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Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave Hodrien Release Date: 24/09/2013 For reasons of anonymity pseudonyms have been used Sighting Details It was the afternoon of Sunday 7th July 2013. Lucy and her husband Paul were outside their garden eating lunch. It was a pleasant sunny day with patchy cloud. Lucy looked up into the sky and happened to notice two objects. They appeared to be at high altitude. Lucy pointed the objects out to her husband. They initially appeared to be black in colour, but kept flashing silver, giving the impression that they were rotating and the sunlight was reflecting off them. One of the objects began moving slowly at a diagonal to the right until it was obscured from vision behind some housing. The other object moved upwards on a straight course. They then saw a third object appear from the left. It too moved upwards below the other one that was still in sight. After a short while the object which had vanished behind the houses reappeared and moved slowly left across the sky until it was hidden behind a cloud. After a couple of minutes Paul ran into the house to get the camera. Lucy  continued to observe the visible objects for a further minute. By the time Paul had come back out into the garden the objects could no longer be seen. Sighting Analysis It is hard to make any detailed analysis of what was seen due to the fact that the witness only provided these details and did not want to be contacted for further questioning. As the objects were moving slowly and did not perform any manoeuvres which would indicate intelligence, they could well have been balloons/inflatables drifting in the sky and getting caught on air currents. Due to the movement patterns observed it is clear that they were not aeroplanes, and from the description they do not sound like they were helicopters. However the exact shape of the objects seen, or their approximate size remains unknown. Copyright Dave Hodrien 2013

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave Hodrien Release Date: 26/09/2013 Sighting Details On the evening of 29th August 2013 Dan was at his house in Kingswinford. It was about 8.30pm. He glanced out of the window. It was a relatively clear night with only light cloud. Dan noticed two purple coloured lights in the sky to the East. They were moving slowly and appeared to be roughly circling each other.  It was hard to tell the exact distance of the lights but they were closer than the hill in the distance as he could see it behind them. He called his partner to the window to also see the lights. She suggested they could be lasers hitting the cloud layer at first, but soon the lights moved away from the cloud to an area of clear sky. At this point the two lights separated. One of them started to descend. As it did it changed colour and became green. Then it began moving back up again and changed back to a purple colour. As it did this the other light continued to move around in a shaky circle. The lights were visible for several minutes. Dan fetched his binoculars, but as he was trying to get one of them in focus both of the lights vanished from sight. Both him and his partner were very puzzled by what they had seen. Sighting Analysis The colours the lights were do not fit in with normal aircraft navigation lights, and due to the movement patterns observed it is unlikely that they were planes or helicopters. However at no time in the sighting did either of the objects perform any manoeuvres which would designate direct control or intelligence. This means they could have been lit objects drifting in air currents. They were unlikely to be Chinese lanterns, as these generally glow amber orange or yellow in colour. The most likely explanation for the lights is that they were two colour changing LED balloons. These are electronically lit balloons which get caught on air currents and can be set to change colours randomly or at regular intervals. Perhaps they had been launched from a celebration somewhere and were drifting up into the sky. As the lights were distant we cannot say what they definitely were, and there is the possibility that they were something more unusual. But the most logical explanation is that they were LED balloons, which drifted out of sight after several minutes. Unfortunately the witness has not responded to further enquiries so this is the only information we have at present about this intriguing case. Copyright Dave Hodrien 2013

Birmingham UFO Group Report Author: Dave Hodrien Release Date: 20/02/2012 Last Updated: 13/12/2015 For reasons of anonymity pseudonyms have been used Introduction Lee first got in touch with BUFOG on 20th February 2012 to report a sighting of a glowing white orb which he and his wife had witnessed at their home in Rednal, Longbridge. After getting back to him it soon became clear that he had also had many other interesting experiences over the years, some of which suggested that he may even be a contactee. I arranged to visit him and his wife in person to talk face-to-face about his experiences. Several days later I drove out to Rednal and we spent a number of hours covering everything which had taken place. This report provides an overview of many of Lee’s experiences which appear to be UFO or contact related. Childhood Fears From about the age of 4 throughout his childhood Lee was frightened of going off to sleep in his bedroom at night. He would only be able to drop off if all the covers were pulled up around him, leaving just a small hole for breathing through. He has no recollection of anything specific taking place around this time which could have been responsible for these feelings. It is of course quite common for young children to get a fear of the dark in their room. However I feel this is worth mentioning as this is one of the common side effects f contact that contactees report time and time again. When speaking in terms of contact, it is likely that these emotions are brought on by the fact that the individual knows this is when the ETs have come for them. Perhaps Lee had an early experience which has currently been blanked from his mind. Back in the 1960’s parents would often be far less concerned about their children being outside on their own. Lee’s parents used to allow him to walk to and from his school in Cotteridge, even when it was dark due to the time of year. This journey would always take him through Cotteridge Park. He had no worries at all about walking this route on a daily basis. Aerial map of Cotteridge Park: 📷 From age 6 Lee began to experience a recurring nightmare. In this dream he would be walking through the park when suddenly a pack of wolves would appear behind him and begin to give chase. He would try to run away but his legs would not work properly and he would not move fast enough. When the wolves caught up with him the dream would end. Later on the dream changed, and instead of a pack of wolves he would see a large jester/joker face which would float towards him. This was reminiscent of Punch off a Punch and Judy show, wearing a hat with bells on. Witness drawing of the jester face which used to chase after him in his dream: 📷 This particular dream is quite intriguing. The ETs will sometimes disguise themselves using something referred to as a screen memory to mask their true appearance. They are often known to appear in a different form, especially to children. They usually appear as something familiar to the individual such as a family member, friend, pet, other animal or something else which the individual would recognise. I have heard of contact cases where these beings have appeared in the form of wolves/dogs, and other cases where they have appeared as clowns, possibly in an attempt to appear less frightening. However this sometimes has the opposite effect and the individual can get a lasting phobia as a result. Due to the open location involved I do wonder if Lee has had a contact experience here in the park, perhaps while walking too or from school on his own, an experience which led to these recurring nightmares. This would just be speculation and this may not have occurred, but I felt it was worth mentioning due to the possible links described above. Night Time Visitation When Lee was 5 years he lived with his parents and grandmother. Unfortunately around this time his father suffered from a heart attack. He survived this but afterwards was consigned to the living room of his home and used to sleep downstairs. Lee would often play cards with his father in the evening just before bed. One evening he could hear that his father was not breathing very well. His father ended the game and told him to go up to bed. During the night Lee awoke with the feeling of being poked in his back a couple of times. Behind him was just the bedroom wall. He then heard a voice say to him “Come on Lee, wake up. You know who it is”.  The voice did not appear to come from any particular location in the room, he just heard it directly inside his head. He questioned the voice, asking himself “Do I know who it is? Who would be saying that?” The next thing he was aware of, he was standing at the top of the staircase looking downwards. He could see some other men wheeling his father out in a wheelchair. His father was wearing a face mask, and Lee could see his mother waving them off. He was also aware of two figures standing either side of him holding his hands. One was holding his hand quite softly, where as the other had quite a firm grip. They appeared to be only slightly taller than himself, so would have been around 4 feet in height.  He also remembers these figures speaking to him saying something similar to “You need to see this. This is the last time you are ever going to see him.” Suddenly the view switched and he remembers moving towards his closed bedroom door and passing straight through it. He is not aware whether the figures were still there alongside him when this happened. He not only remembers the sight of this taking place, but also how it actually felt. This was all he could remember when he awoke the following morning. He went downstairs and found his mother crying and being comforted by his grandmother. He was immediately told that his father had died during the night. At hearing this dreadful news, Lee felt emotionally numb and went back upstairs. He felt like the experience during the night had “buffered” the impact of what had happened. Later on he spoke with his mother about what had taken place, and what she described matched what he had seen. He is absolutely convinced that he had been woken up on purpose to see his father for the last time. There are a number of aspects of this experience which certainly fit in with a visitation by ETs. Numerous contactees have reported being woke up by the beings prodding them, or described such feelings during abduction experiences. There are missing time elements to this experience, such as how Lee got from his bed to the top of the stairs. This is very common with contact, and the contactee will more often than not remember fragmented memories of what has taken place. The beings that Lee describes either side of him are very intriguing. Although he did not turn to look at them, he was aware that they were short in height, certainly much shorter than an adult human would be. This would fit in with the figures being Greys; the most commonly reported type of ET. In addition to this Lee says that when they spoke to him he would hear the words inside his head, it did not sound like the beings were actually audibly speaking. This again would fit in with Greys, which always talk via telepathic means. Lastly Lee then recalls actually passing through his bedroom door. This is again another common aspect of abduction experiences that take place at home. The individual is often taken through solid objects by the ETs, such as the window, wall or ceiling. I have had numerous contactees describe how this actually feels. It appears that the beings use advanced technology of some kind which allows this to take place. Because of all the above stated reasons, I feel it is certainly possible that Lee was visited by two  ETs during that night, and for whatever reason they wanted him to see his father depart for the last time, maybe to lessen the impact of his father’s death, or provide him with a lasting memory. As he did not actually look at the beings, or did but had the memory of this removed, we cannot say for certain that this is what took place, but there are many aspects which seem to back up this theory. If this was a visitation, as it appears to be, then the fact that the beings first said to Lee “You know who this is” suggests that he had previously had other experiences with these same entities. This perhaps lends weight to the unusual dreams that he had experienced for the previous two years. However the dreams appeared to be quite frightening, where as there was no fear involved with this experience. Lee felt quite comfortable with the situation he found himself in. Something In The Sky The next unusual incident which Lee can recall happening took place in 1971/72 when he was a teenager. His memory of what took place is quite blurred but he remembers leaving the house to go and meet up with a friend. It was a bright sunny day. He was walking towards Cotteridge when he suddenly noticed a big group of people all staring up into the air and pointing. The traffic also appeared to be stopped. He walked on over to see what they were looking at, but when he looked up into the sky he couldn't see anything. He then remembers looking back down and seeing a tough looking boy walk across the road towards him. He then felt himself get hit and he blacked out. When he came round he was lying on the ground surrounded by a number of adults. He remembers them helping him to his feet and asking if he was ok. His next memory was of being about a mile away in Kings Norton walking along the edge of the road. He felt extremely confused and could not fathom how he had got to the location he was now at. It has played on his mind ever since. There are a number of unanswered questions surrounding this incident. What were the people all staring at in the sky? Why had the other boy suddenly decided to walk over to Lee and then knock him out? And how had he got from that position to walking through Kings Norton? It is possible that the other boy was just nasty, or maybe thought that Lee was someone else. It is probable that the missing period of time was down to concussion from being knocked out, and that Lee had walked a mile in a daze. However what everyone was looking at remains completely unanswered. Interests and Dreams In his late teens, Lee suddenly developed an obsession with the UFO subject. He began purchasing many books and reading as much as he could about everything. He does not really know where this sudden interest in the subject came from, as he had not really paid much attention to it prior to this point. Around the same time period, he also began to have regular dreams about UFOs. He cannot really remember whether the dreams came first or whether they came after he had began looking into everything. In some of these dreams he would be visited by small ET beings. These beings would be semi-translucent and inside them Lee saw some kind of electrical energy. In other dreams the skies would be filled with craft and he was struggling to survive alongside others against a hostile invasion force. Witness drawing of one of the short semi-translucent beings: 📷 Throughout his life, right up to present day, Lee has also had a number of precognitive dreams. In these dreams he sees random things, and it is only when they happen for real soon afterwards that he realises they have been future predictions. While some of them have been quite random, others have been very specific and clearly of real life incidents. They have included deaths of prominent figures. He has also had dreams of accidents from time to time. As an example, in his early 20s Lee used to work at Cadburys, and every day would walk to and from work along Lyndon Road. One night he had a dream in which a car crashed on the road and flipped over upside down ending up in a garden. Three days later that exact thing took place, and he realised he had previously dreamt of it. The dreams that Lee had about UFOs and beings did not seem to relate to any known real life incidents. Therefore it is possible that they were simply a side effect of his obsessive research into the subject. However the precognitive dreams that Lee continues to have are much more interesting. Many contactees report having precognitive abilities, and I have investigated other cases where people have reported exactly the same thing. Just as with Lee’s dreams, these tend to usually be completely random events. The fact that Lee has mentioned having such dreams is certainly significant and worthy of mention. He also regularly experiences night terrors, where he wakes up in the middle of the night absolutely terrified.  Sometimes he will see black shapes moving around in front of him, and when he opens his eyes they are still there for a brief moment. Other times he will shout out and punch out at something unknown in front of him until his wife manages to wake him up. While it is of course possible for these to just be bad dreams and hallucinations brought on by waking suddenly from dreams, again they may have links with contact so should not be ignored. Tired of UFOs In recent years Lee has looked into the UFO subject and realised the links that some of his experiences have had with it. However he says that whenever he starts looking up information on the subject, or even talking about it, he begins to feel extremely fatigued. He has noted that this only happens with this subject, if he is checking out anything else in depth he does not experience these feelings. You could suggest that this was just down to boredom; however this would not be correct at all, because Lee is very interested in the subject. Contactees often report experiencing unusual emotions of one kind or another when looking at information relating to UFOs or ETs. Sometimes they get obsessed with the subject, as mentioned previously in this report. Other times they get an extreme aversion to it, especially pictures of the beings themselves. This is completely understandable as it will sometimes bring back the feelings of fear or panic that they have gone through during their experiences. Perhaps the feelings of tiredness that Lee experiences is something trying to stop him from looking into the subject, or maybe an over familiarity with it. These are just speculations, nothing more. Orbs Around The Home On a number of occasions Lee has seen small white coloured orbs moving around his house in Rednal. They are usually seen in the corner of his eye. They just seem to appear and quickly drift along a short distance above the floor. He has seen them during the day-time, and also at night while lying in bed. We cannot verify at this time whether or not these are merely down to an issue with his sight, or something more unusual. However many experiencers report seeing glowing orbs around their home, so there does seem to be some link with contact. What these orbs that are reported actually are is jet to be determined, although I feel they may be some kind of energy manifestation. The fact that Lee occasionally sees these may be further evidence that he is a contactee. Golden Disc In 2000 Lee went on holiday with his family to Newquay in Cornwall. They were staying at Trevella Holiday Park in a tent. One evening he was sat outside the tent star gazing. It was a very clear and still evening, and the stars were fully visible. Aerial map showing location of Trevella Holiday Park: 📷 Photograph of Trevella Holiday Park: 📷 Suddenly right overhead he saw what appeared to be a huge disc-shaped object. It had not been visible due to the angle it was at, but it turned on its axis catching the moonlight. It appeared as a golden-brass like colour. Lee feels that it was at very high altitude and was extremely large in size. The object continued to rotate until it had turned 180 degrees, at which point it no longer caught the light and so vanished into the darkness. Lee compares the object to a penny turning over from one side to the other. He was astounded at what he had just witnessed. He told his wife about it and continued to watch the sky, but the object did not make a reappearance. Lee feels that this was a very large disc-shaped craft of some kind, perhaps even a “mother ship”. While this is indeed possible, and cannot be ruled out, there are other more mundane explanations that must also be considered. There is the possibility that the object was a large inflatable drifting across the sky, and that the object was a lot closer than it appeared to be. When viewing objects in the night sky it is often very hard to accurately judge their altitude as there is no point of reference. The object was clearly not a normal aircraft or helicopter, and it is very unlikely to have been a meteorite. Whatever the actual identity of the object, it captured Lee’s imagination and ignited his interest in the UFO subject. Glowing Lights Soon after his sighting in Newquay, Lee decided to purchase an LED torch to shine up into the sky to try and attract attention. He began standing out in the back garden sky watching, while using the torch to trace out various patterns or flash it on and off. Sometimes it would be just him outside, on other occasions he was also joined by his wife Madeline. One evening in 2008/2009 he and Madeline had been standing outside for about an hour. He asked Madeline to go back inside and fetch the binoculars as he realised he hadn't brought them out. Soon after she had gone inside, Lee suddenly noticed a triangle of three white lights appear to the North East. They appeared to be several hundred feet high. These lights proceeded to swoop downward in a descending arc towards his location at a fast speed. As they did so, the three lights began swapping switching on and off fast, while still retaining their triangular formation. There was no regular discernible pattern to how they were switching on and off. This gave the impression that they were dancing. The lights went past and began heading off to the South West. As they did, Madeline came back outside with the binoculars. Lee diverted her attention to the lights. She glanced up and saw them, but then quickly looked away, frightened at what she was seeing. The lights continued moving away until they were lost from sight. In total they had only been visible for several seconds. During this time they had moved from one side of the sky to the other, so they were clearly moving at a very fast speed, much faster than an aircraft would move at. Lee exclaimed “Did you see that?” His wife replied that she had seen “something”.  