely still. She tried to look up to the roof but her view was blocked by the guttering. Then suddenly without warning, the object above the house took off at a fantastic speed. It was glowing very brightly and leaving a trail of multicoloured light behind it. It was so bright and fast that the actual shape of the object could not be made out. It flew away from the area just skimming the tops of the nearby trees and was gone in a matter of seconds! Witness drawing showing what took place: 📷 Even after the object had vanished from sight the strange droning noise continued to hang in the air. She ran back to bed and hid her head under the covers to drown out the sound. She remained awake for quite a while afterwards, amazed at what she had just witnessed. In the morning she told her boyfriend about what had happened. She wondered if anyone else had also seen the object or heard the noise, but did not ask any of the neighbours. About two years later, Sherrie remembers seeing an article in the Surrey Herald which spoke of a UFO which had been seen over the area. Sherrie figured that other people must have also seen it but kept quiet about it at the time, and were now finally talking about it. Sadly she did not keep this article and I have so far been unable to locate it anywhere. This is a fascinating incident and numerous aspects point towards it being a genuine experience with an ET craft. The low droning/humming noise has often been reported with sightings all over the world. The fact that Sherrie could not wake up her boyfriend no matter what she tried has been reported by contactees on many occasions, and does suggest that the craft was interacting with the surrounding area or perhaps there to abduct Sherrie. It appears that the ETs have a way of shutting down other individuals in the proximity of the abductee, perhaps by using some kind of time distortion. This makes sense, and is probably done so that they cannot witness the abduction or intervene with it in any way. Sherrie is not showing any signs of actually being taken during this incident. But the ETs usually remove memories of the experience. It is a possibility that she was unknowingly abducted, and awoke as soon as she was returned. As an example, a very similar experience was reported by a contactee from Erdington in Birmingham, whose report you can read elsewhere on this website. The swirling whirlwind which was observed out in the garden was almost certainly being caused by the UFO which was hovering over the top of the house, and could possibly have been due to the means of propulsion of the craft or the energy field it was surrounded in. Again this exact phenomena has been described to me on numerous occasions by other witnesses. You may be thinking right now that this effect could have been caused by helicopter rotor blades. But if it was a low flying helicopter then the sound would have been immediately recognisable as this. Also the object moved away from the property much too fast for it to have been a helicopter, it was literally gone in seconds. I am very impressed with this incident, and feel that it could suggest that Sherrie is more than just a UFO witness. The Haunted Bedsit In 1993 when she was 34, Sherrie moved into a council-owned bedsit named on Corkran Road, Subiton, Surrey. The property was a huge old mansion which had been split into 8 bedsits. It had a wooded area of land out back and a large gravel driveway. As soon as Sherrie saw it, it reminded her of a haunted house. The bedsit she was offered was on the 1st floor. It had a kitchenette living room with a high ceiling and leaded windows. She had to share the bathroom with 3 other people. There was a small adjacent room which was initially locked but which the council said she could have as well. A few weeks after she moved in she finally got the key for this room. There was a sink inside with only cold water as the council had cut off the hot water. Sherrie found out that the house had been a nursing home for the blind, and that this room was the sick room. After getting the key, she decided it would be best to use this room for her bedroom. It was right next to the living room but there was no door between the two, she used to have to go out into the corridor to get between the two rooms. Aerial map of Corkran Road showing loation of the bedsit: 📷 After four years at the bedsit, Sherrie got tired of having to go out into the corridor to reach the bedroom so she decided to knock a hole through the wall to join the rooms. She feels that in doing this she may have upset spirits haunting the property, as soon afterwards weird events began to occur. The first thing that happened is that on occasion when her friends were visiting her, they would suddenly get a strong waft of the smell of flowers right near to them. This would make them stand up in shock. Soon after these incidents, Sherrie began to hear a strange dragging noise in the living room at night which sounded like something hurt and dragging itself across the floor. Her boyfriend and friends also heard this sound. Sherrie used to believe that the last person to live there was an old man with a dog, and it was the ghost of the dog still haunting the room. One night in 1998, she inexplicably awoke at 3am in the morning. She was lying front down in bed with her head facing towards the knocked through door which led to the living room. As she opened her eyes, she noticed something strange in the living room. She pulled herself up onto her elbows and strained her eyes to see in the dark. She saw what looked like the head and shoulders of a small boy suspended in mid-air. The boy had blond hair and was wearing a royal blue top. He appeared to be in conversation with someone on the sofa and looked very animated. Sherrie could see her cupboard through the boy. She sat up in bed and rubbed her eyes. Looking again, the boy was still there, and had in fact become denser in colour but she could still only see from the shoulders up. She looked at the sofa and too her surprise saw that an apparition of an old man was forming. He was wearing a herring bone checked suit with waistcoat. He had a hooked nose and chin which reminded Sherrie of Punch from a Punch & Judy show. Sherrie did not like the look of this old man, but the boy chatting to him seemed totally at ease. The two apparitions seemed totally unaware of her presence. Just like the boy, the old man then began to become denser and clearer. Then what looked like two burning red halos of light began to form next to the boy, one higher than the other. They slowly began to change into the apparitions of two other boys. Sherrie assumed they must be friends of the boy in blue. Sherrie was not frightened of what she was witnessing, and instead felt very lucky. She flipped on all the lights and immediately the apparitions were all gone. Sherrie was thrilled but also un-nerved, and she did leave the lights on for the rest of the night. Witness drawing of the apparitions and bedsit layout: 📷 The house sits on the top of a hill and is situated between two churches. Sherrie feels that the boy in blue was a choir boy who was walking from one church to the other with friends and had stopped on the hill for a rest, perhaps leaning on a wall which would explain why she only saw their heads and shoulders. She wonders if the old man had been sitting on a bench at the top of the hill which had been at the same place her sofa now was. She does not know any of this for definite, it is entirely possible that they were ghosts haunting the property itself rather than the area where it had been built. Soon after this incident she was again awoken around 3am to the sound of a