Obviously she had not got as good a look at the lights as Lee had. Then Lee noticed something else out of the corner of his eye, coming from the direction the triangle of lights had moved off in. He and his wife watched as a long string of white lights with a split formation at the front flew silently across the sky. Initially they were moving on a level course, but then suddenly began to ascend until they were lost from sight. Once again they were only visible for a few seconds, and like the triangle pattern of lights were moving extremely fast. Witness drawing showing the string of lights visible above the nearby houses: 📷 Witness drawing illustrating the movement path of the string of lights: 📷 The most obvious answer for groups of lights seen in the night sky would be either Chinese lanterns or LED balloons. However both of these explanations seem very unlikely given the facts of what took place. The lights in both formations were white, so were unlikely to have been lanterns, as these usually glow amber orange/yellow. The lights were all constantly bright and did not flicker at all. Lee knows exactly what Chinese lanterns look like in the night sky, and says that these were definitely something else. They were moving with intent and appeared to be under control. LED balloons are often white, so this would match the appearance of the lights. However both the triangular formation and the string of lights were moving much too fast to have been lit balloons drifting on air currents. They were both only visible for several seconds, during which they travelled right across the sky. After speaking with Lee in great detail about what was observed, I am convinced that this was something out of the ordinary. However there did not appear to be any direct interaction, so it is unlikely this sighting was related to contact. Yellow Beam Soon after the sighting of the white lights, Lee had another sighting of something very different. It was after dark and he went to close the net curtain on his son’s bedroom window. As he did so he glanced outside. Suddenly what appeared to be a very straight edged bright yellow laser-like beam shot towards his location from the North, and vanished over the top of the house. It appeared to have a definite start and end to it rather than be a continuous line across the sky, and be travelling on a course rather than just switching on and back off again. It was only visible for a moment but was extremely clear and well defined. Witness drawing showing the yellow beam appearing over the trees in the back garden: 📷 The most obvious mundane explanation for this sighting is that the beam was a laser fired from a nearby location. However there are a number of things that do not fit this explanation. Lasers tend to be green or red in colour usually. While yellow lasers do exist they tend to not be very powerful or go for long distances. This doesn’t fit Lee’s description as he said it was very bright and defined. If the beam was a laser from a nearby location then it would be expected to have been seen going up into the sky at an angle from a point on the ground. However the beam appeared to be horizontal and was higher than the roof of the house. There are no nightclubs in the area which the beam could have been shone from, and night clubs are not allowed to use laser displays due to the risk of blinding people. Also the way in which the beam appeared to be moving and have a start and end point to it again does not fit with a laser, as these appear right across the skyline instantly. If it wasn’t a laser then what else could it have been? It appeared too straight edged to have been a search light, and there are no telephone wires over the house which could have been caught in a passing vehicle’s headlights. Strangely this is not the only case I have heard of where a bright yellow beam was seen. In 1987 a man in Rowley Regis saw something very similar to what Lee described, although in this case the beam did remain constantly lit for a period of time. Could the two incidents be related in some way? There is a seperate case report on this incident. Silver and Red UFO In the summer of 2010 Lee and Madeline were out in the back garden. It was a clear and sunny but breezy day. Lee happened to glance up into the sky visible in the gap between his and the neighbouring house. In the distance he noticed what appeared to be two silver metallic oval-shapes on top of one another with a red glowing area at the centre between them. It looked fuzzy and was surrounded by a reddish glow. He initially assumed it must be a novelty balloon. However it was completely stationary in the sky. If it had been a balloon it would have drifted in the breeze that was blowing. Lee got his binoculars out to take a closer look at the object but couldn’t quite bring it into focus. It appeared to be quite distant and also quite large in size. Witness drawing of the UFO, including a close up of how it appeared: 📷 The object remained completely motionless for around 20 minutes. Lee and his wife continued to watch it for the duration. Then suddenly without warning it appeared to fade and vanish. There were no clouds nearby which it could have been hidden behind, it was just gone. When I went to visit Lee at his house I also had the chance to speak with Madeline about this incident, and she confirmed everything which had been witnessed. There is no reasonable mundane explanation that I can think of for this object. It certainly appeared solid and was shimmering in the sunlight, so it is unlikely it was a mirage or reflection of light. It does not sound anything like how a distant helicopter would appear. Also we should take into account that the house is under a flight path, so Lee and Madeline are both used to seeing all sorts of aircraft and helicopters both at day and night. It is very unlikely that it was some kind of illuminated inflatable, as this would certainly have drifted during the 20 minutes that it was observed for. I would have suggested an unusual radio controlled model if it wasn’t for the fact that the object suddenly vanished. Lee is certain that it didn't just fly off into the distance until out of sight, he did not see the object change size or angle at all. Could this be a genuine sighting of an ET craft in broad daylight? If so then perhaps the reason that he could not focus properly on the object was because it was inside an energy field of some kind. There have been many UFO sightings where such a field has been observed, and it can often make the craft look distorted or blurred. As the sighting took place in the day time perhaps there were other witnesses who have yet to come forward. White Sphere Lee’s most recent UFO sighting occurred on 18 February 2012. It was 10.49 pm and completely dark outside. It was a clear and still night. Lee was sitting on his bed. He glanced up out of the bedroom window. As he did, a glowing white ball of light came into view at the left edge of the window. It was to the West of his location but quite close, probably within half a mile. It moved swiftly across the view from the window heading towards the North, and was soon lost from sight. It only took a couple of seconds to do this, so was moving at quite a fast speed. This speed of movement caused it to look slightly oval in shape, but there was no trail behind it. Lee jumped up off the bed and ran to the window but it had gone. Madeline was also in the room at the time and had witnessed the object in her peripheral vision. The velocity was much too fast to have been an LED balloon or Chinese lantern drifting on an air current, or even an aircraft or helicopter. If it had been an aircraft of some kind then Lee is sure he would have seen other navigation lights on it, but there were none. The object was too slow to have been a meteorite. Lee estimates the object was at least as big as a car, possibly larger. Flying Triangle On the evening of 1st November 2015. Lee, his wife Madeline and son Gavin were out looking up at the stars. It was a clear moonlit night. At approximately 9.45pm Gavin suddenly excitedly shouted out that there was an unusual object approaching from the South South East and visible between the chimneys of the neighbouring house. At the time Madeline was inside making a hot drink, but Lee immediately looked to see what his son was referring to. It looked like a black triangular shaped object with a bright white oval-shaped light at each corner. It was hard to judge the object’s distance or speed as there was no point of reference, but Lee feels that it was flying lower than a jumbo jet would fly at, and was of a significantly large size. It appeared to be completely silent, although this may have been due to its altitude. A moment later Madeline joined them in the garden. All the witnesses watched the UFO fly overhead and continued onward to the North North West on a level and straight course in the direction of Halesowen. After about 10 seconds it faded into the distance and was no longer visible. Unfortunately they had no camera with them at the time, and the object was not visible for long enough to go and fetch one. The witnesses were both shocked and excited by what they had seen and remained outside in the hope that the object would return. It did not, but soon afterwards some apparently unusual plane activity began in the area. First of all a low altitude conventional aircraft appeared in the sky from the East and proceeded to circle over the house three consecutive times before heading off to the North East. Gavin jokingly remarked that they could be “checking up on them”. This was followed by three other aircraft at higher altitude. These all arrived from the South West and headed off in the direction the UFO had travelled. There were two further fly-bys of other aircraft. The family remained outside for a further 20 minutes surveying the sky but no further activity took place. This is a fascinating multiple witness sighting of what appears to have been a “classic” Flying Triangle UFO.  Lee is convinced that it was not a conventional aircraft of any kind. The house lies under a flight path from Birmingham International Airport, so he is extremely used to seeing aircraft of various kinds passing overhead, and knows what they look like after dark. The object did not perform any manoeuvres which would indicate it was ET in origin, but it certainly appeared to be under control and flying at quite a fast speed. As the three lights held formation for the duration of the sighting it is clear they were all parts of the same object. This, combined with their appearance and colour, puts out of the question that they were a number of Chinese lanterns or other lit inflatables. Conclusion As you can see Lee has had many fascinating and unusual experiences, some of which were also witnessed by his wife and son. However when looking at the case from a contact perspective, it is quite hard to say whether Lee is a contactee or not. Other than the visitation the night his father died, he has not had any other experiences which have directly involved beings. He has no recollected memories of being abducted, and the only missing time experience he has had could well have been as a result of being dazed after being knocked unconscious. So while there is not much evidence that he is an abductee, the night time visitation experience is very interesting and has some impressive aspects to it. He has also reported many different things which are commonly spoken of by contactees – multiple UFO sightings, glowing orbs, unusual recurring nightmares and particular fears and obsessions. Some of these incidents may in some way be linked to his visitation experience. Maybe in due course Lee will have further experiences which will confirm this. Copyright Dave Hodrien 2015

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave Hodrien Last Updated: 16/01/2012 For reasons of anonymity pseudonyms have been used and certain experiences ommitted Regression Analysis As you can see, the regression went very well, and Morgane was able to not only recount in detail what she was already aware of, but also remembered many additional memories about what took place. It appears that after heading to bed, Morgane was abducted. This happened after she got back into bed once she had finished her evening prayers. It is unknown how much time went by before the experience began. Morgane described the ceiling of her room as both glowing and having a molten appearance. I feel that this was likely to be a beam from the craft which was penetrating the roof of her house. This beam was used to transport her to the craft. Similar to many other cases Morgane described lifting up into the air out of her bed. She then spoke of feeling a sticky glue-like sensation all around her. I believe that at this point she was describing actually passing through the roof of her room and house. I have had several other contactees describe exactly the same sensation. How this is done is still a mystery at present, and is one of the many fascinating aspects of the contact phenomena. After leaving the confines of her house, Morgane was taken high up into the sky. She described seeing her town below her, and seemed to be moving very rapidly on a pre-determined course. She described hearing the sound of the wind rushing past her, an indicator that this was a real experience. It ended with her approaching and then entering the craft, which appeared to her as a glowing light. She did not recollect how she actually entered the craft (this part of the experience is often completely blocked out). She found herself inside a darkened room in the base of the craft. She was staring out of a window and watching the view of the ground far below, meaning that at this point of the experience at least, the craft was still in Earth’s atmosphere. At this point a Nordic being approached her and stood at her left side. The fact that Morgane referred to this being as “a friend” suggests that this was not the first time she had met him, and that she has had other experiences with these beings prior to this one, experiences that she cannot currently remember. The Nordic led her up a corridor into the main body of the craft. She was immediately taken to one of the many adjoining side rooms, after which the examination procedure you have already read about took place. Unfortunately we are still no clearer as to exactly why they opened up Morgane’s chest and what may have been placed inside of her. It is possible that it was an implant, maybe one which still exists today. Similar instruments to those which the Nordics used on Morgane have been described before in other cases, and the markings that these instruments left on her again fit in with other cases. The circle of dots is commonly referred to as a cookie cutter marking. Remember that when Morgane had this experience she had not looked into ET contact at all, so this is further evidence that her experience was genuine. The cup that was offered to Morgane is another interesting aspect of the case. Again it is an aspect which has been reported in other contact experiences, including two other cases I have directly looked into. It is unknown why the cup was given to her. Perhaps it was to stop her getting dehydrated. Or maybe there was another unknown reason behind it. The “Galactic Federation” that the Nordics told Morgane about has also been referred to in other cases. Although the idea of numerous ET races forming a large scale alliance may sound like the stuff of sci-fi stories, it does also make logical sense. From the many reported and documented contact cases it is clear that there are numerous distinct ET species working alongside each other towards common goals. Although Morgane only saw Nordic types, others have seen Nordics working alongside other races such as the Greys and the Reptilians. After the examination was over, Morgane was then led back out into the main body of the craft. There is an unusual discrepancy at this point, one which was flagged up to me by Morgane herself after her regression. Prior to the regression she remembered seeing many people dressed in white standing in the central area of the craft. However during the regression she could not see these for whatever reason. She saw other people on the far side of the craft on the other raised ramp, but the central area appeared to be empty. This puzzled Morgane and she questioned why she did not see the humans she had initially remembered seeing. It is hard to say why this may have been the case. Certainly what she described under regression appears to be what actually happened, as she recounted many details about the experience which fitted in with what she consciously remembered beforehand. Perhaps for some reason the image of the humans in white was blanked out from her memory while being regressed. Or maybe it had been implanted as a screen memory for some reason, and under hypnosis she saw a true rendition of events. It is hard to say either way. Another witness drawing of the main body of the craft: 📷 Everything remembered from this point onward was only recalled under regression, prior to this she had no memory of what happened. It is common for contactees to only have partial recollection of their experiences, often nearly all the memories are blocked out. It is interesting that Morgane had a clear recollection up to this moment but then no memory of anything happening afterwards. Perhaps this was done on purpose – maybe the ETs were happy for her to remember some of the experience but not all of it. Morgane was taken along the raised ramp towards a large rounded arch at one end of the hall. When they reached this, Morgane realised that the opening was covered in a screen made from a lazer-like light. They stepped through this screen and beyond it was another room which appeared to be at the front of the craft. Here she met another Nordic who was specifically interested in learning about the languages and religions of the Earth. What this being said to her provides us with a fascinating insight into one of the reasons, possibly the main reason, why the Nordics are visiting our planet. Next another being approached Morgane, one which she had a close connection with. It was a hybrid - half human half Nordic. Morgane sensed this about the being, although it looked