glass in the living room cupboard being knocked over. She peered through into the darkened living room and saw the apparition of a short monk with a scythe under his cloak. This apparition was in the air and moved across the top of the sofa. For an unknown reason, Sherrie actually laughed at the monk saying out loud to him “You silly idiot, you should hold the scythe on the outside of your cloak then you would have not knocked down the glass in my cupboard!” As she said this the apparition vanished in front of her eyes. Witness drawing showing the ghost monk and how he moved: 📷 On another occasion, Sherrie saw the ghost of a cat in the living room. Again she awoke for no reason at all in the night. She looked through the doorway and saw the shape of a black cat with its back turned to her, although it was not clear enough to see any features. The cat looked like it was cleaning its tail. Sherrie asked “What are you doing here?” The cat got up and walked a few paces then stopped and resumed cleaning itself. Sherrie reached up and put the light on and the cat disappeared. Witness drawing showing the position of the ghost cat and where it moved to: 📷 On numerous occasions she would awake to the sound of the pillow next to the one she was laying on being thumped. She wondered if she was imagining it so purposely laid on the pillow which the noises were coming from, and that night she heard the other pillow get thumped instead! Eventually she awoke at 3am and once more heard the dragging noises. This time the noises were in her bedroom at the foot of the bed. It was very loud and clear. Suddenly she felt an electric shock pass through her body, and her heart felt like it was beating really hard. She then heard the dragging sound move away and head back into the living room. It was clear that something invisible had approached and directly interacted with her. This got too much for her and the following day she rang up local churches asking if she could get the bedsit exorcised. She managed to get an elderly priest from Our Lady Immaculate church in Tolworth to come round. He performed an exorcism on the rooms of the bedsit, sprinkling holy water all over the walls and reading out Latin verses. Sherrie wished to leave the property as soon as possible and was actually looking around for another place to live, but after the priest came to visit there was no more paranormal activity there so she remained at the bedsit for many more years. Photograph of Our Lady Immaculate church: 📷 These are some fascinating and very spooky experiences, and from the way that Sherrie has openly described them to me I believe they took place. Contactees often report seeing paranormal activity in their proximity. However these incidents sound like they are linked to the actual property or the area where the property was built rather than Sherrie directly. And considering some of the incidents were also experienced by her boyfriend and friends, I feel that they are unlikely to be related to her UFO sightings. White Orb Incident On the evening of 10th April 2010 Sherrie went round to visit her parents who live on Oxford Crescent, New Malden, Surrey. At 9pm she went outside the front of their house for a cigarette. She leant against the white side gate of the house. It was a cool and dry night. There were some clouds in the sky, and the stars could be seen through the gaps in between. As she looked up into the sky she suddenly noticed a large white glowing light moving in from the North West off to her right. It appeared to be travelling faster than a plane and about the same altitude that they would fly at. The object was glowing extremely brightly and appeared to be about half the size of a Boeing 747 jet. Aerial map of Oxford Crescent: 📷 Sherrie was astounded by the object. She watched it fly on a straight course towards the South East. After about 4 seconds it went into a cloud and was lost from sight. The cloud was not particularly big so she expected it to reappear out of the other side but it did not. She became fixated on the cloud, wondering where the object had gone. After about a minute a huge orange glowing orb shot out of the right hand side of the cloud. This orb was about the same size that the white one had been. It immediately halted, and Sherrie got the feeling that it was aware she was watching it. A few seconds later it began to move slowly a short distance underneath some other clouds. It then suddenly shot straight upwards at tremendous speed into the cloud and was lost from sight! Sherrie was amazed at what she had just witnessed. She went back inside the house and excitedly told her parents about it. Witness drawing showing both the white orb and orange orb and the routes they took: 📷 For the next couple of hours she watched TV. At about 12.20am she thought she would head outside for one last smoke before bed. She went and stood at the same place she had been earlier on. Sherrie figured that nothing else out of the ordinary would occur that night, but she thought wrong. Over by the garage door 10 feet away for her she suddenly noticed what looked like an thin curled glowing light hovering about 3 feet off the ground. It was the shape of an elongated sideways S, and was about 5 feet in length. The colour was the same as the orange sphere she had seen earlier that night. As she watched, it appeared to alter shape a little, and then two orange rectangular-shaped lights appeared in front of it. These were at most a foot in with and 5 inches in depth. They reminded Sherrie of two misshapen eyes. A moment later they began to float towards her, getting lower as they went until they were running along the ground. As they moved, they seemed to alter, sometimes appearing more round in shape. The s-shaped light vanished and then as the rectangular lights reached her feet they too faded away. Sherrie looked around but the street was quiet, and there was no source where these strange lights could have come from, it was truly bizarre. Witness drawing showing the position of the unusual orange lights: 📷 Sherrie wonders if the two incidents were related, and that the lights she saw was some sort of observation or contact from the orbs she had seen earlier in the evening. Below are copies of the original notes that Sherrie took of the two experiences soon after they had occurred: 📷 📷 The various aspects that make up the above incidents are quite hard to explain using mundane terms. Each of the three sightings – the white orb, the orange orb and the unusual orange lights can be looked at individually but we must not forget that they all happened in succession to one another, and appear to be linked (especially the white and orange orbs). The white orb could not have been a meteorite as it was moving too slowly, meteorites cover the entire skyline in under a second. It also looked too large and bright to be this. It was much too fast to be a helicopter, and appeared to be silent. If it had been a plane coming in to land, it would have come out of the other side of the cloud but it did not, it simply entered the cloud and then appeared to either halt or vanish completely. It is unlikely to have been an earth light or ball lightning, as the weather was clear and these do not tend to appear over built up areas. The orange orb is very interesting indeed. Orange orbs described in UFO reports often turn out to be nothing more than Chinese lanterns. However this orb definitely appeared to be under intelligent control. It moved rapidly out of the cloud before completely stopping and hovering stationary. After continuing a short distance it then suddenly ascended vertically out of sight. These manoeuvres seem too direct and too rapid to have been a lantern drifting in air currents. Also it would be quite a coincidence that the cloud the white orb disappeared into was the same as the one the orange orb emerged from a minute later. Perhaps the object had changed colour, Sherrie did mention that both appeared about the same size. The strange lights that Sherrie saw in the garden later that night are very bizarre and I cannot think of any similar cases (although some may well exist). It is interesting that the lights were the same colour as the orange orb seen earlier in the evening, this could suggest they were in some way linked with it. Or could they have just been odd reflections cast off something without Sherrie’s knowledge? It did look like they were actually floating in mid-air rather than landing on a specific surface – this suggests that they were some form of glowing energy. We can only speculate as to their purpose or as to why the rectangular lights approached Sherrie’s feet. They did not appear to interact with her directly in any way. A UFO Fleet? On Friday 27th August 2010 Sherrie was round her friend Deidre’s house on Sheerwater Avenue, Woodham, Surrey. Deidre’s boyfriend Gavin was also present. They were out on the patio in the back garden facing to the South. It was a very clear and pleasant summer evening. They were talking and star-gazing, and enjoying a bottle of wine and a smoke. Gavin suddenly noticed a bright white light in the sky to the South moving in an Easterly direction. He pointed it out to Sherrie and Deidre. The light was intensely bright and was moving at quite a speed, easily over 200 mph. It was flying around the same altitude as a low flying aircraft. Aerial map of Sheerwater Avenue: 📷 Initially they thought it must be a meteorite, however it seemed too large and was also moving too slow. After several seconds they lost sight of it behind some trees further down the garden. Over the next hour they witnessed 21 smaller white lights travelling across the sky from the South making their way overhead towards the North. They appeared to move like tadpoles would in a pond, sometimes wavering a bit. Sometimes they would appear to stop before continuing on their way. Occasionally they would flare up very brightly before dimming back down. The large white orb seen on this occasion sounds very similar to the one that Sherrie had seen previously back in April 2010. Perhaps they were the same or a similar type of object. As they lost sight of the object they had no way of knowing whether it continued on a straight course or not. It certainly appeared to be in the atmosphere rather than orbiting the Earth. But there is the possibility that on this occasion the object was an aircraft with a bright landing light on, although it did not appear as such at the time. Considering the number of smaller white lights seen over the course of the next hour, I believe that meteorites or space debris were probably to blame. Sherrie says she has seen several on other occasions too, but never in the same number as on this night. The wobbling effect seen could have been caused by the objects burning up in the atmosphere, and this could also account for the way in which they flared up brightly from time to time. Or perhaps the objects were being caught in the suns rays temporarily, this can be seen to occur with satellites as they follow their orbit or rotate. Orange Orbs Sighting Two days after seeing the white orb and smaller lights, Deidre, Gavin, and Deidre’s father Jim had another sighting which they informed Sherrie about afterwards. It was 9.30pm and once again everyone was out in the back garden on the patio. They suddenly noticed 3 orange fiery orbs approaching from the South South East, two of them at the front with a third following a short distance behind. As they came in over the house they then suddenly shot away to the North at great speed. It is unlikely to be related, but later on around 2am a picture on the bathroom wall fell off, causing a loud noise which woke up Jim with a start and really frightened him. This picture was securely fastened to the wall, and it seemed a weird coincidence it had fallen off on the same night as the sighting had taken place. I did suggest that these orange orbs may well have been Chinese lanterns, but Deidre believed otherwise due to the speed they had left the area. She was also interested in the subject and used to what lanterns looked like. There is still the possibility that they were lanterns which were suddenly caught in a strong air current, but this aspect is interesting and suggests they may have been something else entirely. Silver Discs Sherrie has also given brief details of a sighting of some silver disc-shaped UFOs that her mother once had. Her mum was doing some gardening down on her knees by the flowerbed. It was a clear sunny day. For no particular reason she felt compelled to look behind her up into the sky. When she did so she saw 7-8 silver coloured disc-shaped objects. They were moving across the sky. Four of them then apparently stopped and waited a moment for the others to catch up, after which they then all sped away at a stunning speed. Her mother for some reason now denies that this incident took place, but Sherrie remembers her talking about it on numerous occasions when she was younger. Unfortunately as Sherrie’s mum denies that she had the sighting, I am unable to speak with her directly about it to obtain further details. It does sound like an impressive sighting of some genuine advanced craft, of possible ET origin. The fact that some of the discs appeared to halt until the others had caught them up before moving off together very fast suggests that they were under intelligent control. They were clearly not conventional aircraft or helicopters of any kind. The fact that they were seen in broad daylight means that there may well have been other witnesses to these objects. Fleets of disc-shaped craft have been seen numerous times before. A good example is the fleet which were seen at various places across the UK in the summer of 1974. You can read the report of this incident elsewhere on the website. Conclusion Sherrie has had many fascinating experiences, some of which appear to be ET related. I do not feel at present there is enough evidence to say she is definitely a contactee, however a couple of the incidents she has described do appear to have a degree of direct interaction to them, including the UFO seen hovering over the house in 1985, and the orange lights which approached her in April 2010. Sherrie is obviously very interested and passionate about the subject and feels grateful to have had these experiences. I am sure she will stay in touch and keep me informed of other events as they unfold. Copyright Dave Hodrien 2010