completely human. It is common for contactees to see hybrids during their experiences, and it is clear that the ETs are experimenting with DNA and creating genetic mixes. The connection that Morgane felt to this being suggests that it was related to her directly. There are other points  which I am not able to disclose at present that reinforce this possibility. After meeting with this hybrid being, she was then taken to another room with a large screen inside and several other hybrids. The screen appeared to be showing the hybrids pictures, teaching them information about Earth. It is a possibility that it was teaching them knowledge needed for them to integrate with human society. Some people believe that this is one of the aims of the hybrid breeding program. If the beings looked completely human there is no reason why they would not be able to walk amongst us undetected. This would more than likely be done for information gathering rather than malicious purposes. Witness sketch of the screen with watching hybrids: 📷 After observing the hybrids and screen for a short while, Morgane was brought back to the adjoining room. Another Nordic being then entered the room. Morgane was told that she could not stay and would have to return home. Unfortunately we do not have any further information on Morgane’s return as the regression had reached its maximum allocated time of 90 minutes, so it was brought to a close. The hypnotherapist I now work with believes that this is the longest an individual regression should be allowed to continue for, so I went along with her wishes. From her memories of the experience, Morgane was able to draw estimated top down diagrams showing the layout of the various levels of the craft she was aboard. Outside view of the craft (She only saw the craft as a glowing light as she approached it so is not certain whether it really looked like this): 📷 Main interior of the craft showing central hall area, raised ramps, adjoining side rooms and area at the front of the craft: 📷 Lower level of the craft showing room Morgane initially found herself in: 📷 Orbs Sighting Soon after her abduction experience, Nicola and her children had a sighting of multiple orange-red coloured orbs from the window of their house. It was evening time and they witnessed these orbs travelling across the sky on a straight path. They were an equal distance apart from each other. They appeared to be at quite low altitude and Nicola felt that they were huge in size, much larger than aeroplanes. Witness drawing of the orange orbs crossing the sky: 📷 It is possible that these orbs of light were a launch of multiple Chinese lanterns. Their appearance and the way in which they were moving certainly fits in with this explanation. At a distance it is sometimes hard to accurately judge the size of aerial objects, and lanterns can often appear to be much bigger than they in fact are because of the brightness of the glow emanating from them. At the time none of the witnesses were familiar with how lanterns looked, so it is easy to see how unusual this sight could have appeared. However to counteract this explanation, Morgane says that the objects were much too large to have been lanterns, and travelled in too regular a formation. Also she says that they were not glowing, but were orange-red in colour. The Red Dot On an evening in 1989, Morgane was having a chat with her eldest daughter. They were in her daughter’s room. Her daughter was lying in bed and Morgane was sat at her side. They were speaking about spiritual topics such as the virtue of kindness. The lights were out in the room and it was quite dark. Suddenly on the other side of the room a glowing red pinpoint of light appeared. It seemed to be about 1.3 metres off the floor and hovering in mid air rather. It then slowly moved across the room towards them and came to rest quite near to them at the same height. Her daughter asked her if she could see it, and Morgane replied that she could. She asked Morgane what it was. Morgane replied with what she believed at the time. She said “It’s some form of consciousness. It’s here because we are talking of profound things. It is listening and telling us that we are on the right path”.  After a short while the light suddenly vanished. Since reading into contact, Morgane wonders if it was somehow related to her contact experiences. This is an interesting experience, and could have been ET related. The fact that it was seen by both Morgane and her daughter shows that it was definitely present. Contactees often speak of seeing unidentified orbs of light in their proximity. Could this have been caused by energy of some kind manifesting itself? Laser pointers make red points of intense light. I initially considered whether it was someone shining one of these through the bedroom window. However firstly the curtains of the room were drawn as Morgane’s daughter was preparing to go to sleep. Also the light appeared to be hovering in the air; it was not on or near to any surfaces in the room. Therefore I feel that this was probably not the reason behind the light. Men In Black One sunny day in the summer of 1990, Morgane noticed a black Rolls Royce parked right outside her kitchen window. There was a black haired man wearing a dark suit sitting in the front seat. He was not moving or doing anything. She was too frightened to go outside and ask what the man was doing there. The children were also scared and suggested that she call someone, but she did not. Instead Morgane and the children went upstairs and they watched the car out of an upstairs window. The car remained outside for about 4 hours. The really strange thing was that the man in the driver’s seat did nothing for this whole time. He didn’t even move, he just sat there motionless. Eventually the car drove away. Morgane has read about the Men In Black and their direct relation to contact experiences, and wonders whether this was the explanation behind the experience. This is a possibility considering the appearance of both the car and the driver. Perhaps he was scanning Morgane in some way. But if so there was no indication of this. It is unlikely he was using a listening device as the timing of the experience did not relate to anything in particular; it was just a normal summer’s day. There is a possibility that the man was a chauffeur. Perhaps he was waiting for someone else entirely, and had accidentally arrived at the wrong address. However it does seem unlikely that he would remain sitting in the car for 4 hours without doing anything or coming to the front door, and then suddenly leave after this time. Unexplained Sound was late evening on a day in the spring of 2008. Morgane was in her bedroom but not in bed. Suddenly she heard a high pitched sound begin. It was quite quiet at first but certainly noticeable. She could not detect the direction of the source of the noise. She began to search around the room trying to find out what was causing it. The sound steadily got louder and louder. It appeared to be all around her, filling the room. It was so loud that Morgane felt it was affecting her balance and causing damage to her inner ear. It got so loud that she began to panic and ran downstairs. As soon as she was out of the room the noise started to diminish, and got lower as she moved further away. It was definitely coming from within the room rather than elsewhere in the house. Then without warning it suddenly ceased all together. Morgane went outside and told her husband what had just happened. He could not explain what had caused the noise, and had not heard it himself. Morgane was frightened about what had just happened. After the experience Morgane could not stand going near to any radars or telephone relays. When she tried her ears would start to ring and she would feel herself losing balance again. This lasted for about 5 days before settling down. She did not go to her GP about this as she felt they would try to pin it down to a medical explanation, and she felt certain that it was something else. Morgane wonders if the sound she heard was related to contact. Contactees do often suffer from very sensitive hearing and are sometimes able to pick up sounds that are inaudible to most other individuals. What does seem apparent is that the noise was related to something taking place in the particular upstairs room. If it had been something scanning Morgane in some way, surely the noise would have remained loud not diminished as she moved away from the room? Perhaps it was something that had been targeted to that particular location because of Morgane’s presence? If so could it have had malicious intent?  Or did it have a more mundane explanation, such as an electrical malfunction of some kind? It is unlikely we will ever know for sure. Disc UFOs At 12.20am on 28th May 2011 Morgane was lying in bed. She peered out of the roof window in her room. There was a clear night sky above. Suddenly she noticed two strange objects crossing the sky heading in a Westerly direction. They appeared to be bigger than an aeroplane and had red and white flashing lights. They were completely silent. The objects looked like flattened discs, metallic in colour. They were flying over some forested hills, and were just above the height of the trees. Intrigued Morgane got up out of bed to continue watching the objects. When she looked outside again she could see the object to the South of her property. They were now hovering completely still in the sky. She called her husband who then also watched the UFOs. They both felt that it was something out of the ordinary. Both Morgane and her husband are aware of what aircraft look like after dark, but were convinced this was something else. After about 10 minutes one of the objects rose directly upward, then moved back off to the East from where it had came. The second object remained for a short while longer then suddenly vanished without trace. Checking Up? It was around 9pm on 30th September 2011, within a week of Morgane’s regression in Birmingham. She and Arthur were in a taxi travelling along Connaught Gardens in Palmers Green, London. They were both sitting on the back seat, with Arthur behind the driver. There was not many other cars around, at least on the road they were currently on. The weather was clear, and it had been a warm day. Aerial map of Connaught Gardens: 📷 Arthur was looking out of the window at the sky and stars off to the right of the car. Suddenly he noticed something up in the sky. It appeared to be a large red coloured sphere with red, blue and yellow lights positioned around it which were not flashing. It looked to be at least 100 metres high in the air. He exclaimed “What is this?” Unfortunately Morgane could not lean across far enough to see the object from her position in the car. They did not ask the taxi driver to stop. The object appeared to be hovering stationary. Arthur only saw it a few seconds before it was lost from sight. A bit further down the road he once again caught another glimpse of it, again for several seconds. After this it was lost from sight behind the buildings and nearby trees. Arthur has no idea of what he saw, but is sure that he had not seen anything like it before. He was not surprised that something unusual could be seen over the capital of the UK. He and Morgane wonder whether it was connected to her visit to the UK. Perhaps the ETs were checking up on them. Or perhaps it was completely un-related. The object that Arthur saw certainly does not sound like a conventional aircraft or helicopter. Perhaps it was a large LED balloon, or electronically lit advertising balloon of some kind.  If it was mundane, this is the most likely explanation for what it could have been. However it is interesting that this sighting occurred within a week of Morgane’s regression. This could have just been a coincidence of course, but there is still the possibility that it was not, and that the ETs were aware of what was taking place. Conclusion Morgane has had some fascinating experiences, and I feel she is certainly an ET contactee. Although she can only remember a single abduction experience at present, what we learnt in the regression suggests that she has had other prior contact with the Nordics which she cannot currently recollect. There are other ET related experiences she has had which I am not able to disclose. The experience aboard the Nordic craft is incredibly detailed and has many interesting aspects. This was not a “typical” abduction experience – not only could she move freely aboard the craft, she was also taken to different locations within it. The ETs appeared to trust her to some degree, and this trust was justified as Morgane was not frightened and did not react violently towards them in any way. She found the experience a positive one, and hopes to one day have the chance to meet the beings again. Her and her family’s UFO sightings are also interesting, although none of them appear to involve direct interaction. Perhaps they were observing her at a distance; this is of course impossible to say for sure. I feel sure that not only are Morgane’s experiences far from over, but that our paths will surely cross again in the future. She already has plans for further regression sessions, and if deemed appropriate the results of these may well be added to this report. I would lastly like to thank Morgane and her husband for spending the time, money and effort to come across to the UK for the regression. The fact that they did this in the first place should not be overlooked by anyone who may doubt the authenticity of this case. Morgane is not trying to gain anything from sharing her experiences with me, other than a fuller understanding of what has happened to her. Copyright Dave Hodrien 2012

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave Hodrien Originally forwarded by Richard Hall Release Date: 04/09/2011 For reasons of anonymity pseudonyms have been used Regression Transcript Part Two I felt that the red sphere incident would be another good incident to look at during the regression. There was a close encounter with a UFO followed by a verified period of missing time. This was a good indicator that something more had taken place and that there were possible lost memories which could be retrieved. Laura also felt that this incident was related to the birth of her son, and wanted to know if this was the case or not. Just as with the first incident we explored, Laura had a stunning recollection of what took place, describing everything in a good level of detail. Below is the second half of the regression transcript, along with several drawings that Laura did afterwards to illustrate what she remembered from it: R: Now two years after that incident, you were living in Dagenham. L: Yes. R: And what happened in November 83 in Dagenham, can you remember? Tell me about it. L: I wasn’t very well. R: You were not too well? L: I had the flu. R: Ok. L: I felt terrible. R: You felt terrible and you had the flu, mhmm. L: Headache, and a sore throat. R: Headache and sore throat. L: And my tummy hurt. R: Yes. L: I went up to bed and stayed in bed all day. R: Mhmm. L: It was Thursday so Top Of The Pops was going to be on, and I wanted to watch it. R: Top Of The Pops was going to be on and you wanted to see it, I understand. So what did you do? L: I told Joseph... R: Yes. L: To wake me... R: Ok. L: When it was going to be on. R: So you asked Joseph to wake you when it was going to be on so you could see your favourite programme, is that right? L: Yes. R: Ok. And did he wake you at the appropriate time? L: Yes. R: And what happened then? L: I got out of bed. R: Mhmm. L: And I was putting my dressing gown on. R: Got out of bed and put your dressing gown on, yes. L: And I saw a light where there shouldn’t have been a light. R: You saw a light where there shouldn’t have been a light. Tell me, were your curtains closed at this time? L: Yeah. R: They were closed and you could see a light through the curtains, is that correct? L: Yes. R: Ok. So what did you do? L: I opened the curtains. R: Uh-huh, you opened the curtains. L: There shouldn’t have been a light there. R: There was a light there. What colour was the light? L: It was red. R: A red light. How big was this red light Laura? L: It was really really big. R: Really really big. Did you have to look up, or was it on a level, or did you look down on this light? L: I had to look up a little bit. R: You had to look up a little bit. It was really big. How close was this red light do you think? L: It was at the end of the garden. R: The end of the garden, as close as that? L: Yes. It was at the end of the garden. About thirty foot I think. R: So you’ve got this big red light, thirty foot at the end of the garden, and you had to look slightly up to see it, is that correct? L: Yes. It was about fifteen foot across. R: Fifteen foot across. L: I’m not very good at judging sizes. R: That’s fine, you’re doing very well. Was this light circular or was it a different shape? L: It was a ball of red light. R: A ball of red light as you looked at it. L: Yeah. R: And could you see any detail behind the red light? L: No. R: No, it was just a red ball, a massive red light, coming, the light was coming in your direction? L: Yeah. R: Was there anything else illuminated in the gardens of the other houses by this light? L: No. R: No, ok. And what happened next? L: There’s someone in the room. R: There was someone in the room. And you’ve got your eyes open, you’re still looking at the red light? L: Yeah. R: Where was this someone in the room? L: It was down and behind me. R: Behind you, you were aware of someone behind you. L: Yes. R: So what did you do? L: Turned round for a second. R: Turned round for a second. And what did you see when you looked behind you? L: It’s like a little man. R: Like a little man. L: Like a little man. R: How many? L: He didn’t have any clothes on. R: He didn’t have any clothes on. L: No. R: It was just the one was it? L: Yeah. R: Ok. How tall was he would you say, this little man? L: Umm, maybe about five foot, he was just a little bit shorter than me. R: I understand. Tell me about his head and his face, could you do that. This is just a memory, you’re perfectly safe. Tell me about his head and his face. L: Got a really big head. R: A really big head, mhmm. L: It looks funny. R: It looks funny? L: Mmm. R: Mhmm. L: It wasn’t scary, he looks funny. R: He doesn’t look scary, he looks funny. Tell me how he looks funny Laura. What makes you tell me he looks funny? L: His head’s too big for his body. R: His head’s too big for his body. And it’s the proportions that makes you think he looks funny? L: Yeah. Like a dwarf only not, too thin to be a dwarf. R: He’s too thin. L: Like a big, big head and a tiny little body. R: Ok, he’s got a big head and a tiny body. L: Mmm. R: Tell me... L: Really long arms. R: Really long arms. What colour is he would you say? What colour is he? He’s got no clothes on, perhaps you’d tell me his colour? L: Well I haven’t got the light on, but he looks, it looks like his skin’s a kinda greeny-bluey colour. R: Greeny-blue, that’s fine. Tell me all you can about his head and his face. L: He’s got a really big head and massive eyes. R: A really big head and massive eyes. What shape would you describe his eyes? L: Umm... R: As best you can. L: They’re I suppose oval. R: That’s fine thank you. Big oval eyes. Have they pupils? L: No they’re just black. R: The big oval eyes are black, have I got that correctly? L: Yes, big oval black eyes. R: Big oval black eyes. L: No colour. R: No colour, ok. What about his nose? L: He doesn’t seem to have one. R: Doesn’t seem to have a nose, ok. What about his mouth? L: Little tiny mouth. R: Little tiny mouth. L: It looks silly on the rest of him. R: It looks silly on the rest of him. Has he any ears that you can see? L: None that I can see, not on the outside. R: That’s fine. Does he have hair this little chap? L: No. R: No. So he’s about five foot tall, his head is disproportionately large to his body... L: Yeah. R: He’s got oval dark eyes with no pupils... L: Yeah. R: No nose, or not one that you can see, and a tiny mouth, is that correct? L: Yeah. R: That’s fine. What about his neck, can you see his neck? L: It doesn’t look strong enough to hold his head. R: Not strong enough, good gracious. L: It looks really small. R: It looks really small, ok. L: Looks really funny. R: Really funny. L: I want to laugh. R: You want to laugh. L: Yeah, I’m trying not to laugh at him. He looks so funny. R: He looks so funny. And his arms are very long arms. L: Yeah. R: Could you tell me about his hands, can you see his hands in this light? L: Really really long fingers. R: Really long fingers. Can you count them for me? L: There’s just three. R: Three long fingers. L: Really long fingers. R: Has he another digit? L: No just three long fingers. R: Three long fingers. Has he an opposable thumb? L: I can’t see one. R: That’s fine, that’s fine, ok. What about his legs? L: They’re really thin and spindly. R: Really thin and spindly. L: They don’t look strong enough to hold him up. R: Ok. L: Especially with that big head. R: This might be difficult for you, but in the darkness can you see this chaps feet at all? You described the hands very well but can you describe the feet to me? L: No. R: That’s fine, that’s fine. What about the part that you can see, below his chin, and above the top of his legs. What can you see there on this little chap? L: Umm...his body. R: Mhmm. L: He’s got no belly button, or any nipples or anything, it’s just... R: He has no navel or nipples, he’s just... L: Just a body. R: Just a body. Does he have a badge or insignia anywhere that you can see? L: No. 