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave Hodrien Originally forwarded from Richard Hall Last Updated: 06/12/2010 Introduction In UFO-related incidents it is quite rare that ET entities are seen, let alone photographed. However occasionally, beings that defy normal explanation are caught on film. This can sometimes represent very good evidence, and at the very least backs up the story of the witness. In this case, while out walking with his wife, a man saw what he believes may have been an ET being using a screen memory to mask its true appearance. He has reached this conclusion because of the appearance of the being on a single photograph that was taken at the time. This report covers the incident in detail and includes analysis of the photograph. Incident Details On the 8th May 2004, Ewan Cameron and his wife Debbie (name changed for privacy reasons) were on their way home from a week’s holiday in the Scottish Highlands. It was a mild but overcast day. On the way back they decided to stop the car for a break, and go for a walk in Glen Etive to stretch their legs. The Glen Etive Road comes off the A82, and leads down Glen Etive for 14 miles to the head of Loch Etive. A short distance along it, the couple parked at the side of the road and began their walk. The road runs alongside the Etive River. Ewan took with him his binoculars and Sony DSC-F717 camera in case there was any nice scenery to photograph. Aerial map showing the location of the parking place along Glen Etive Road: 📷 Photograph of the parking location (The people in the photo are not Ewan and Debbie): 📷 After walking a while, Ewan noticed a blue coloured object by the river’s edge about 500 metres ahead of them. He assumed at first it was someone fishing. But when he looked through his binoculars all he could see was a navy blue coloured square. It appeared to have a mottled effect to it, almost like army camouflage. The square shape did not look particularly large, perhaps a metre across and down. He thought nothing more of it at the time. Photograph of where Ewan first sighted the blue square, with its location indicated: 📷 They continued along the road, and as they did the blue object was lost from sight behind a hillside. A short while later they came round a bend in the road. As they did they saw a woman about 30 metres away from them. She was approximately where the square object had appeared to be. She was sitting by the edge of the river on a rock that was jutting out into the water. She appeared to be wearing a blue waterproof jacket zipped up over a white blouse, black leggings and brown walking boots. She had short black hair. There were several items lying out on the rock in front of her. Aerial map showing the location of the lady: 📷 Photograph of where Ewan and Debbie first spotted the lady, with her position indicated: 📷 As Ewan and Debbie approached her position and were not quite side on with her, she turned and looked at them. Ewan found this a little odd as she would certainly have not heard them approaching due to the sound of the running water. When the lady saw them, she stood up. They noticed she was slim and quite tall, about six feet in height. She walked forward and picked up one of the objects, which looked like a sketchpad. She then returned to where she had been and sat down cross-legged. Ewan and Debbie decided that the woman must be an artist. Ewan was a little annoyed at the presence of the lady, as he felt the surroundings would make a nice photo if she wasn’t there. They started to walk away from her location. A little further along the road Ewan decided to take the photograph anyway, with the intention of editing out the woman later on. He left the road and walked a short distance down the embankment towards the river. As he didn’t want to intimidate the lady, he continued to walk away from her, then without warning turned and quickly took the photo. Aerial map showing the location where Ewan took the photograph (A) and the location of the lady (B): 📷 When he returned to the road, Debbie informed him that she had suddenly started to feel ill. She would later inform him that the woman had watched him the entire time. They began their walk back to the car. When they were almost back, another man clambered up the embankment onto the road a few yards in front of them. He appeared to be acting strangely and seemed to be avoiding eye contact. Aerial map showing the points of interest involved in the incident – the parking location (A), position where the square was first seen (B) and position of the lady (C): 📷 Once back home, Ewan decided to scan in and check the photographs he had taken during the week. When he got to the photo by the river he was confused by what he saw. He found that in place of both the woman and the objects in front of her was what appeared to be a short pale or glowing figure with a blue square behind it. The figure appeared to be about a metre in height. No detailed features could be made out. The photograph that Ewan took (To view full size click on it, use back button in browser to return to report. See later for a detailed analysis): 📷 When he asked Debbie about the incident, they both agreed that the woman had appeared to stand out vibrantly, almost as if she wanted to be seen by them. Both of them were confused by the photograph, and Ewan wondered if it was some kind of photographic fault or anomaly. A short time later, Ewan decided to return to Glen Etive with Debbie to perform some additional analysis of the area. He took further photographs, and got Debbie to take one of him sitting in exactly the same position the woman had been to compare the original photo to. Close up photograph of the rock which the lady was sitting on: 📷 Later in the year he got in touch with Sony and sent them the photograph to see what they would make of it. Sony believed there to be no anomaly on the photograph, and whatever could be seen was actually there at the time. The figure remained a mystery. In autumn 2010 Ewan watched an interview on Richard Hall’s website about the Greys and their use of screen memories. He wondered if this could explain what he had seen and photographed. Could the unusual lady have actually been an ET being disguising itself from their direct sight, but which was revealed by the photograph? E-Mail Correspondence Below is the 2004 E-Mail correspondence between Ewan and Sony: Dear Mr Cameron Thank you for your reply. Our technical team have now concluded their investigation of the sample image you have sent to us. The outcome of this is that they could find no abnormalities in the image that would be as a result of a fault with the camera. There does appear to be something on picture but it looks like something that was there anyway rather than as a result of camera processing. If it is due to camera, we would expect to see similar things on other photos. I trust this information is of assistance to you. With regards ************* For and behalf of Sony United Kingdom Limited Customer Information Centre Dear Ms ******, I would like to thank you and the Sony team for taking the time to investigate the photograph that I sent. At least I know now that there was no fault with the camera. Unfortunately this has increased my confusion over the photograph, as the figure in the photograph was definitely not present when I took the photo. I do not know what my next step will be to find out how this image appeared on the photo, but I would be grateful for any advice. Yours sincerely, E Cameron Dear Mr Cameron Thank you for your recent email reply addressed to Miss ****** and passed to me for a reply to be sent. Unfortunately, I do not know what could be the cause of the figure that appears in your photograph. I am confident that it has not been caused by a fault in the camera but I am unable to say what exactly has caused this to appear. If this was present in more than one picture, it could indicate that the problem has arisen from the camera, though this would still have to be substantiated at the time, if this does occur. I am sorry that I cannot clarify how this has appeared on your picture. Finally, if you need to reply to this e-mail, please quote reference ********* in the subject field of your e-mail. With Regards **************** For and on behalf of Sony United Kingdom Limited Dear Mr Cameron Thank you for your e-mail. Having looked at the photo closely I do not feel it is a figure. It looks as if it may be symptom called a spirit orb. These can be caused by all sorts of things and are fairly common in digital photography. For more information please go to www.google.co.uk and type "Spirit Orb" into the search engine. I do not think it is anything to worry about and you will probably never experience it again. With regards ************ For and on behalf of Sony United Kingdom Limited www.sony.co.uk Dear Mr Hunt, Thanks again for your time. I can understand why you mention "spirit orbs," as I have been doing a lot of investigation myself into this photograph. Until now I have not informed you of the circumstances of the photograph. When I took the photo, there was a woman sitting on the rock. Before I had taken the photo, I had passed within 30 yards of her. She was very tall (at one point she stood up) with dark hair and was wearing a blue waterproof jacket zipped right up, black leggings tucked into brown walking boots. I had intended erasing her from the photo when I returned home and It was when I went to do so that I could not find her, instead, the only image that was there is what you see in the photo. Since taking the photograph in May, I have returned to the site and have estimated that the image that appears on the photo must be only about 1metre tall. I hope that this explanation gives you an idea of why I have been so determined to get to the bottom of these phenomena. In your experience, is it possible for an orb to have blocked out the woman or is there some other explanation? I am sorry for not informing you of these details before now, as I was afraid that I would be thought of as some crank, but I assure you that what I have told you is 100% true. Yours sincerely E Cameron Dear Mr Cameron Thank you for your reply. It is possible that an orb has blocked the initial image but this is probably something nobody would be able to prove or diagnose. From what you describe it would appear that this could just be one of things that stays unexplained. I can not think of any other possible interpretation of what shows up on the image. With regards David J Hunt For and on behalf of Sony United Kingdom Limited www.sony.co.uk Photographic Analysis Unfortunately Ewan cannot currently locate the original hi-resolution photograph file. However he was able to send me a lower resolution copy he had saved, numerous close ups of the original, and the new photograph of himself in the same position. Below is the copy of the original photograph, with the strange “figure” and blue square ringed in red: 📷 A zoomed image of the figure. Note that the blue square appears to be behind the figure and not an extension of it. However it is also possible to see that to the left and right of the square there is other discolouration which ends at approximately the same height as the top of the square. This does tend to suggest that pixilation or another photographic fault may have occurred (which would be at odds with what Sony said), or that whatever was causing the effect was wider than just the square: 📷 Zoomed and enhanced image of the figure. The colour differences either side of the square are even more clear: 📷 Photograph of Ewan sitting in the same position as the figure, taken from the same location in similar lighting conditions. Note that even without zoom it is possible to make out his correct shape, blue clothing and pink face and hands, and that that there is no discolouration in the area around him: 📷 Zoomed view of both the figure and Ewan next to each other for comparison. Obviously the surroundings are slightly brighter in the photo of Ewan, however the differences between the two are clear: 📷 Incident Analysis The incident that Ewan described and the photograph that he took are both intriguing. Even though the lady was distant when he took the photo, there are obvious differences between it and the one of him in the same position. Sony analyzed the photo and informed Ewan that as far as they were concerned it was not an anomaly or camera fault. These two aspects represent the best evidence that suggests that something unusual may have happened that day, and that the lady may not have been who she appeared to be at the time. The blue square shape that appears to be behind the figure in the photo is also interesting. This is the same shape and colour that Ewan initially saw through his binoculars and even with his own eyes. This tends to suggest that it was a real part of the incident and not just pixilation or an anomaly on the photograph. It could not have been a physical object on the ground as if it was Ewan and Debbie would have seen it near the woman when they approached. If the lady really was an ET using a screen memory, could this square have been some kind of energy field around the being? Or perhaps it was something else entirely, like a portal which the being had come through. I suggested to Ewan that the strange “figure” and the blue square could have been caused by light reflection in the camera lens or a mirage. However if this were the case then this same effect should have been seen when the later photograph was taken at the same location in similar lighting conditions. Also it is very unlikely that this same effect would have been seen through his binoculars at a different location, angle and distance. Neither does it explain how the objects laid out on the rock in front of the lady were also mysteriously missing from the photograph. If the being really was an ET, could Debbie’s sudden feeling of sickness have had something to do with it? Perhaps the being did this to her on purpose to ensure that the couple left the area. Ewan certainly feels that this may have been the case. Looking at the photograph, if it was an ET, then it could have possibly been a Grey. The short height of the figure and pale colouration would both fit in with this, but as it is distant there is no way of knowing for sure. Obviously as the figure in the photo is quite far away we cannot really say for certain it was an extraterrestrial being. Perhaps the lady really was just an artist down by the river’s edge. Perhaps what is seen on the photo is just a camera glitch or pixilation effect. But if so there are still many remaining unanswered questions. No matter how improbable the idea may seem, I feel there are enough unusual aspects of this case to suggest that there could have been an extraterrestrial explanation behind what took place. Copyright Dave Hodrien 2010

Birmingham UFO Group Report Originally forwarded by Richard Hall Author: Dave Hodrien Release Date: 06/12/2010 When I travel by plane, I sometimes wonder what it would be like to actually see a UFO out of the window during the flight. This may sound unlikely, but considering the high level of visibility and amount of sky covered, there is possibly a greater chance of seeing one than at other times. In June 2005 this possibility became a reality for Paul Merton. Sighting Details As the incident happened a number of years ago, Paul does not remember the exact day in June 2005 that it took place. However he does remember that it was a clear and sunny day. The weather in the UK did not really matter, as he was about to embark on a holiday to Kos in Greece with his wife. Their flight was departing from Birmingham International Airport at 2pm. He had a window seat on the right side of the airliner, a few rows back behind the wing, with his wife in the seat next to him. The couple sat back in their seats and prepared for take off. The plane began its flight on time. Two minutes after take off while still climbing, Paul decided to have a look at the view out of the window. As he looked down and behind the plane, a strange object caught his attention. He was amazed to see what looked like a shiny silver boomerang-shaped craft. He estimated that the plane he was in was about 3000 