📷 R: That’s fine, ok. You’re looking at him and he’s looking at you. And you think he looks funny... L: Yeah. R: Because he’s so out of proportion. L: Yes. He’s like Mr Potato Head. R: Mr Potato Head. And he’s in your bedroom. L: Yes. R: And is the red light still behind you at this point? L: Yes. R: You’re looking at this little chap... L: Yeah. R: And he’s looking at you. Does he blink at all Laura? L: No. R: Does he blink, no? L: No. It’s like he’s wearing glasses or something. R: It’s like he’s wearing glasses, I see. And you continue to stare at each other? L: Yeah. R: Then what happens? L: He said I’ve got to go with him. R: He’s there and you’ve got to go with him. How do you know, how do you know you’ve got to go with him? L: I don’t know, I just hear him and he doesn’t... his mouth doesn’t move. R: You hear him but his mouth doesn’t move, have I got that correct? L: Yeah. R: Thank you. So he wants you to go with him. L: Yes. R: And what does happen? L: I ask him why should I...why should I go with him. R: You ask him why should you go with him, and do you get a response? L: He said I have to. R: You have to. L: He said it’s important, I have to go. R: Do you see the impression it’s important you have to go with him? L: Yeah. I...I don’t want to go, and I said I want to go and watch Top Of The Pops. R: You don’t want to go with this little chap. L: I won’t get to see Top Of The Pops if I go with him. I laughed at him. R: You’re laughing at this chap are you? Of course you are. L: I’m telling him “I want to go watch Top Of The Pops, I don’t want to go with you!” R: You’ve got the flu, and you want to do what you want to do. L: Whatever. I’m not well, I’m all stuffed up, I just want to go watch Top Of The Pops and go back to bed and go back to sleep, and I just want him to go away and leave me alone. R: That does happen. What happens? Just take it slowly, slowly as you like, and tell me what happens next. L: He says “Well you’re coming whether you want to or not”. And I say “Well who’s going to make me, you don’t look like you can make me. You’re not...you’re not big enough to make me, get out of here ‘cause I’m not coming”. I don’t know how he’s doing that, but I’m floating. R: You don’t know how he’s doing it but you’re floating? Are you floating vertically, or are you tipped over onto your back? L: No, I’m vertical, I’m floating. R: Could you explain to me how you feel suddenly about floating. L: I’m angry, ‘cause I just want him to go away, I want him to go away and leave me alone so I can go and watch Top Of The Pops and go back to bed and go back to sleep, I don’t want to be floating! I’m not supposed to float, if I was supposed to float I’d have wings! I just want him to go away. R: Does he go away? L: No. R: You’re still floating I take yes? L: Yeah. R: How far above the ground floating are you would you guess? L: Umm probably about six inches off the ground. R: Alright, and you’re still looking at this little old gentleman? L: Yeah. R: Uh-huh. L: I...I’m outside and I’m up in the air going...but my window wasn’t open, how did I get through the window? R: Well just go back to thinking about yourself looking at the little old gentleman in the room. You were a little bit angry ‘cause you wanted to watch Top Of The Pops. And he said you had to go with him. So how did he make you go with him when you were floating six inches above the carpet? What happened? Just take it slowly and remember. L: The window’s all shimmery. R: The window’s all shimmery, yes? L: Like, like when there’s a fire and then the heat coming up and it’s all shimmery above the fire, like that. R: That’s how it looks to you does it? L: Yeah, the window’s gone all shimmery. R: Are you looking outwards, now out from your room outwards? L: He’s turned me around. R: He’s turned you around while you were floating I take it? L: Yeah. R: You’re looking at the window and it’s shimmery. L: It’s all shimmery. R: And then what happens? L: I’m outside and I’ve gone through where it was all shimmery and it felt weird. R: It felt weird. L: It felt weird as I went through. R: Explain to me how it went weird when you went through. L: It was like...like the window and the wall turned to treacle, like walking through treacle. R: Like walking through treacle, that’s how it felt? L: Yeah. R: You felt that against your body did you? L: Yeah. R: Ok. L: But I go through it and it was still there, and the window’s still shut as I went through it. R: You actually went through it, do you feel? L: Yeah. R: Mhmm. L: And now I’m scared ‘cause I’m up in the air, and there’s nothing underneath me just the garden way down there. R: So this is the first time you’ve been scared, is that correct? L: Yeah. And I’m scared ‘cause I think I’m gonna fall. R: Uh-huh. L: Like in the cartoons when they run off a cliff and they get so far and they suddenly realise there’s no ground and then they just drop. R: Yes, and you’re frightened of that. L: It feels like it’s kind of like that. I’m going up. R: You’re going up. L: Towards the red light. R: Yes. Can you see any more of the red light as you get closer? L: It’s just getting bigger and bigger. R: Mhmm. L: I can’t see any windows or doors or any way of getting in there. It’s just there. R: When you say the red light, that’s all you can see, the red light, ok. L: It’s just there. R: It’s just there. L: Just hanging there. And I’m going towards it. I’m trying to figure out how I can get in there ‘cause there’s no door. R: Yes. L: Umm now it’s open. The bit in front of me has gone all shimmery like the window did. R: Oh I see. Yes ok. L: And then I’m inside. R: Uh-huh. Did the elderly gentleman come with you? L: No...no I’m on my own. R: You’re on your own ok. And when you go inside what’s the first thing that you see? L: Umm...there’s a table. R: Mhmm. L: I do not know the type of table, I don’t know. It’s like one of those things you get in the doctors surgery when he needs you to lie down so he can examine you. R: Oh you just hop up on the couch, one of those? L: Yeah. It’s not flat, it’s partially raised up so you would be sitting not lying. R: Yes I understand. L: Umm... R: Can you see what it’s made out of? L: The bottom part seems to be some kind of metal. Umm the tops covered in err well it looks like a sheet of some kind, but it fits round it perfectly, it’s not hanging down or anything. R: I understand. This room, has this room any particular colour? L: White. R: Is it a particular shape? L: It’s white. It’s oblong. R: It’s oblong this room, and it’s all white, is that correct? L: It’s all white. R: Ok. Is there anything else that draws your attention, looking round this room, besides the couch? L: No it’s just the couch, there’s nothing else there. R: There’s nobody else in here with you? L: No, just me. R: Just your good self. L: Just me. R: And how do you feel, being on here just by yourself? L: Scared. R: Scared now? L: ‘Cause I don’t know why I had to go there. R: Yes. L: Why he made me go. R: Mhmm. See what happens. L: Umm...felt like I was there for a long time. R: It felt like you were there alone for a long time. L: Yeah. R: Mhmm. L: I was getting more scared ‘cause I thought I was trapped. R: You thought you were trapped and that made you even more scared, I understand, yes. L: Yeah. And then a door opens. R: A door opens. Was it a door as we would understand it? L: No. It was...like you would get on Star Trek where it just kind of... R: Uh-huh. L: Slides... R: Yes ok. Did the noise, if there was a noise, or the sudden appearance of the door, did that startle you? L: Yes. R: Ok. L: I had looked there before, there was no door but... 📷 R: Ok. Suddenly there’s a door. L: Yes. It opened and then it gets even brighter, it’s a really bright light outside the door. R: I take it from what you say light comes flooding in from outside, the other side of the door, yes? L: Yes. R: Is the light the same as the white light is it, or is it a different colour? L: No it’s white. R: It’s white again, ok. L: A really really bright white light. R: A bright light yes. And then what happens? L: It’s like a man, but it’s not a man. R: It’s like a man, but not a man. L: It’s really tall. R: Mhmm. How tall is really tall Laura? L: Much taller than me. Six foot, maybe more. Six foot. R: It’s like a man, but not a man. What makes him not a man? L: He’s green. R: He’s green. L: And his skin’s all like scaly like a lizard. R: Ok. So this man is green, he’s got skin like a lizard, he’s six foot tall. Has he got clothes on? L: No. No he’s not. R: Tell me about his head, and his face if you would. This is just a memory, you’re just remembering what he looked like. Tell me about his head and his face. L: Umm...big eyes, not as big as the other thing, not like Mr Potato Head, they’re smaller but they’re the same shape. R: Big oval eyes. Have they got a specific colour? L: They seem to be orange. R: They seem to be orange. L: It’s...it’s hard to see them. R: That’s ok. So he has big orange oval eyes. L: Mmm got black bit in the middle, but it’s not round like ours it’s...it’s a line. R: It’s a line. A black bit. A vertical pupil, do I understand you correctly? L: Yeah. R: Yes. L: Very big orange eyes. R: Big orange eyes with a vertical pupil. What about his nose? L: Umm, nose doesn’t stick out, I can just see a little bit. R: Mhmm. Right ok. Does he have two nostrils? L: Yes. R: He has two nostrils. L: They’re big and kind of wide out. R: Big and kind of wide out, that’s good. L: Yeah. R: What about this chap’s mouth? L: Kind of sticks out like...like a monkey. R: Sticks out like a monkey ok. L: But he’s not got any lips, his mouth’s just a...just a line. R: His mouth sticks out, yes ok. L: It’s like the front part of his face where his mouth would be, it kind of sticks out like a monkey’s face. R: Has this chap got ears? L: No, there’s just like...looks like a hole each side where the ears should be. R: Ok. Now in comparison to the elderly gentleman, is this fellow in proportion? L: Yeah. He’s got really big muscles. R: He’s got really big muscles, yes. L: He’s got spiky bits on his shoulders like can’t explain. R: Spiky bits. Do they stick up vertically these spiky bits on his shoulders? L: Yeah. R: How many of them are there? Don’t struggle. L: There’s three on each shoulder. R: Three spiky bits on each shoulder. Are they the same length? L: Umm..no the one on the outside of his...on the edge of his shoulder... R: Yes. L: Not as long as the others, it’s shorter. The next ones bigger than the right hand one, then the next one’s shorter again. R: Do these grow out of his body or are they some kind of fitting? L: They seem to be part of him. R: Are they...what colour are they can you tell me? L: Dark green. R: Dark green ok. And he’s very muscular. L: Yeah. R: Are his arms muscular? L: Yeah. R: His chest? L: Yeah. R: His stomach? L: Yeah. R: Tell me about his legs. L: Umm his legs are muscular too. R: Can you see his feet? L: Kind of...they look like...like frogs feet. R: They look like frogs feet, I understand. When you compare these feet to his hands, what do his hands look like? L: Umm big. R: Big hands. L: Long fingers. R: Long fingers. L: Very very long. Fingers are obviously too big for his hands. R: Fingers look too big for his hands. Does he have nails on the end? L: Big claws. R: Big claws. How many fingers does he have? L: Umm four, but ones higher up like a thumb but... R: Ok. L: I’m not sure if it is a thumb or not. R: That’s fine, thank you for that. Does he have what we might consider jewellery or fittings anywhere on him? L: No. R: No. L: No nothing. R: No emblems... L: No. R: That you can see? No uniform? Does he have any genitalia? L: I can’t see any. R: That’s fine. Are you straight onto this chap, making eye contact? L: Yes. R: You can’t see behind him if he has a tail? L: No. R: No, that’s ok. So you’re looking at him straight ahead. L: Yeah. R: And what happens next? L: I ask him why are they here, why have you brought me here? Err, he said we needed to. And I said why? And I started getting angry and I started shouting, and I was telling them “I’m not well, I don’t want to be here, I want to go and watch Top Of The Pops, I want to go back to sleep, I’ve got a headache and I don’t feel well”. R: Yes. L: And I’m angry, and I punch him. But he won’t let me get near him. R: How’s he stopping you getting near him? L: He’s holding up his hand. R: Both hands? L: Just one. R: Which hand is he holding up Laura? L: Right hand. R: Right hand. L: He’s just holding up his right hand. I can’t get near him. I don’t know, I don’t know, I can’t get near him no matter how much I try to get near him. R: So you’re getting a good look at his palm, tell me about his palm. L: His palm is lighter colour than the rest. R: Mhmm. L: It’s still covered in the scales, it’s normal. R: Ok. L: But it’s lighter coloured. R: You’re still angry because you’re unwell... L: Yeah. R: You didn’t want to come here, you wanted to watch your TV programme. L: Yeah. R: And he’s got his right hand held out in front of him towards you, and you can’t get anywhere near him. L: Yeah. R: So what happens? L: I tell him to get on with what he’s got to do or send me home. R: You tell him to get on with what he’s going to do or send you home. L: Yeah I say get off me, if you’re going to do something do it or send me home, don’t just keep me stuck here like this. Do something or send me home! R: Right. You leave him that clear message. L: And he told me that he couldn’t until I calm down, I have to calm down. R: He couldn’t do what? L: Couldn’t do what he needed to do. R: And what is it that he needs to do? L: I don’t know, he won’t say, he just said he can’t do what he needs to do ‘cause I’m angry, he can’t do it while I’m angry. R: You’re very angry. L: I am. R: Just breathe, just breathe, there’s no rush. Just breathe. You’re angry with him, you asked him to get on with what he’s going to do or send you back home... L: Yeah. R: He said that you’d have to calm down. L: Yeah. R: Did you calm down? L: I told him if he wanted me to calm down he’d have to tell me what he wanted. R: I see. L: I wasn’t very polite. I’m sorry but I swore at him. R: You swore at him? L: Swore. R: And did you notice shock on his face when you swore at him? L: No. R: No? L: He thought it was funny. R: He thought it was funny because you were swearing at him. L: Yes. R: Ok. L: He knew I couldn’t do anything. All he had to do was hold his hand up and I couldn’t get to him. R: I understand. L: And then well tell...tell me what you need to do and then I’ll calm down. R: Mhmm. And did he tell you? L: He wouldn’t tell me. R: He wouldn’t tell you. L: I shouted out “Well bloody well tell me what you want, or put me back home, but fucking well do something ‘cause I’m not here for the fucking good of my health am I. I’ve got a headache and I’m not well and I want to go back to bed!” (Distressed) R: That’s ok, just breathe for me, this is a memory, you’re remembering the anger that you felt. You don’t need to remember the anger, just remember what happened. That’s better. That’s good. So you’re swearing at him, you’re shouting at him, he’s holding his hand up, it appears to you that he thinks it’s funny. L: Yeah, he seems to be laughing. And that just makes me more angry. R: I can understand that. L: I don’t like being laughed at. R: You don’t like being laughed at, no. L: I don’t like being laughed at and they always seem to laugh at me. They always seem to think I’m pathetic. R: Who’s they? L: Everyone. My mum, my dad, my brother and sister especially, everyone’s always laughing at me and telling me what an idiot I am. R: That makes you angry? L: Yeah ‘cause I’m not an idiot. R: Do you swear at them? L: Yes, apart from my mum. I don’t dare swear at her. R: No. L: It makes me so mad, everyone thinks I’m such an idiot, I’m not. R: Of course you aren’t. L: I’ve spent enough time telling them I’m not an idiot, still they laugh at me. No matter what I do they laugh. Now they’re laughing, he’s laughing. R: That makes you even more angry. L: Nearly all of my family laugh, now he’s laughing, and he don’t even know me. R: You said he doesn’t even know you. Do you recognise him? Does he seem in the least familiar to you? L: No. R: No, that’s ok. L: I don’t recognise him. R: No that’s fine, that’s ok. So what happens? L: Umm...the door opened again. R: Yes. L: The funny man came in. R: Yes. L: Mr Potato Head. R: Mr Potato Head. L: I couldn’t get over it, I had to laugh, ‘cause he’s just so funny, that big big head and that tiny little neck and his teeny little legs. R: So you’re laughing? L: I’m laughing now. It’s so funny. I feel rude for laughing, I can’t help but laugh. R: It’s ok. What a change of emotions. From being angry to laughing at this little chap. L: So funny. R: Is the...is the taller one still there? L: Yeah. R: And what is he doing now, has he put his hand down? L: Yeah. Umm...he’s waiting for me to stop laughing now. R: He’s waiting for you to stop laughing. Are you? L: I asked him again why has he brought me, why...why has he brought me there. R: Mhmm. Do you hear his response? L: Yeah. R: What do you hear? L: He says he wouldn’t have brought me when I was ill if it wasn’t really important. R: He wouldn’t have brought you here if it wasn’t really important because you were ill. L: Yeah. R: Mhmm. L: He said he would have preferred to wait a bit till I were better. R: Right. L: But then the dates would be wrong. R: The dates. L: Yeah. R: What do you understand by him saying the dates? L: I didn’t know what he meant and then I asked. R: Ok. L: I asked what he meant and he said “Your baby has to be born on the right day”. R: Your baby has to be born on the right day, yes. L: And I asked him what baby, “I said I’m not pregnant, how will my baby be born when I’m not even pregnant?” R: Yes. L: And then he said “You will be. You will be, and that’s why you needed to come here, you need to be pregnant now”. R: I see. L: Umm I still didn’t understand what he meant. R: Mhmm. L: Umm...he would just..all he said was “You’ll know what’s important when the times comes”. R: You’ll know what’s important when the time comes, ok. L: Yes. And I said “Well, how can my baby be born at the right time when I’m not pregnant?” R: What did he say to that? L: He said “You need to climb up on that bed...” R: Yes. L: “Just there, you’ll be pregnant when you leave”. R: Climb up on the bed just there and you’ll be pregnant when you leave, that is what you understood him to say? L: Yes. And I asked him how. R: Mhmm. L: And he...he brought out, I don’t know where he got it from, seemed to just appear, I don’t know, a big needle. R: A big needle. L: A really really big needle. R: Ok. L: And then I started to get scared ‘cause I...I didn’t know where he was going to put the needle. R: Yes, of course. You started to get scared at that point. L: He held up his hand and he said “Calm down, it’s ok”. R: Yes, he held up his hand and said calm down it’s ok. L: Yeah. And I asked him “Well where are you going to be putting that?” R: Yes. L: And he said he’s going to put it in my belly button. R: Yes. L: And I laughed and I said well that sounded really stupid. R: Mhmm. L: Umm...that’s really good of him to say. And then he told me “Just relax, this won’t hurt”. R: So you’re sitting down in the chair now? L: Yeah. R: The couch. L: Yeah. R: You’re doing as you’re told, you’re being a good girl now, is that correct? L: Yeah ‘cause I want to go home, ‘cause I want to. R: I see, you’re thinking, am I right in thinking if he gets this done you go home then? L: Yeah. R: And you agree with that? L: Mmm. R: Have I got that right? L: Yeah I thought if I just do as he tells me and just let him do what he needs to do then I can go home and it’ll all be done with and that would be great. R: Ok. L: And he put the needle in my belly button. R: Yes. L: And...and then he injected something, I don’t know...I don’t know what he injected...injected something. R: Mhmm. 