feet high, and that the UFO was flying about 1000 feet off the ground. It had smooth rounded edges with no sharp corners, and did not have any visible lights or protrusions. It was highly reflective and brightly reflecting the afternoon sun. Its width from end to end looked about twice the length of a double decker bus. Aerial map of Birmingham International Airport. The UFO was located a short distance from here, probably to the South East: 📷 The craft appeared to be flying at quite a fast speed as it appeared to be keeping up with the plane, possibly moving faster. After a couple of seconds it banked to the left for a few seconds, then abruptly curved round back to the right and returned to where it had been. It continued these zig-zagging manoeuvres for the remainder of the sighting, while still moving forward at a diagonal away from the direction of the plane. It looked like it was searching the ground for something. Witness drawing of the view of the UFO from the plane window and its movement pattern: 📷 After curiously watching the craft for about a minute, Paul decided to tell his wife about it. He continued to watch, and his wife craned her head over to attempt to also see it. However the UFO was quite low down and she found this difficult. About 20 seconds later before she managed to spot it, the UFO was obscured from view by the edge of the window. Nobody else on the plane appeared to have noticed the UFO, and Paul did not tell anyone about it. He felt sure it was a metallic craft of some kind due to the controlled movements he had seen it perform. He entertains the possibility that it was military in origin, however says that it was flying very fast, and that no normal aircraft would have been able to perform such abrupt manoeuvres. Sighting Analysis This is very interesting sighting, all the more impressive that it occurred in broad daylight close to a busy airport. Due to the high level of visibility it was clear that it was a solid object of some kind. It appeared too large to be an inflatable, kite or radio controlled model - these would have been nothing more than a dot when viewed from 3000 feet. The manoeuvres that it was performing certainly suggest that it was under intelligent control. If it was some kind of experimental military aircraft, it is very unlikely that they would fly it above such a populated area at relatively low altitude. It seems improbable that Paul would have mistaken a normal aircraft for something more unusual. There are some aircraft which can appear to be boomerang shaped from certain angles, however the object had no markings, tail or visible means of propulsion. And a normal aircraft would have been flying on a straight course not banking left and right continuously. It could not have been a handglider or glider due to the speed it was moving at and abruptness of its movements. Most alternative explanations can be disregarded for one reason or another, so it appears that Paul’s sighting was of an advanced craft of some kind, possibly of extraterrestrial origin. Copyright Dave Hodrien 2010

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave Hodrien Release Date: 07/12/2010 Sighting Details It was just after the turn of the New Year. Mike Winter was in his house on James Road, Guildford celebrating with his parents. Between 12.30-1am he stepped outside for a cigarette. It was a cold but very clear night. The moon and stars were both fully visible above. He suddenly felt the urge to look up into the sky. To the South East of his position he noticed three red lights in the sky. They appeared to be between 3-5 miles away over the town of Aldershot, and about 3000-4000 feet high. The lights appeared to be completely stationary. Aerial map of James Road: 📷 Mike continued to watch the lights, and they did not move at all. He felt that they were definitely something out of the ordinary. After about 10 minutes of staring at them, he called his parents out to come and see them also. They came outside and joined him. After several minutes, a smaller but brighter white orb of light appeared to the lower right of the red lights and began travelling towards the lower right red light. Its speed was constant and direct, and it looked to be travelling about the same speed as a plane would. When it reached the red light, the red light immediately began moving away to the West at a slow speed. The white light changed its course and began heading towards the second red light. Between 5-10 seconds later the first red light faded out and vanished. When the white light reached the second red light, this too began moving away to the West, almost like it had been triggered by the white light. Once again the white light changed its course and began to head towards the final red light, and shortly after the second red light vanished in the same way that the first had. While this was going on Mike looked across the road and noticed that his neighbours were also outside and watching the strange light show. He did not speak with them about it, either at the time or afterwards. The white orb finally reached the final red light. At this point it seemed to merge into it so only the red light was visible. It began moving away in the same direction as the other lights had, and seconds later vanished from sight. The three witnesses were baffled by what they were watching. Mike believes in UFOs and said to them “See, proof we are not alone”, but his parents were not so sure. Witness drawing, showing the lights and the movement paths that they took: 📷 Sighting Analysis Often I would put such a sighting down to Chinese lanterns or LED balloons. These are especially popular on New Year, and many were launched all around the country. However the sighting should not be dismissed just because of its timing. There are a number of intriguing aspects to it. The lights were red and apparently remained constantly bright and did not flicker. Most lanterns tend to be more amber in colouration and often (though not always) flicker. The red lights remained stationary for over 10 minutes. This is very interesting as lanterns generally tend to slowly ascend if there is no wind, or drift across the night sky if there is. Even if the movement was quite slow , over such a length of time this should have been obvious, but they appeared completely still. The small white light is a complete mystery. It suddenly appeared out of nowhere (it was a clear night so it is unlikely to have emerged from a cloud). It then appeared to move with intent towards each red light in turn, and when it reached them they then began to move off one at a time in the same direction before vanishing. This movement pattern seems far too structured to have just been random drifting. It is unlikely the lights were helicopters as these tend to have other coloured lights on them as well. Neither is it probable that earth lights are the explanation, these tend to only appear in remote locations. There is the possibility that the lights were some kind of celebratory light show using remote controlled lit models or LED balloons. Or perhaps they were just lanterns drifting in air currents creating the appearance of intelligent control. Considering it was just past New Year this is something that must be taken into account, and I feel is probably more likely given the circumstances. But there are certainly elements of the sightings which are hard to explain. Copyright Dave Hodrien 2010

Birmingham UFO Group Report Originally forwarded by Richard Hall Author: Dave Hodrien Release Date: 12/12/2010 Sighting Details Nadimah DePrizio lives in Canalbanagh, Northern Ireland. It is a rural area covered in farm land. On the evening of Halloween 2010, Nadimah was walking her pet goat to his field along Carnalbanagh Road, accompanied by an older farmer named Charley Wright. It was between 8-10pm, and a clear evening with the stars visible and a slight breeze. Aerial map of Carnalbanagh Road: 📷 They suddenly noticed an orange orb of light off to the right of the road in the sky to the West of their location. It was shining very brightly, and this glow was constant. It was at least 50 feet in the air. It appeared to be quite small, perhaps only a few feet across. Photograph looking down Carnalbanagh Road. The object was seen in the sky to the right: 📷 The object was moving slowly towards their location heading in an Easterly direction. It moved on a straight level course without changing speed at all. As it approached, Nadimah and Charley continued along the road. Within a few minutes it was almost directly overhead. They briefly looked down to avoid stepping in a puddle. When they looked back up the object had completely vanished. Sighting Analysis Nadimah feels that the object was not a Chinese lantern. She has seen both lanterns and LED balloons before after dark and says that this seemed brighter, and was not flickering at all. It actually got quite close to them and she says that if it were a lantern they would have been able to make out the shape clearly but they could not. However I am not so sure. The fact that the object was seen on Halloween, one of the most popular days of the year for Chinese lanterns, cannot be overlooked. I saw several lanterns myself on the same night, they are commonly launched from celebrations. Nothing that has been mentioned really suggests that the object could not have been a lantern. It was quite small in size and was moving slowly on a straight course, this is what lanterns tend to do when caught in an air current. It was not flickering, however sometimes lanterns can appear continuously bright. When the object suddenly vanished without trace this could easily have been due to the flame inside it burning out. I believe that taking the evidence into consideration, a lantern seems like the most likely explanation for what was seen. Copyright Dave Hodrien 2010

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave Hodrien Release Date: 12/12/2010 Sighting Details At 1.34am on 30th November 2010, Sam Barns was in his bedroom, and looked out of the window. It was a very clear night with no clouds and the stars fully visible. To the North East he suddenly caught sight of a spherical orange coloured object with what looked like 12-13 small yellow and green lights near its centre. He called his wife and children to also come and see the object. They watched as it moved in a zig-zag pattern across the sky. Sam estimates it was travelling between 100-200 mph. After about 45 seconds the object suddenly vanished. Sighting Analysis Unfortunately Sam did not wish to be contacted back by BUFOG so we have no additional information on this sighting, we do not even know where it took place. Orange spheres of light seen after dark can usually be explained by Chinese lanterns. However I find the yellow and green lights that Sam mentions very interesting, usually lanterns appear just as a fiery amber colour. Also the zig-zagging manoeuvres that it was performing sound unusual, usually lanterns tend to drift on a straight course if caught in an air current or slowly rise if not. However perhaps it was caught in different currents travelling in different directions. The sudden disappearance of the object could have been caused by it burning out. Without more information it is hard to say exactly what the object was, but an unusual Chinese lantern of some kind is the most likely explanation. Copyright Dave Hodrien 2010

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave Hodrien Originally forwarded from Richard Hall Release Date: 12/12/2010 Incident Details On a night in 1975, Ricky was staying over at his girlfriend’s house in South East Glasgow. His girlfriend’s mother would not them share the same room, so he was in a twin room with her brother. It was 2.15am and they had just settled down to go to sleep. Suddenly Ricky heard a strange whirring sound. He then felt some sort of energy force enter his body. At the same time a figure appeared in the room in front of him, strangely in black and white. He could see what looked like a human form, about 5 feet 10 inches high, which was only visible from the shoulders up. The figure was standing about 5 feet from the bed. He also detected some strange movement above his head, which he finds hard to explain, and felt that he could hear voices muttering but could not understand what was being said. This seemed to continue for between 45-60 seconds. Ricky was elated by the experience but after this time wanted it to cease. He mentally asked for the situation to end, and it did immediately. The figure instantly disappeared, as did the strange noises. When Ricky spoke of the incident to his girlfriend’s brother, he said that he had felt a strange vibration through his body which had woken him up. Incident Analysis Obviously given the above information, there are many outstanding questions regarding it. Unfortunately the witness has not got back to me so for the moment this is all the details we have on the incident. From what was described, it is clear that what took place had a strong effect on Ricky, and changed his way of thinking about the world. He certainly believed it to be a real experience, and as he has got in touch in the first place, he perhaps feels it was extraterrestrial in nature. I wouldn’t put this completely out of the question. Perhaps the whirring noise he heard was coming from a craft that was in the vicinity. Perhaps the muttering voices he heard and energy he felt enter his body was an ET being communicating directly with him. However some of the aspects of what happened are very unusual. The being looked human, appeared to him in black and white and was only visible from the shoulders up. This may sound to some closer to a ghostly experience rather than something to do with ETs. It is true that some species of ET such as Nordics look very human-like in appearance, but contactees usually report seeing them both completely visible and in colour. Another possibility is that the experience was brought on by hypnogogia. This usually occurs when the body is between waking and sleeping states, which would fit in with the time that Ricky said the incident took place. One of the common effects of hynagogia is paralysis. Ricky did not mention whether he was paralyzed during the experience or not. However many of the other symptoms do fit in with what Ricky described can be explained by this – these symptoms can include seeing vivid hallucinations of figures and hearing strange unidentified sounds. Without further information it is impossible to say whether Ricky’s experience was a genuine ET visitation or not. If I hear back from him this report will be updated with any further information which comes to light Copyright Dave Hodrien 2010