📷 L: Umm...and when he took the needle out there wasn’t bleeding. R: Was there any pain for you at any time? L: No it didn’t hurt. R: So he kept his word in regards to that? L: Yeah it didn’t hurt. R: Excellent. L: He just put the needle down there, it didn’t hurt, and it didn’t bleed, and there weren’t even a hole. R: There wasn’t any hole, ok. L: I couldn’t even see a mark where it had been. R: Right. L: No mark at all. R: Ok. L: Umm...I wish that I could go home. R: Right. L: I said “Well how has what you have just done made me pregnant?” R: Mhmm. L: And he said “You’ll find out.” R: Ok. L: “You will find out soon”. And I said “So am I pregnant now?” And he said “Yes. Yes.” R: Yes. L: “Yes, you’re pregnant now. And you won’t find out straight away, but the baby has to be born on the 11th August.” R: Has to be born on the 11th August. That’s important is it? L: Has to be, has to be born on the 11th August. And I asked him “Why? Why does it have to be then?” “Just has, just has to be, I can’t tell you why it just has to be.” R: It just has to be. L: And then I’m outside that ship. And I’m floating again and I must have gone through the treacley wall thing again but I don’t remember doing that. R: That’s ok. L: I just remember I’m outside and I’m looking down at the gardens all down there and I’m expecting to fall down and break my legs any minute. R: Mhmm. L: But I’m down, I’m back in the bedroom with Mr Potato Head again. I’m back and Mr Potato Head’s there. Umm...I think he’s going to take me again, and I’ve just been there and I don’t want to go again. Umm but then he just says I won’t remember. He says I won’t remember. R: Oh he tells you you won’t. L: He says you won’t remember. All you’ll remember is when your baby’s going to be born, what day he’s going to be born, but you won’t remember until they tell you that you’re pregnant. And I ask him “But who...who’s going to tell me I’m pregnant?” And he just said “They”. He won’t say anything he just says “They”. And I asked “Well when will they tell me?” “They’ll tell you when they tell you”. And he said “You won’t remember any of this but once they tell you you’ll know when your baby’s supposed to be born. And you’ll just know. And...he went back out. I presume he went back to the ship, I don’t know. R: That’s ok. What did you do? L: Err the light was gone now. R: Ok the light was gone. L: The light was gone now and I thought I’d better get downstairs ‘cause my programme was gonna be starting. R: Yes. So you didn’t get back into bed then, you went downstairs? L: I went downstairs. R: Ok. L: Umm, and that’s when I found I’d missed it. And they’d kept me so long I’d missed my bloody programme and that was the only thing I wanted to watch. So I was angry again. And it made me even more mad ‘cause Joseph said I fell asleep, he said you must have got back into bed, you must have fell asleep, and I told him I didn’t fall asleep I came down, came down as soon as you told me and I don’t understand this, I didn’t get back into bed and I didn’t go back to sleep and I don’t know what’s going on and he’s calling me an idiot and telling me “You fell asleep, you must have fell asleep.” R: And that made you angry. L: And then I was even more angry ‘cause I know I didn’t fall asleep, I know I didn’t. R: Just relax, just relax. That’s good. Just breathe. You’ve done very well. I want you to take yourself away from that scenario, put yourself back in that neutrally coloured room. Back in the peace and tranquillity of that neutrally coloured room. And just breathe for me Laura. Just allow all that anger and upset just to leave you, just to dissipate. And you can just concentrate on breathing. That’s it, that’s very good. That’s good. That’s better. And when you’re ready make your way towards that huge wooden door, open it, and stand at the bottom of the ten steps please. When you’re there let me know. L: Ok. R: Now I want you to thank your subconscious mind from the bottom of your heart for the vital work it’s carried out today. L: Thank you. R: You’ve done very well, you should be very proud of yourself. Just look up at the steps that you’ve got to climb back up now. And bringing all those thoughts and feelings back with you you’re going to step to ten, to nine, to eight, seven and six, five, half way back now, And when you’re ready and not before start to come back to this room. Some of the revelations from the above recollection are stunning, disturbing and of course very personal to Laura and her family. Be aware that Laura is happy with the inclusion of the above in the report and I have directly asked for her express permission to include it. Laura first described a blue-green skinned Grey being which appeared in her bedroom after she initially observed the sphere. Note that once again she was not paralyzed at any point of the experience. Her reaction to the being was fascinating. Rather than be frightened by it, she was actually amused by how odd it looked. She was amused by how out of proportion its head looked against the rest of its slender body. She nicknamed the being “Mr Potato Head”, and refers to it as this on numerous occasions during the regression! It was fascinating to see Laura act this way, usually when someone sees Greys they are scared or at least un-nerved by them. This appears to be the first time she got a proper look at a Grey. On the previous occasion she may have been visited by Greys but she could not see their appearance for one reason or another. Astoundingly Laura then described in detail being floated through the wall & closed window of her room. This fits in with many other abduction experiences I have investigated. Laura says that as she passed through it felt like she was moving through treacle. This suggests that when she was taken her molecular structure was changed in some way, allowing her to physically pass through solid objects. She was then floated through the air towards the red spherical UFO, and again was taken through the outer wall of the object. Inside she found herself in a white coloured rectangular shaped room with reclining chair. A sliding door opened and a Reptilian being entered. This appears to be the first time she had met this being, but as you will see was not to be the last. Just as with the Grey, Laura did not appear to be frightened by the Reptilian despite its odd appearance. Instead she was actually angry at having been taken out of her house without her consent, and was annoyed that she was going to miss her TV programme! It was very interesting to see Laura’s reaction at this part of the regression, as most contactees are frightened when they are taken not angry. It perhaps suggests that she had met these beings on previous occasions and was used to their appearance, although we have so far had no confirmation of this so it is just a theory. During the regression Laura stated that she did not recognise either being. The Reptilian explained to her that she would become pregnant and also informed her of the date of the birth. This explained why she later felt that she knew this date even though she did not really know why. When she was led over to the reclining chair, Laura appears to be resigned to her fate, and did not try to stop this from happening. Perhaps she did not truly believe that she would become pregnant and just wanted to get things over and done with so she could return home. The long needle instrument that was placed in her belly button has been described by female abductees many times before. It seems likely that this instrument is used for the implantation of fertilized eggs. Obviously the implications of this revelation are extremely personal, and suggest that Laura’s son was implanted aboard the craft. Laura is remarkably accepting of this possibility, and already had a feeling that this may have been the case, so what she described under regression did not come as a complete shock to her. Of course we have no way of knowing the origin of the DNA used in this procedure. Laura left Joseph many years ago, and unfortunately her son does not want to be a part of this investigation. After the procedure it seems that Laura was then returned to her bedroom, and then Grey and sphere both left. She then immediately forgot everything which had taken place. It was only when she headed downstairs that she learnt that she had lost an hour of time. Essentially Laura’s recollection of this incident again filled in all the gaps and explained exactly what went on. As she has read about ET contact prior to this experience we cannot completely rule out the possibility that some of what she said was imagined due to what she expected took place. But she consciously remembers seeing the red glowing sphere, and then had a definite hour of missing time, which was confirmed by the fact she missed her TV programme. So it stands to reason that something took place in that hour, something related to the UFO. The strength of her emotions throughout the regression, the amount of detail she came out with without hesitation, and the similarities between what she described and other known cases lead me to believe that it took place as she described. This adequately explains exactly why she knew the date her son would be born on, and also why she had a UFO watch over her throughout the majority of the pregnancy. (Continued in Part 3) Copyright Dave Hodrien 2011

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report Author: Dave Hodrien Last Updated: 05/03/2011 Introduction Kiera has lived in Stockholm, Sweden her whole life. Since an early age she has experienced many unusual things which seem to have a paranormal explanation or are directly related to UFOs and ET contact. This report details her experiences in rough order of when they took place, and contains both drawings and photographic evidence. Unexplained Sounds Since an early age Kiera has occasionally heard a high pitched beep sound in her left ear. There is no regularity to when she hears this, but it has seemed to occur more often in the last few years. The sound is quite clear but not overly loud. It continues for a number of seconds before stopping abruptly. Kiera does not remember it ever occurring at night time when she is in bed, it tends to occur randomly in the day. When she was young she would directly associate it with someone coming to get her. She has no idea why she felt this, but remembers telling her mother “Now they are coming!” when she heard the noise. The fact that she made this association is in itself very interesting, but even more interesting is that she is far from alone in hearing sounds such as these. Many contactees describe hearing beeps or buzzing noises, which sometimes feel to them as if their mind is being scanned. Kiera also remembers being fascinated by the night sky, and a particular recurring dream where she saw spaceships which reminded her of big wheels. In 2010 she decided to try to block the sound out using various methods. She found out that she could stop it using her own thoughts! When the noise occurred she would think very intensely on bouncing it away to a different direction. She noticed that when she did this the noise would stop much faster, but then would re-occur later in the same day. The fact that she can apparently influence the sound using her own mind leads her to believe it is not related to a medical condition. Nosebleeds Another thing Kiera remembers from her childhood is that she would often get nosebleeds at night time. She would sometimes awake to find her pillow covered in blood. Of course many children get nosebleeds, so this many not necessarily be related to contact, but nosebleeds are a commonly reported side effect of abduction experiences. They are sometimes related directly to examination by the ETs or an implant placed in the bridge of the nose. Kiera says that her father also used to suffer from nosebleeds at night, right up until he passed away in 2009. She has also been informed by her mother that he used to experience terrifying nightmares where something was after him. He would often wake up screaming saying things like "They wanted to kill me!" Could this suggest that Kiera's father was also a contactee? Blood Group Something else to note is that Kiera is blood group RH negative 0, and so was her father. Some researchers believe this blood group to be directly related to contact, it does not appear to have an earthly origin and so some theorise that this is evidence of genetic manipulation by aliens. However there are plenty of contactees who do not have this blood type. You can read numerous pages and studies about this online. Multi-Coloured Lights UFO Sightings Kiera had her first sighting of a UFO in November 1977. Her and her older brother Thomas were at their house in Hogdalen (High Valley) in the south of Stockholm. It was early evening between 6-8pm. Their parents had not yet arrived home from work. Kiera was on the phone to a friend, while her brother was outside on the balcony. Suddenly she heard him call her, saying that he could see a UFO! Kiera went outside and found Thomas looking up into the sky. As it was winter time the sky was already very dark. Kiera stared to where her brother was looking. She could make out a line of blinking lights of various colours including red and green. The main body of the object could not be made out, but the lights seemed to be around the edge of it. It appeared to be quite large in size and at high altitude. It could not have been a plane as it was completely silent. UFO photograph from a different case (Conneticut May 1987) modified by the witness to show what the object she and her brother saw looked like: 📷 The object was moving slowly in a South Easterly direction. It then slowly turned a full 180 degrees until it was moving back to the North West from where it had came. Map showing the location of the witnesses and estimated route of the UFO: 📷 Later that evening they told their parents, but they didn’t believe in UFOs and so did not pay much attention to them. A year went by. Kiera and her brother had almost forgotten about the strange object they had witnessed. It was November 1978, possibly an exact year to the day since their sighting. Again it was early evening time and very dark. Just like the previous year, Kiera and Thomas were in the house and their parents were out. They were both outside on the balcony relaxing. Suddenly they spotted in the sky the exact same object they had seen the previous year! It felt to them like it had waited a whole year and was now returning to the same place for whatever reason. This time Thomas excitedly ran inside the house and grabbed his Pentax camera. Running back outside he took several photos of the object. It flew on exactly the same course as last time, turning 180 degrees and leaving to the North West. One week later Thomas had the photographs developed. Sadly they were out of focus due to the distance, and it was not possible to see the blinking lights, however the shape of the main body of the object was now visible. It appeared to be the shape of a cigar. They showed the photographs to their parents but as before they dismissed them and said the object must have been a plane. Unfortunately a couple of weeks later the photos were accidentally destroyed when a shelf collapsed, covering them in liquor. Sadly this important bit of evidence was lost. It seems unlikely that the object was an aircraft or helicopter due to its appearance and the fact that it made no sound. Also if it were one of these then surely the witnesses would have seen them on many other occasions and realised it was nothing out of the ordinary. When they saw the object a second time they immediately recognised it as the same object they had seen the year before. Kiera wonders if the object ever returned there again. She was not to find out either way as before November 1979 the family moved to a different address. It is very interesting that the object appeared two years in a row. There are very few known cases where UFOs have returned to the same location more than once. Could it have been there specifically to observe Kiera? It did not appear to directly interact with her in any way, but if it was just observation she may not have been aware of this. Initial Visitation By 1996 Kiera had gotten married and had a 1 year old daughter, Elin. In 1997 a disturbing experience took place. One night Elin suddenly screamed out loud from her bedroom. Kiera got out of bed, went and picked her up, then carried her around a while until she dropped back off to sleep. She then returned to bed. A short while later her daughter screamed again. She kept doing this 7-8 more times until in the end Kiera put her to sleep between her and her husband. Kiera is not aware of how long she was asleep for after settling down, but suddenly she found herself awake. She quickly discovered she was paralyzed, which absolutely terrified her. She was lying on her side facing away from the room. She felt like someone was standing alongside the bed behind her. She sensed a strong feeling of hate from whatever it was, it felt to her like it wanted to kill her. As she was paralyzed she could not roll over to look at it, but in her mind she saw a tall hooded figure dressed in black. The clothing it was wearing looked like it was made out of rubber-like material. She was very frightened of what was taking place, but kept saying over and over in her head “Get out of here! Get out!” Suddenly she sensed the figure had disappeared and she found she could move again. A moment later she felt a strong feeling of love pass throughout her body, which she says felt like “someone pouring warm water over me from my head to my feet”. She then drifted back off to sleep. This experience is interesting and could have been a contact experience, however lots of what Kiera describes here does fit in with sleep paralysis. This is where the body wakes up in semi dream state. The human body shuts down while sleeping to prevent us acting out our dreams, but sometimes it is possible to wake up but still be paralysed. Often during sleep paralysis the individual can sense the presence of something in the room or see dark shadowy figures. This occurs because the brain envisages the body is being held down by an external force. This is often accompanied by strong feelings of emotion such as evil, hate or love. Perhaps the fact that she was having a troubled night with her daughters outbursts led to her experiencing sleep paralysis on this occasion. However as Kiera has had other experiences which certainly seem related to contact, could this have been an ET visitation? During contact, the individual is often paralyzed. This is probably done to prevent them from struggling or trying to stop what is happening to them. Could Kiera’s daughter have sensed the presence of the being prior to Kiera’s experience? Beings and First Body Marking Later in 1997 Kiera had another unusual experience, one which I feel has more likelihood of being related to contact. She does not remember the precise date when the experience took place. She suddenly woke up in the middle of the night with the feeling that the bed covers had just been dropped back down onto her. She woke because of the sudden gust of air on her. When she awoke she found she was lying on her back, something which she never consciously does and to her knowledge never does in her sleep. Kiera opened her eyes and peered round the room. She immediately saw at the bottom of the bed the silhouettes of two or three short figures. She could not make out their faces as it was quite dark in the room. She was very surprised by the presence of these beings. She then feels that she heard the beings speaking to one another telepathically. They said to each other “Oh! She woke up!” It was as if they had not intended her to stir. She then felt herself sink back off to sleep. Considering the circumstances this was very unusual behaviour, but it felt to her like she had been sedated. This feeling is often reported by contactees and can often precede an abduction experience. The following morning when she awoke Kiera felt very weak like she was drained of energy. When she looked in the mirror she noticed three small dots on the side of her stomach which were in a triangular shape. They were around the area of her left ovary and were red in colour. She felt that they were strange but as she was so tired she then forgot all about them. Unfortunately she did not take a photo of the markings, and they vanished soon afterwards. A couple of weeks after the incident, Kiera bought the infamous book Communion by Whitley Streiber, which is all about his own abduction experiences. Kiera was scared by what she read as it seemed to fit with her own experiences. She decided to forget everything and get on with her life. Scratches By 2004 Kiera had got divorced and moved into a new apartment with Elin. They lived there for several years without incident. In the winter of 2007 they started to hear a strange low frequency humming noise at night which would start about 11.30pm. They looked everywhere but could not find the source of the sound. After a while it seemed to cease. But in March 2008 it began again. It was now that Kiera found out it was coming from the flat below them, which belonged to a company who were working on electrical components. The noise would occur most nights, and by July it was making them feel nauseuous. Kiera looked into noise pollution claims but found that the legal process was very complex and would take a long time. In August she arranged for her and her daughter to sleep at her mother’s house each night. As the sound would only occur after dark, they continued to spend time at the property during the day time. In September 2008 they were round the flat when Elin showed Kiera a scratch mark on her arm. It was red in colour and about 4cm in length. Elin said that it had just suddenly appeared of its own accord, but Kiera felt that she had probably just accidentally hurt herself. The scratch was visible for a few days before it finally vanished without leaving a scar. A month later Kiera was painting the living room wall when suddenly numerous scratch marks appeared all over her right arm. She immediately felt that these were not accidental and there was a paranormal explanation behind them. Soon after Elin began to find other scratches on herself at various places. These scratch marks have continued to appear on Kiera (and to a lesser extent her daughter) right up to present day. She never sees the markings actually appear on her skin, she just finds them soon afterwards. They are sometimes painful, especially when put under running water. They appear at various places on her body, but are more commonly found on her hands. Kiera is convinced that she is not accidentally causing the marks. Below are a number of photographs Kiera has taken of the scratches she has found on herself between May 2009 and June 2010: May 2009 📷 📷 October 2009 📷 December 2009 📷 📷 January 2010 📷 📷 📷 May 2010 📷 June 2010 📷 📷 Kiera informs me that other people in Sweden are also finding these markings on them. She believes them to be related in some way to ET contact. Paranormal Activity Soon other strange occurrences began to take place in Kiera’s proximity, at both her own flat and her mother’s house. In her own flat Kiera’s electrical equipment started to behave strangely. The TV would suddenly lose its reception for no reason. The computer broke down numerous times and also turned on by itself on one occasion. The stereo switched itself on. Kiera's radio alarm clock would turn itself off at night causing her to wake up late. Their pet parrot also started to become very angry and agitated. Kiera decided to give it away to someone else, after which it completely settled down. It appeared to be the flat which had caused it to act in this manner. On one occasion her mobile phone automatically called up her house phone while she was entering the flat. It is of course possible that the buttons were knocked inside her bag, but if this happened it does seem to be a strange coincidence. In her mothers flat Kiera experienced further electrical activity. The timer in the kitchen started by itself on numerous occasions. Light bulbs would also last only a few minutes before suddenly blowing. Kiera also sensed a presence in her bedroom from time to time, although she never saw anything there. Kiera decided to contact numerous ghost hunters and mediums to see if they could detect anything strange in her own property. A Swedish dowser who turned up to inspect the flat stated that she had aliens living there (Kiera had not told him about any of her previous experiences). The mediums claimed to detect both ghosts and strange small creatures in the flat. One of the ghost hunters managed to record some EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomena) which sounded like voices. In 2009 he returned to spend a night at the property on his own. Afterwards he said he had captured some more unusual sounds, but did not play these sounds to Kiera. Later Kiera decided to try her own recordings. When she played them back she heard strange popping sounds. She sent the recordings to the ghost hunter and he confirmed they were the same noises he had recorded. Then while they were E-Mailing each other, he claimed to actually hear the noises in his own house! This frightened Kiera a bit and she decided not to make any more recordings. Circular UFO Sighting In October 2008 Kiera and Erin went on a day trip to a small town south of Stockholm named Mariefred. They were driving along the road when suddenly Kiera noticed something unusual in the sky out of the windscreen. It looked like a large round object. It appeared to be at very high altitude. She only glimpsed it for a moment, and thought that she could have been mistaken, so did not mention it to Erin. When they were close to Mariefred, what Kiera believes was the same object suddenly flew over the road at quite low altitude, right in front of the car! She could now see that it was a metallic silver colour. Erin screamed out “What is that? Is that a UFO?!” A moment later it was gone and they could not see it in either direction. It had either vanished into thin air, or flown away extremely fast. The object did not seem to directly interact with them in any way, but it is interesting that it suddenly moved closer after Kiera spotted it at a distance. Abduction Memories? In late 2008 Kiera began to experience strange dreams about needles, and would then find associated markings on her body. On one occasion she had a dream about a long needle being pushed into her inner foot. When she awoke she found a small red mark at the location where the needle had been in the dream. The marking did not hurt when she touched it. She has no idea how long it remained on her foot for, but it did not leave a permanent scar. She did not photograph the marking as it was too small. On another occasion she had a dream about numerous long needles being pushed into her upper mouth. In the morning she had a look but could not see anything out of the ordinary. But she still felt like something had taken place and it was more than just a dream. About a month later she discovered that she had three raised bumps in her upper mouth which had definitely not been there her whole life. She decided to take a photograph of these bumps. Kiera says she will send it through to me to add to this report. In February 2009 Kiera noticed that Erin had three dots in a straight line on her inner foot, at the same place where she had discovered the single mark a couple of months before. Erin did not know where these marks could have come from but they did not appear to be insect bites. In December 2010 Erin noticed a small spot of blood on her night dress at the back of the neck. She asked Kiera to check her neck for any markings, but nothing was found. Regressions In August 2010 Kiera decided to try hypnotherapy to see if she could remember any additional memories. The hypnotherapist was from Stockholm. During her first regression Kiera was taken back to her childhood years. Directly after the regression, the hypnotherapist asked her to draw something of importance from her childhood. She does not know the reason why, but she grabbed a pencil and immediately drew a picture of an alien face! This surprised her and led to her deciding to be hypnotised again. In early 2011 Kiera was regressed a second time. During this regression Kiera's body suddenly became stiff and she felt like she could not move. She then saw herself on a flat table surrounded by numerous Greys. There was some kind of tube/pipe like object above her. She did not have any more recollections but this does suggest that Kiera had been abducted at least once. Kiera feels uncomfortable when someone holds a camera close to her. Her hypnotherapist suggested that this was because it reminds her of the object that was over her during the abduction. Throughout the session, Kiera also felt a strange presence in the room, and wonders if that they were being observed by the ETs at this time. In later sessions, the hypnotherapist tried to sever the link between Kiera and the ETs. This has seemed to at first reduce and then completely stop the beep sound that she sometimes hears in her left ear (see earlier). However Kiera can still feel it even if she does not hear the sound anymore, so it does not look like this has fully worked. Conclusion Kiera has had some very interesting and varied experiences, some of which appear to be linked to ET contact. If what she claims about her regressions is correct then it certainly appears she is a contactee. Some of her experiences could be down to other paranormal activity, but it is unknown if this activity is indirectly related to contact or not. I hope that Kiera stays in touch and keeps me informed of any new incidents which occur. If she does this report will be updated with these experiences. Copyright Dave Hodrien 2011

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The Rendlesham Forest incident of December 26th – December 28th 1980 still remains one of the UK’s most impressive and intriguing UFO cases. Multiple encounters with unexplained lights, physical craft and even beings over three consecutive nights. Direct involvement of two nearby army bases. Many highly respected military and civilian witnesses. Both physical and testimonial evidence. Official recognition by the MOD that something unusual took place. The incident was truly fascinating. There is a mass of information about it available online, and I will assume that you already have a background knowledge of the case in this article. On 28th December 2010 a superb event took place down in the town of Woodbridge. It was exactly 30 years since the final night of the incident, and to mark this important date a conference about the incident was planned. At this conference, two of the key witnesses John Burroughs and Jim Penniston would at last openly speak about what happened to them. Other speakers included UFO researcher and co-author of Left At East Gate Peter Robbins, highly respected UFO investigator Linda Moulton Howe and ex-MOD investigator Nick Pope. As soon as I found out about the conference I sent off for a ticket, as did my father and brother. I had been waiting for a long time to visit Rendlesham Forest, and finally I would get that chance. It was just after Christmas but there is no way I would have missed it for the world, however bad the weather. I was worried that it would be cancelled due to recent snow fall, but luckily when the day arrived, the snow had started to melt. It was however still quite foggy, making the drive down quite precarious! We arrived at Woodbridge about ten minutes before the conference kick off time of 6pm. Luckily we managed to find the venue with ease. The conference was set to take place at Woodbridge community hall. In the foyer we immediately met Larry Warren, the original whistleblower of the incident. Larry and I have become good friends after he joined me for my wedding day at Area 51 back in February, and then later came and gave a talk for BUFOG. It was really great to see him again. 📷 When we entered the hall, I was pleased to see that there was a very decent turn out for the event. There must have been a good few hundred people, and every chair in the hall was filled. In fact I think they ran out of seats and people even stood around the back. We managed to find some seats about 2/3 of the way back, and it wasn’t long before the lights dimmed and the conference began. 📷 The first speaker of the evening was UFO researcher Peter Robbins. Peter was co-author of Left At East Gate with Larry Warren. The book detailed the incident in full, concentrating on the final night where both a craft and several entities were seen by Larry and many other personnel. Peter began by covering some of the explanations given for the incident over the years, including the infamous light-house, a meteor shower, stars and the recent claim thata burning fertilizer truck was to blame. He detailed why these explanations do not hold water when faced with the facts of what took place. 📷 📷 At the end of his talk he specially called up Larry to the stage to thank him for his efforts in bringing the case to the public eye. Without him the case may have never been known about, so I was pleased to see him get this recognition. 📷 Next up was US researcher Linda Moulton Howe. Linda has been involved with the UFO subject for many years, and is one of the worlds leading experts on the animal mutilation phenomenon. Over recent years she has been working with John and Jim to get to the bottom of what really happened to them during the incident. This involved numerous hypnotic regressions which they had undergone, and it was fascinating to see footage from these regressions. 📷 Some of the revelations of these regressions were truly stunning. It appears that both John and Jim may have been abducted on the first night when they saw the lights in the forest and went to investigate them. There is evidence of missing time, which is mentioned in the original notes and transcripts. Both the men lost about 40 minutes of time, during which their radios stopped functioning correctly. This caused quite a bit of confusion at the time. Under hypnosis John describes seeing white light all around and also states that the blue lights seen floating in the air at the time were in fact life-forms which may have communicated with him in some way. It also appears that John was possibly abducted again on the 2nd night of the incident. When Jim was regressed, he actually stated that the occupants of the craft were from our own future, and had come back in time to harvest genetic material to help them in some way. If you do not know about this particular aspect of the case it is well worth looking into. It was then time for a short break. We first met up with BUFOG member Adam, then also bumped into UFO researcher Joanne Summerscales (who came to speak at BUFOG about John Searl a few months back), and some old friends from Swindon UFO Group. 📷 We then went to check out the merchandise, which included some hilarious flying lighthouse parody T-shirts and pictures. Not sure who came up with the picture, but whoever did certainly has a good sense of humour. Here’s the pic for your enjoyment: 📷 Soon it was time for John and Jim to take the stage. They gave a very detailed account of what happened to them. They discussed what they remembered from the time, and also what was uncovered under their regressions. It was fascinating hearing about the incident from two of the original witnesses, and they came across both sincere and believable. I would certainly dispute claims that they are making up what happened to them, they were obviously speaking from the heart and deserve great respect for speaking openly about what they experienced, especially considering the possible implications of doing so. 📷 Jim then covered recent developments in the case based around a “download” of information he received soon after experiencing the craft in the forest. He felt compelled to write down 8 pages of numbers made of 0’s and 1’s. He kept these notes but was only aware of their potential significance recently. This did create a small amount of backlash from the crowd, who questioned why it was only being revealed now so long after the incident. According to Jim, at the time he was not aware that what he had written down was in fact binary code. After meeting with John earlier in 2010 for the first time since the incident, he realised the importance of these pages of numbers. He handed them over for analysis to see if the numbers could be translated. The binary code did translate to a message. However Jim was unable to share this message as he wanted all the evidence to be revealed at once in a US documentary. This documentary aired on the History Channel on 30th December. Below is a link to the Youtube video of the relevant part of this documentary, which gives full details of the message behind the code: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpvEShmpwHU The last speaker was the well known ex-MOD UFO investigator Nick Pope. He spoke of the MOD’s involvement with the case, and that it appears a cover up did take place. He apologised on microphone to both John and Jim for the fact that the true reason behind the incident is still not known, and that the MOD seems partially responsible for this. 📷 Following Nick in time honoured tradition was an extensive Q&A session, with all speakers on stage together. This Q&A got quite heated at times, especially regarding the binary code announcement. 📷 📷 By the time the Q&A drew to a close it was already 11.30pm. But the conference was only the first part of the night, for now it was time to head to the forest to visit the actual location where John and Jim’s encounter took place! Whatever the weather, there was no way I was going to miss out on this. Quite a few headed for home at this point, but there was still at least 100 people, including a TV crew who were filming the conference for a documentary. We all drove out to the forest in convoys of vehicles, one of which I was leading so I had to pay attention to the route! Our destination was the visitors car park at the edge of the forest, the usual meet up point for Rendlesham skywatches, and starting point for the official UFO trail. When we arrived it was pitch black, cold and foggy, but all around the car park the lights from many torches could be seen darting around and beaming into the night sky. I have to admit the weather conditions actually added to the atmosphere. It was great to finally be at the forest. After locating John and Jim in the dark, we all headed along one of the tracks towards Woodbridge base. 📷 📷 After about 5 minutes we arrived at the East Gate, the location where John and Jim’s experience on the 26th December 1980 first began. We huddled up around them as they reminisced about seeing the lights in the distance and being given orders to go and check them out, as TV microphone hovered above them like a dark grey cigar-shaped UFO. 📷 📷 After answering whatever questions people had, we then walked back to the tree-line near the car park to continue the story. They then recounted in detail what happened next, with the approach to the lights in the woods, subsequent missing time, and Jim’s close encounter with the triangular craft. They did not falter in their words at all, and were obviously describing a real event. 📷 📷 I was hoping that we would then actually head into the forest to the exact spot where the encounter took place. Unfortunately they had decided against this, probably because of the number of people present. But I had come this far, there was no way I was going to turn back now! I at least wanted to see Carpal Green, the field where the 3rd night of the incident took place. After getting directions to the field from John, me, my brother and dad headed off on our own along the trail. 📷 It was about 2am, and extremely foggy and dark. Walking through the trees on our own was quite an experience! As we walked I thought to myself that if something were to happen to us now, no-one would know until our empty car was found the following morning. Strangely there was no sounds at all from the undergrowth, I expected to at least hear small animals scuttling around in the dark but it was silent. 📷 Utilising a print out of the UFO trail map we finally arrived at a picnic bench overlooking Carpal Green. It was so foggy we could only see a few feet in front of us. The open field spanned out into the darkness. We thought that we would be able to see the lighthouse from here but due to the weather conditions it was not visible at all. We had no need to explore any further, we had reached what we had set out to reach. 📷 📷 📷 After getting a few fog covered photographs we then began our walk back to the car. On the way to the field we had tried our best to remember the route, but we still accidentally took a wrong turn on the way back! I had a brief vision of us walking around aimlessly for hours with torches out of batteries. Luckily we managed to find the right path and get back on track. We arrived back at the car park without having seen or heard anything out of the ordinary, but happy we had made the journey. It was now about 3am and everyone had already left. Well I say everyone – there were a couple of cars still parked there with no lights on. Considering certain activities known to take place at remote car parks after dark, we didn’t hang around and quickly headed for home. We finally arrived back in Birmingham about 6am, tanked up on energy drinks. Not that I felt sleepy after such a superb evening. It truly was fascinating, and the trip to the forest after was such an adventure. I would like to thank all the speakers and organisers for one of the best conferences I have ever been to. Side Note: The only paranormal thing we saw through the evening was an appearance by the infamous "Dudley Dorito", which must have followed us from Brum. And in case you think I'm making it up, we luckily managed to capture it on camera: 📷 Copyright Dave Hodrien 2010