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave Hodrien Originally forwarded by Richard Hall Release Date: 16/12/2010 Sighting Details At 6.09pm on the evening of 21st December 2009, Cyrus Edwards stepped outside his house on Parc Y Felin, Lampeter to feed his pet ferret. Due to the time of year it was already dark, and was clear and still, with the stars and moon fully visible above. He happened to glance up into the sky and to the South West saw a large number of orange glowing orbs moving towards the North East. He estimates there were between 20-30 of them. They appeared to be about the height of a helicopter. They were moving on a straight course all about the same speed, and slowly increasing in altitude as they went. Aerial map of Parc Y Felin: 📷 Cyrus called out his wife to see the spectacle. They continued to watch as the group of objects passed overhead. They appeared to have clearly defined edges and were slightly flickering in brightness. The objects appeared to be different sizes, although this could have been down to distances involved. It took about 30-40 seconds for them to vanish to the North East, seeming to turn Northwards a bit before they did so. By this time they appeared to be about the height of a passenger jet. Looking back to the South West they then noticed several more of the objects. This was followed by another large group of up to 30 orbs, and then a massive group of 60-70 of them. They all moved in the same direction and seemed to fade out to the North East. Cyrus claims that this pattern continued for 53 minutes. Both him and his wife were astounded at the sheer number of the objects which were seen during this time. Sighting Analysis It is almost certain that the objects that the witnesses saw were a large number of Chinese lanterns being launched from a nearby celebration. Considering the incident took place 4 days before Christmas, one of the most popular times of year for lanterns, it is very likely that they were launched from a Christmas party being held to the South West of their location. Cyrus feels that the objects could not have been lanterns because of the sheer number of them. If the objects really did continue drifting over in large groups for an entire hour then indeed this is an excessive number of lanterns, but not out of the question. There are too many similarities with lanterns for the objects to have been anything else. Their appearance, movement pattern, flickering brightness and gradual increase in altitude all point towards them being this. Plus if the objects really were something more unusual there were so many of them that they would have certainly been seen and reported by many other people and the event would have made the local, if not national newspapers. Whether or not we ever find out which celebration the lanterns were being launched from, I am extremely confident that this is what the objects were. Copyright Dave Hodrien 2010

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave Hodrien Release Date: 03/01/2011 Sighting Details At 3.42pm on the afternoon of 15th November 2010, Mark Cutler was getting ready to go on a walk with his partner and daughters in Emsworth, Hampshire where they live. It was a clear day, calm and sunny, but due to the time of year was quite cold. The family were standing outside their house on Victoria Road. Mark’s younger daughter pointed up at a plane crossing the sky. Mark glanced up at it. As he did so he also caught sight of a flash of light from a second object. He focused on it and could see a faint star-like light moving steadily but slowly from West to East. It was hard to judge exactly how big the object was or at what height it was at. The plane appeared to be at around 15000 feet, and the UFO appeared at a higher altitude than that. Aerial map of Victoria Road where the sighting took place: 📷 Mark wanted a closer look at the object so ran inside the house and got his binoculars. Returning outside he managed to locate the object again. He could see what appeared to be a dark brown-grey coloured roundish shaped object, with a distinctive pink flashing light at its centre. This light was flashing in a continuous pattern which seemed to change rhythm a couple of times. He was certain it was mechanical and not a balloon of some kind. He took some video footage and still photographs of the object using his camera. At full 18x zoom the object was still not very close, and the object looked different to how it appeared through the binoculars. As the camera was on autofocus it kept losing focus on the object. Mark watched the UFO for about 5 minutes before losing sight of it and being unable to re-locate it. During this time his partner was also able to see the object. He felt that it may have been some kind of military balloon, but if so what was the purpose of the flashing light on it? Video & Photograph Analysis Below is the video footage that Mark took of the object: Here is a still taken from the footage: 📷 Zoomed view of the object: 📷 Zoomed view of the object with edge find: 📷 A second still from the footage: 📷 The photographs that Mark took are not as detailed as the zoom is not as good. Below are a couple of them: 📷 📷 Zoomed view of the first photograph: 📷 Zoomed view of the first photograph with edge find: 📷 Mark claims that through his binoculars the object looked dark, roundish in shape and had a flashing pink light at its centre. However this is not evident from the video footage or photos. These show a brightly glowing object, with no clear regular flashing light. If I just had the footage and photographs to go on I would suggest that it was a Chinese lantern which had been launched in daylight. I have launched lanterns myself in daytime hours and when viewed from below at an angle they look quite similar to this, both in their colour and shape. In the video the object is not seen to perform any manoeuvres which would suggest it was under intelligent control and not just drifting in air currents. The movement seen is down to camera shake and not the actual object moving. Mark stated in his original E-Mail to me that the object appeared different on camera than it did when he viewed it through his binoculars, due to the lower zoom level and auto-focus. The famous saying “The camera never lies” is not strictly true in some circumstances. But perhaps a lantern could still be the explanation. Could the dark shape which he saw have been the lantern silhouetted against the sky? Could the pink flashing light have in fact been the flame flickering within it? Perhaps the brightness of the glow from it obscured these details when viewed through the camera lens. This is a possibility which must be taken into consideration. Through binoculars the object reminded Mark of some UFO video footage taken by Anthony Woods from Southampton in the early 2000s. Anthony took many UFO videos, however one showed a peculiar-shaped black object with what appeared to be numerous flashing lights on it. Below are some stills of this object alongside CGI reconstructions: 📷 Conclusion This is an interesting sighting, and the witnesses description of how the object looked up close is intriguing. If the object really did have a regularly flashing pink light at its centre, then what could it have been? It is possible that an LED balloon could be the explanation. These come in a variety of shapes and sizes and are sometimes set to flash on and off. However these would usually be launched after dark. Due to its appearance and movement pattern on the video footage it is clearly not a conventional aircraft or helicopter. Perhaps it was some kind of weather monitoring balloon, however these are usually just white or silver in colour and do not have any flashing lights on them. As you can see in the video/photo analysis section, I feel there is the possibility it was a Chinese lantern, and that through his binoculars the witness mistook it for something more unusual. Mark says he has launched lanterns before and knows what they look like, though he has never launched them in daylight. However the testimony of the witness must also be considered, so I would not put it out of the question that it was something else entirely. As with many other sightings it therefore remains unexplained. Copyright Dave Hodrien 2011