The sixth annual International Irish UFO Conference was held in the town of Boyle on 3rd-4th October 2009. Boyle is well known as an Irish UFO hot spot so was an apt location for the conference to take place. The town is also the home of Betty Meyler, president of the UFO Society of Ireland, who organised the weekend. Betty kindly offered me the chance to speak at the conference, and it was the first time I would talk on the subject outside of the UK. Our journey from Birmingham on Friday 2nd October was in three parts; first a short flight to Dublin airport, followed by a bus journey to the city centre, and then a two and a half hour train journey to arrive at our destination of Boyle. Unbeknown to us, Grant Cameron, another speaker at the conference who had come all the way from Canada, was also on the same train. We met him for the first time at Boyle station, where we were also greeted by a friend of Betty’s, who drove us to Dunwarren House where we would be staying for the weekend. 📷 The house was very nice indeed, with wooden flooring throughout, and was just along the road from the picturesque ruins of Boyle Abbey (unfortunately undergoing renovation work). After dropping off our bags we were then driven down to King House, the venue for the conference, to meet up with Betty and the other speakers. King House is a fantastic stately home nestled alongside Boyle’s shopping centre. The conference was to be held in one of the upstairs rooms, and to get there we had to walk past various halls of paintings and mannequins in period costume which formed part of the guided tours. The conference room itself was spacious with tall curtained windows and rows of chairs laid out for the attendees. 📷 📷 After meeting Betty for the first time, I then got chatting with many of the other speakers of the weekend, including Grant Cameron, Gary Heseltine, Alan Foster, Haktan Akdoman and Joanne Summerscales. We then had to all test our laptops and equipment to make sure everything was going to work as planned! Needless to say, despite doing this there were still some technical hitches throughout the weekend, luckily ones which were resolved. We were then given free reign to enjoy the rest of the evening. Myself and Kate joined some of the other speakers and conference cameraman Miles for a drink and late dinner at the bar in the Royal Hotel, just down the road from King House. 📷 📷 📷 Saturday morning kicked off at 8.30am after a satisfying Irish cooked breakfast. We actually turned up slightly too early and found that the gates of King House were not yet opened! Soon conference attendees started to turn up and fill up the venue. 📷 📷 Betty then stood up and gave a brief introduction, before the first speaker of the day, Gary Heseltine, began his lecture. Gary’s talk was about the infamous Rendlesham Forest incident. Over recent months he has been in direct contact with Colonel Halt, the base commander at the time of the incident back in 1980. He has interviewed Halt numerous times and received some fascinating information about what took place, including the admission that the UFO was seen shooting down beams of light into the base and inspecting the “ordinance”. Gary then provided a very convincing argument that nuclear weapons were being stored at the base and this is what the UFO was checking out. At one point I helped him unravel a printed timeline of the incident to show how many aspects were involved in it. Gary has also been working with Halt on a screenplay for a documentary film on the incident. Considering the importance of the incident this is long overdue, and I hope that they get the go ahead for this to be produced. Gary will be coming to give a similar lecture for the Birmingham UFO Group on Friday 9th October, and I cannot recommend it enough! 📷 📷 📷 📷 After a brief coffee break it was time for my own presentation! I was pleased that I was on so soon because then I could relax and enjoy the rest of the conference without any nerves. In my talk I covered my own recent UFO sighting at Warminster, then some of my most impressive investigations including the ongoing Bletchley case (see Reported UFOs section of site for official reports on these). 📷 The first speaker of the afternoon was Paul O’Conner, a professional remote viewer. His fascinating lecture went into details of how remote viewing has been used by various groups over the years, including the CIA, police and armed forces. He explained the basics of how it works, and covered some of the most highly skilled remote viewers. Paul actually runs a class teaching others how to remote view, and I have to admit I am quite intrigued by the subject. He came across very well and his lecture was very interesting indeed. 📷 The final speaker of the day was Grant Cameron, who had come all the way from Canada to give his talk. Grant has looked in great depth into the US presidents’ involvement with UFOs and the ongoing cover up of information. His lecture covered this in detail. It included many segments of video footage showing some of the quotes the various presidents have given on the subject over the years. Grant proved that despite being in a position of power, and certainly being aware of the seriousness of UFOs, they continue to dismiss or laugh off the subject whenever they are asked about it. He also believes that many are not aware of the UFO reality and have not been briefed at all, or have only been given a general overview of what is going on. Grant talked about some of the reasons why the cover up is in place and why disclosure will only happen when those who are in control wish to release the information. His lecture was fascinating and gave a great insight into the current UFO situation in the United States. 📷 📷 For the Saturday evening there was a buffet meal with musical accompaniment by Irish folk singer Michael Boston. Coincidentally this was being held in a side bar at the same location we had ended up at on the Friday – The Royal Hotel. This went very well indeed, and myself and Kate spent most of the evening talking with Gary Heseltine and Alan Foster over some drinks. We also talked with a man named Graham who had been to Paul O’Conner’s remote viewing class which was really interesting. 📷 📷 📷 The Sunday again kicked off nice and early, which after the previous evening felt quite tough for some I’m sure! It began with a couple of short documentaries on UFO sightings around Boyle. Both prominently featured Betty, who believes that an inter-dimensional portal exists in a lake close to the town. There have been a number of photographs taken which seem to show a glowing white light over the water, and Betty feels this is a doorway of some kind and the reason why many UFO sightings occur in the local area. Both documentaries were good, although I felt the second was a little condescending, if in good humour. Betty didn’t seem to mind at all and just laughed it off, she truly is a remarkable lady. After the documentaries, Betty then gave a talk about the UFO incidents that have taken place around Boyle, and the numerous personal sightings that she has had. 📷 📷 📷 We were then treated to some very interesting footage from Carl Nally, which showed a triangular formation of three white glowing objects. They turned as if connected, but he believes they were separate as one of them shot a number of thin red beams of light down to the ground. These beams only lasted for a split second but were quite bright and focused. Carl told us that they found no trace markings anywhere on the ground in the direction the lights had been filmed. He also explained that last year some very similar fake footage had been released online (I remember seeing this video), but that this video was the real deal. It was certainly intriguing, though of course was not overly impressive in this day and age of modern visual effects. 📷 📷 The later half of the morning was given to crop formation researcher Alan Foster. I have seen Alan numerous times before and he is always a joy to listen to. He gave a great lecture on formations over the last decade, including new ones which appeared down in Wiltshire this summer which were in the shape of symbolic animals, including a jellyfish and hummingbird. He of course is aware that some of the formations are hoaxed but also believes that there is a genuine reality behind them and that there are tell tale signs where formations are genuine, including the detection of strange energies and magnetic differences within them, and unusual way that the crop is folded or weaved into patterns. He showed a number of orb photographs he had personally taken while standing in formations, and covered the apparent military involvement and interest in the phenomenon. Sadly myself and Kate had to head for home just before the end of Alan’s lecture, but he is coming to give a talk for BUFOG in February 2010. 📷 📷 We unfortunately missed the last two lectures of the conference, but I’m sure they went very well indeed. Firstly was Haktan Akdogan, the renowned UFO researcher from Turkey. He talked about recent Turkish UFO sightings including new video footage by Yalcin Yalman in Kumburgaz, who over the previous two years has taken some impressive footage which seems to show a craft up close hovering over the sea at night-time. He has also taken daylight footage showing glowing orange lights over the water. Haktan informed me that numerous other witnesses had also been present during these recent sightings and that he believes the footage is genuine. He also showed some new footage of his own, which luckily we got to see during one of the morning breaks. The first segment was taken outside a conference in Istanbul where a UFO actually appeared and flew across the sky! Many people headed outside and filmed the object. Later outside his hotel, again he managed to capture footage of a dark round object flying at a fast speed. The third segment of video was taken when Haktan and others visited Yalcin for several days, and shows a glowing white cigar shaped object moving very fast across the sky. Haktan has kindly passed this footage on to me, and I will be showing it at the next group meeting. 📷 The last speaker of the day was Joanne Summerscales, who I was quite disappointed to miss. I had spoken with Joanne throughout the weekend and she is a very friendly and interesting lady. Joanne’s lecture was entitled Changing Paradigms – A perspective of the many layers of the UFO field. In it she pieced together elements of the UFO phenomenon and looked at the mask of our society paradigm, and I’m sure it went very well indeed. 📷 As you can see, the weekend was truly fantastic and everyone had a really great time. I would like to use this opportunity to personally thank Betty for inviting me to speak at the conference; it was wonderful to be given the chance to share my views and investigative work with the attendees. I wish her all the best for the upcoming months and for the UFO Society of Ireland, whose official website is at http://www.ufosocietyireland.com. I will hopefully return to Boyle in the near future. 📷 A Bizarre Anomoly On one of the photographs that Kate took of me just before my lecture began had a very strange-shaped pinkish coloured orb on it. Check it out below: 📷 Don't know if it's anything or not, could just be something floating past the camera lens. None of the other photos had anything looking remotely like this on. Copyright Dave Hodrien 2009

Early on the morning of Saturday 11th June 2011 I and my friend Chris set off from Birmingham on our journey to Blackpool for the yearly LAPIS paranormal conference. It was a fantastic sunny day and the roads were nice and clear. This year the conference took place at the Carousel Hotel right on the seafront, just a short distance along the main promenade from Blackpool Pleasure Beach. As we arrived around 9.30am, both Blackpool Tower and “The Big One” rollercoaster were in plain sight. 📷 📷 The conference took place inside the main bar room of the hotel. This was really nicely furnished and well lit, a comfortable location for two days of lectures. There was also another side room where a number of merchandise stalls had been laid out. 📷 📷 We almost immediately bumped into Paul Vella, who was billed to speak first at the conference, and a friend of mine, Mike Rutter from Rapport contactee support group and magazine. After socialising a while with them over a coffee, we then caught up with some of the other speakers including Malcolm Robinson (who had spoken at BUFOG only two weeks before), Mike Hallowell and Rob Whitehead. Prior to kick off I also had a good look round the merchandise room, where I was pleased to once again meet up with contactee Mike Oram, who was also on the speaker line up. 📷 📷 After claiming some nice comfy seats towards the back of the room, we settled down to listen to Paul Vella, who gave a fascinating first talk on the “Minnesota Ice Man”. This was a sideshow attraction which was put on display around the USA in the late 1960s, and appeared to be a caveman/bigfoot like creature encased in a block of ice. Many people believed it was real and was the missing link. Over the years various people claimed to have been involved with the discovery or death of the ice man, and Paul went over their claims in detail. He personally believed it to be a clever hoax made by a special effects studio rather than an actual creature, however scientists were never given the chance to thaw it out, and then it mysteriously vanished without trace, so we will probably never know for certain either way. 📷 After Paul’s lecture there was then a break for lunch. We decided to explore the local area and find a shop to buy some food. It wasn’t long before we discovered a number of art sculptures on the promenade including a giant mirror ball which was brightly reflecting the suns rays. This was begging out for some photo opportunities, some of which are displayed below! 📷 📷 📷 📷 The afternoon began with a talk from Jon Ronson, investigative journalist and author of numerous books including The Men Who Stared At Goats, which has since been made into an excellent comedy film starring Ewan McGregor and George Clooney. Rob has looked into numerous unusual fringe subjects including remote viewing and the Bohemian Grove ceremony (Which he managed to sneak into with Alex Jones) However his lecture mostly focused on psychopaths, the subject of his latest book. He covered the various officially recognised signs of madness, and explained how some of these signs were quite ridiculous and could be attributed to most people in one way or another. His talk was both interesting and amusing, though I can’t help but feel that someone so openly sceptical of the paranormal was a little out of place. 📷 Next Mike Hallowell took to the stage. He warned at the start of his lecture that it was not really suitable for children and that he would be discussing some quite disturbing things, and he wasn’t joking either! Mike’s talk was about an ongoing case of a family who were being plagued by poltergeist-like activity that clearly had malicious intent and was far from friendly. However Mike put the activity down to a demonic entity from folklore know as a Brag, as some of the activity fitted in with this. This activity unexplained sounds and footsteps, laughing and voices heard over the telephone or actually in the household, fires which had burst out of nowhere, and a cloud like mist which was witnessed in the hallway that actually rained urine all over the floor and stairs, before hoof like markings appeared walking up the stairs one step at a time. The entity appeared to be linked to the family rather than their home, as it had also followed them out of the house on numerous occasions. The most disturbing incident of all was where one of the family had been beaten around the face by an invisible assailant while Mike was speaking to another family member over the phone. He played the unpleasant audio recording of this conversation, as well as a number of EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomena) recordings. One of the most impressive aspects of the case was the fact that the police had got involved and had not only witnessed some of this activity first hand, but had allowed for their identities to be revealed. This certainly aided in backing up the validity of the case. 📷 The final speaker of the day was Malcolm Robinson from Strange Phenomena Investigations (SPI). Malcolm is an accomplished and well versed speaker with many years experience in the field, and his lectures are always a joy to listen to. His lecture was entitled “The Weird And The Wonderful”, and covered many varied experiences and incidents. These included his own UFO sightings and efforts to find the Loch Ness monster. He then covered the curse of American actor James Dean’s car. James lost his life in the car during a fatal accident. However after his demise there were many other accidents and fatalities linked to the car in various ways, leading people to believe that it was cursed. Malcolm also covered a terrifying séance he had personally been involved in where lots had taken place he could not explain, and a photograph from Chile which claims to show a live ET being walking across a road. He then went on to talk of other UFO cases including a silver disc that was seen from the window of an aircraft, and another saucer-shaped craft that was seen by the crew of a ship out at sea. He ended his talk by covering a case where a woman’s car had seemingly collided with an invisible force of some kind which had crumpled the side of the car without causing any damage to the paintwork – very bizarre! Malcolm’s lecture was pretty much identical to the one he had given at BUFOG a fortnight before, but it was great hearing it a second time. 📷 And so ended the first day of lectures, but the fun was far from over! We headed outside a while for some drinks in the early evening sunlight, and a chat with Malcolm, Mike and Paul. I also met the presidents of the Scarborough UFO Society (SUFOS). 📷 📷 📷 After a short while, the merchandise room had been cleverly transformed into a “Meet the speakers” buffet room. The food was really good, and after dinner and drinks it was time for a thoroughly enjoyable paranormal themed quiz. With Malcolm Robinson on our team we came a respectable second place, and were only one point away from being declared the winners. We were just pipped to the post by Mike Hallowell and Oll Lewis, who won a load of skywatch related equipment. 📷 In actual fact, the prize would surely have come in handy, as after a few more drinks I, Chris, Malcolm and Mike Rutter decided to head on out to some nearby sand dunes and end the night with a short skywatch. It was quite a mild evening with a relatively clear sky, ideal skywatching conditions! It took about 10 minutes to walk to our destination. After the facing the perils of numerous sand covered pathways while under the influence of alcohol, we ended up at the highest point of the dunes, which gave a great view of the surroundings and also out over the sea. There were some other people close by next to a fire but we decided not to approach them. In the distance we could see numerous ships lights. 📷 Initially there was very little activity in the sky. We caught sight of one distant plane and then spotted a single satellite on its course across the sky. But then suddenly we noticed a bright white light heading inland from the West. It was definitely in the atmosphere, no higher than 3000 feet. However as it got closer we realised there were no additional navigation lights on it at all, nor could we hear any sound coming from it. We had cameras but were too busy debating whether or not it was a plane to take a photograph, and I am certain even if we had it would not have come out against the night sky. I was surprised to find out that even Malcolm thought it looked unusual. We had to conclude that it was unidentified, therefore it was a UFO. A short while after the light vanished into the distance we decided to call it a night and returned to the hotel. I and Chris had decided in advance to save money by sleeping in the car. I’ve had many years roughing it at various music festivals so this really didn’t bother me too much. The worst part was waking up due to the early morning light. We checked the clock and found it was 6.15am. Knowing that we would probably not be able to drop back off, we decided to grab the BBQ from the boot and walk back down to the sand dunes to cook some breakfast. It was hard work hulking all the gear down there, but worth it in the end. Chris’s BBQ skills are commendable. 📷 📷 By the time we returned to the hotel it was 9.30am and other people were milling about. We met back up with Malcolm and headed back to the mirror ball for some more photos. 📷 📷 Malcolm was speaking a second time so we then had to return to the venue so he could get set up. He began at 11am with an entertaining visual talk on supposed ET photographs. This was just the ticket for those of us who were still recovering from the previous evening, and although I had seen the majority of the photos before it was interesting none the less. 📷 The next lecture was by Oll Lewis, and was all about the beast of legend known as the Kraken. Oll covered many of the theories as to the origins of the creature and explained why many of these could not really explain it. During the lecture he showed a number of old drawings of the Kraken. The legend goes that a boat of sailors moored on the back of the beast assuming it was an island. After lighting a fire, the Kraken dived below the waves and many of the men were drowned. Oll presented an interesting theory of his which suggested that the Kraken was actually an island, but the tide had risen very fast giving the impression that it was a huge creature slowly diving underwater. I’m not really sure the tide could rise fast enough to fool anyone in this way, but I guess it's a possibility. 📷 The afternoon began with a rather unsettling lecture by Rob Whitehead. He spoke about the case of the “Women In Blue” which took place in the 1990s. This involved many incidents where women and occasionally men would visit people’s houses claiming to be social workers. They would ask for permission to perform an intimate examination of the children, and would occasionally attempt to take the child away into custody. This happened many times around the area of Yorkshire and a number of times elsewhere in the UK. It made the papers on numerous occasions and the police released a number of photo fits of the suspects. Its clear what the suspected motive was, but after following some leads Rob had been informed of a completely different motive, one with bizarre implications. 📷 The last speaker of the conference was the ongoing contactee Mike Oram. Mike has had experiences since the age of four, and has had many meetings with a Nordic being named Telos, who he refers to as his “space brother”. I have heard Mike speak before of his experiences, and he is always fascinating to listen to. He gave a brief overview of some of his many encounters, but focused mostly on two particular experiences. Firstly he described something which had happened recently and which he had not spoken of before. One evening at his home he received a psychic message which told him to go outside with a camera and take photographs. He sensed that something was leaving the Earth for a while, perhaps a particular group of ETs, and that some kind of event was taking place. He took about 40 photographs. On some of these photographs he saw what looked like white orbs of light shooting upwards with trails running behind them. He showed these unusual photos during the talk. 📷 The second part of his lecture focused on the events which had happened to him and his wife in Nevada while visiting the gate of Area 51 and the Little A’le’inn. At the time he felt that things were amiss and experienced some periods of missing time. Because of this he deciced to get regressed. Under regression he stated that he had been chased down by a military vehicle with a device on the back that had opened a portal. He was taken through this and found himself in a building with many military personnel, and something was placed on his head. It seemed like the military had known he was a contactee and wanted to obtain something from his mind. The odd incidents which happened later on turned out to be a visitation by Telios, another Nordic and a short Grey-like being. Mike’s lecture was a fascinating way to end the conference, and I enjoyed every minute of it. 📷 📷 After saying our goodbyes we stepped outside the hotel to find ourselves in a heavy downpour of rain. I felt glad that the weather had held off until now otherwise the weekend would have been far less fun. Despite the rain and tiredness, our spirits were raised by the memories of the last two days as we began the long drive back to Birmingham. It was certainly one of the most varied and enjoyable paranormal conferences I have attended, and I look forward to seeing what next year’s conference will bring. 📷 Copyright Dave Hodrien 2011

Early in 2011 I was contacted and invited to speak at Into The Unknown 4, a single day UFO conference held by UFO Academy, and set to take place on Saturday 20th August down in Watford, London. This is my review of how the day went. 📷 📷 As with previous years, the conference took place at High Elms Manor, a picturesque manor house hidden away off the main roads of Watford. I, my father and brother arrived about 9.20am, giving us 40 minutes before the official start time. We almost immediately met up with Cheryl, an experiencer who’s case I investigated earlier in the year. We then met conference organiser Catrine O’Neill in the entrance lobby. The conference took place in a large open room at one end of the manor, with a side room available for drinks and snacks. I headed through to the main room to sort out the equipment setup, and found that Win Keech, the first speaker of the day, was already there getting organised. It wasn’t long before I also ran into contactee Steven Jones and his wife Valerie. Steven had spoken at a previous Into The Unknown conference, and has also come to speak at BUFOG before. 📷 📷 At 10am Win began his lecture. He gave a fascinating talk on a variety of topics, focusing primarily on crop formations. Win is an expert in video recording and analysis and spends a lot of time sky watching in the hope of capturing UFOs on camera. He began his talk with an excellent series of UFO video clips which he had managed to capture at various locations. This set the scene for his lecture very well indeed. He then spoke about the phenomenon of the shadow beings which have been seen around crop formations. He and others believe that these beings are connected with the formations and utilise portals to come through into our reality. He showed some video evidence for their existence which seemed to show some flashes of light followed by two of these entities appearing in a corn field. The video was distant but interesting none the less. 📷 However one of the most impressive videos that Win showed was some night vision footage of a large crop formation seemingly forming of its own accord over a short period of time. This was very impressive as it seemed far too big to have been created in the time period and there was no evidence of anyone being in the field at the time. For me it is some of the best evidence available that some crop formations are the real deal and not hoaxed. 📷 After a short break it was time for the second speaker of the day – an individual with an incredible amount of knowledge, stunning charisma, astounding intelligence and all round greatness. To put it simply...it was me. All joking aside though, I did get some decent feedback and I think everyone enjoyed my lecture. The title of my talk was “Contact Is Reality”, and it was a general lecture on the ET contact phenomenon. I began with an introduction video which featured many drawings from actual contact cases. It served as an example of some of the fascinating cases I have looked into over the years. 📷 I started my talk with an overview of contact, including various misconceptions about the subject, evidence for its reality, and some of the possible reasons why it may be taking place. I then went over some analysis of 25 good contact cases I have investigated, pointing out how common each of the many signs of contact has been through these cases. The later half of my lecture focused on a specific contact case from Whitwell (you can read the full report on this case elsewhere on this site). I did not have enough time to go into all the experiences of the individuals involved, so I covered a specific abduction experience in depth where three people were taken aboard a Flying Triangle craft. I did bring along some footage of the regression of the key individual, but did not have enough time to show it during the lecture. Luckily Catrine agreed that I could show it at the end of the day instead. 📷 📷 It was then a break for lunch. We headed out with Cheryl, with the intention of finding a nearby Harvester pub for a nice meal. Unfortunately the map we had lead us into a residential cul-de-sac, not exactly a good start! After getting directions from a helpful postman we were again on track. However his directions were not exactly clear and no matter how hard we looked we could not find the place. So what to do in such a situation? Good old McDonalds saved the day! Not as classy a meal as we had initially hoped for but no doubt just as tasty. The afternoon kicked off with an intriguing lecture from Carol Cochrane. Her lecture was entitled “The Sirius Letters – Crop Circles Reveal Secret ET Communications”. Carol is a former chairman of the Centre for Crop Circle Studies and is both a Cheirologist and a medium. In her talk she claimed that there were hidden messages inside the place names where crop formations have appeared, both in the UK and abroad. She claims to have received these messages via channelling using a special code. I have to admit that although it was interesting I was dubious of the messages themselves, not because of how they were received, but because they were being derived from human-named locations. However I have learned that in this field it is always good to keep an open mind, no matter how bizarre the implications. 📷 The next speaker was Mark Bennett, an author and member of the Aetherius Society, a spiritual organisation founded by George King. Mark gave an excellent and varied talk. He first focused on the evidence for the reality of UFOs both historically and in modern times. He then looked into the spiritual aspects of the subject, and explained how important it is to look at the subject from this perspective as well as just the nuts-and-bolts angle. Mark is a very good speaker, and I thoroughly enjoyed his lecture. 📷 📷 The last speaker of the day was Robbie Graham. Robbie is currently studying a PhD on Hollywood’s historical representation of UFOs and extraterrestrials. He gave an excellent talk on the way that Hollywood has manipulated movies with UFO-related themes over the years, especially where there is a military connection. This appears to include direct involvement from the CIA, who have actively changed scripts to ensure the subject is portrayed in certain ways. Robbie’s talk was very visual, with lots of movie posters and photographs, and the evidence he provided was fascinating. 📷 📷 As promised by Catrine, at the close of the day I was able to show the regression footage which I had not had time to show during my lecture. Unfortunately due to a technical hiccup we had no sound, but luckily I had subtitled the footage anyway so it was still quite watchable. I gave a voice over explaining some of what was being said, and it seemed to be well received. After talking a while with several contactees it was time to head for home. I loved having the chance to speak at the conference, and will more than happily return in the future if given the opportunity. Copyright Dave Hodrien 2011

In the summer of 2011, one of BUFOG’s members Adam Tustin decided that it would be a great idea for the group to organise a skywatch in the area of Cannock Chase. The chase is a well known UFO hotspot, and there have been many sightings over the years in the area. There has also been other strange activity reported including big cat sightings and ghostly phenomena. So it seemed like the ideal place to choose for BUFOG’s first ever official skywatch. And so it was that on the evening of Saturday 10th September, 16 people made their way out to Cannock Chase, North West of Birmingham. These people were made up of official BUFOG members, several contactees whose cases I have looked into, their partners, and others interested in the chance of maybe spotting something out of the ordinary. The weather through the day wasn’t looking too promising, alternating between periods of sunlight and then heavy showers. However we planned to head on out to Cannock Chase whatever the weather, with the intention that if it rained we would just remain in the bar where many of us initially met – The Barns on Cock Sparrow Lane. After chatting a while about UFOs over a pint, some of those present headed out to the place where the skywatch was due to take place. Adam knows the area well and recommended an area of forest and open fern-covered ground accessed via Broadhurst Green Road to the North of Cannock. I, my brother and others remained behind to wait for a few others to show up. About 15 minutes later we too headed outside to find that it was now absolutely tipping it down. Things were not looking too hopeful, but we decided to head on out to the skywatch location anyway. We drove in convoy and soon arrived at a small lay-by at the side of the road. 📷 Here we met up with the rest of the skywatchers. Almost immediately the rain ceased and the clouds above us began to part, exposing a star filled sky. There was also a full moon shining brightly. Things were looking up, but many of us took umbrellas and waterproofs along just in case. I took my chances in a leather jacket and T-shirt – it was actually quite a mild night and was quite still so was not too cold. Many of us brought torches, and I was especially impressed with BUFOG member Martin’s head mounted light! 📷 📷 We took some photos and then left the road along a gently sloping pathway. To the left of us was a large expanse of ferns, to our right some tall fir trees. It was quite clear and there was no fog, so made for a very pleasant walk. After several minutes we then took a left and continued up another steeper path. It was extremely quiet and peaceful – or rather it would have been except that we were all chatting away about UFOs and what we may or may not see! 📷 📷 📷 Within 5 minutes we reached a nice open area on the path, where a second path adjoined it and headed off into the forest. This was to be the official location for our skywatch. We put our bags down and began checking out the starry sky above us, while continuing to talk in groups. The location has superb visibility in most directions so is perfect for skywatching. There was still light cloud but luckily the rain had moved away and did not return. It is certainly a very atmospheric and open place, and was far enough away from the road to not be bothered by passing traffic. 📷 📷 We saw several satellites travelling across the sky, and also a number of “shooting stars” entering the earth’s atmosphere and quickly burning up. There were several distant planes with standard navigation lights, but none flew right overhead so we were clearly not in a flight corridor. 📷 For a number of weeks prior to the skywatch, one of the contactees had actually felt that she should go to the area of Cannock Chase. She did not know why she felt this, she was not even aware it was known as Cannock Chase before finding out off someone. She also for some reason had the time 11.36pm in her head, although she did not have a particular date. However she sensed that we were not at the right location and wanted to head further up the slope to see what was around. I felt that this was definitely worth pursuing, just in case something may take place. So we decided to head further uphill to the edge of a forested area of tall trees. Several paths led off into the darkness here, and I’m sure if there weren’t so many of us there it would have been pretty spooky! 📷 📷 📷 After a while we noticed a distant helicopter shining a search light down. It appeared to be looking for something. About 15 minutes later we suddenly heard the helicopter moving closer. But when we looked around we could barely see it. After locating it in the sky we realised it was flying with no lights on whatsoever. We all thought this was pretty strange, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a helicopter fly without lights on before. It flew pretty close to us and disappeared over the nearby trees. A few minutes later it returned, heading off to the South West, still with no lights on. We did not hear or see it again after this point. 📷 At about 11pm some of the skywatchers had to make their way home as they had travelled quite a distance. Five of us remained. We continued to watch the sky for a while but did not see anything unusual. Twenty minutes later we decided to walk into the forested area along one of the paths to see where it lead. However the path did not seem to head anywhere in particular, and if we had kept following it we would have just ended up at another road, so we decided to return to our prior position. 📷 We waited there and chatted a while longer. A couple of moments we felt that we could hear distant talking which was odd, but could possibly have been a breeze or nearby animals making noises. 11.36pm came and went with nothing seen in the sky. I’m pretty sure nothing took place, and there was no missing time or anything like that. But as the contactee said, she did not know the exact location or even the date so perhaps it was meant for another time and place entirely. 📷 Soon afterwards we decided to call it a night and headed back down the slope to the cars, the full moon still glowing brightly to light our way. Other than the helicopter with no lights we had not really seen anything unusual, but we had all had a really great evening and were in high spirits (I’m sure partially down to the fact that we had not got soaked). We will certainly be back to the location next year for another skywatch, and who knows what we may see next time. 📷 Photograph Anomalies After checking out the photos from the skywatch, my brother and I came across some photos which seemed to show glowing orbs of light or other anomalies in them. These were definitely not caused by our torches, but it is quite possible that many, if not all of them were caused by reflection in the camera lens from the full moon. However they are shown here for interest, so see what you make of them... Unexplained bright light seemingly close to the ground: 📷 The small white light towards the middle of the picture is the moon, so what's the much larger light at the left? 📷 Attack of the Cannock Chase orbs! 📷 The white light in this picture over our heads is much too low down to have been the moon: 📷 Something glowing or catching the moon light up in the branches of one of the nearby trees... 📷 📷 As I said, these can probably be explained away and I'm not suggesting for a moment that they are anything paranormal, especially as we didn't see any of them at the time with our own eyes. Still who can say for sure? Maybe something else was there with us that evening and wanted to make it's presence known. Either way, I'm sure BUFOG will be back to once again take Cannock Chase by storm! 📷 Copyright Dave Hodrien 2011