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The Phantom Battle of Edgehill and King Charles I's Commission
December 1642 · Edgehill battlefield, between Edge Hill, Radway and Kineton, Warwickshire, England
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 32 sources
36Partially documented
The Cock Lane Ghost ("Scratching Fanny") and the Johnson Committee
January 1762 · Cock Lane, Smithfield, City of London
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 40 sources
22Thinly documented
Norman Collie and the Big Grey Man (Am Fear Liath Mòr) of Ben Macdui
1891 · Summit of Ben Macdui, Cairngorms, Scotland
Cryptid · Creature · 31 sources
17Thinly documented
The Egryn Lights: Mary Jones and the Welsh Revival Lights
December 5, 1904 · Capel Egryn, Tal-y-bont, Dyffryn Ardudwy, Merionethshire (now Gwynedd), Wales
UAP · Orb / light · 25 sources
37Partially documented
The British Phantom Airship ("Scareship") Wave of 1909
March 23, 1909 · England, Wales and Ireland (Peterborough, East Anglia, Birmingham, Cardiff and Caerphilly, Belfast, Kingstown)
UAP · Cigar · 36 sources
48Partially documented
Aldie and John Mackay's Strange Spectacle in Loch Ness
c. 1933 · North shore road near Abriachan Pier, opposite Aldourie, Loch Ness, Highlands, Scotland
Cryptid · Creature · 45 sources
18Thinly documented
Loch Ness Monster: the Surgeon's Photograph
c. 1934 · North shore of Loch Ness along the A82, near the Altsaigh (Alltsigh) Burn, about 2-3 miles northeast of Invermoriston, Scotland
Cryptid · Creature · 43 sources · 3 photos
22Thinly documented
Borley Rectory: Harry Price's Year in the Most Haunted House in England (1937-1938)
May 1937 · Borley Rectory, Hall Road, Borley, Essex, England
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 64 sources · 13 photos
48Partially documented
The RAF Tangmere Meteor Flying Saucer and the Wartling Radar Return
June 1, 1950 · Portsmouth area, Hampshire (pilot from RAF Tangmere, radar at RAF Wartling)
UAP · Disc / saucer · 8 sources
42Partially documented
The RAF Topcliffe "Perfect Flying Saucer" During Exercise Mainbrace
September 19, 1952 · RAF Topcliffe, near Thirsk, North Yorkshire (approach to RAF Dishforth)
UAP · Disc / saucer · 20 sources
33Partially documented
The Coniston Saucer Photograph (Stephen Darbishire)
February 15, 1954 · Little Arrow Farm, Torver, below Coniston Old Man, Lake District (then Lancashire, now Cumbria)
UAP · Disc / saucer · 12 sources
14Thinly documented
Cedric Allingham's Flying Saucer from Mars, Lossiemouth, 1954
February 18, 1954 · Near Lossiemouth, Moray, Scotland
UAP · Disc / saucer · 21 sources
9Thinly documented
The Unsmiling Men of Ranton: Jessie Roestenburg's Saucer at Vicarage Farm
October 21, 1954 · Vicarage Farm, Ranton, near Stafford, Staffordshire
UAP · Disc / saucer · 17 sources
13Thinly documented
The Lakenheath-Bentwaters Radar-Visual Incident
August 13, 1956 · RAF Bentwaters and RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk, with RAF Neatishead, Norfolk
UAP · Orb / light · 45 sources
65Well documented
West Freugh Radar Incident
April 4, 1957 · RAF West Freugh and the Luce Bay bombing range, Wigtownshire, Scotland
UAP · Unknown · 26 sources
48Partially documented
The Milton Torres Intercept Order: RAF Manston, 1957
May 20, 1957 · RAF Manston, Isle of Thanet, Kent, and the skies over East Anglia
UAP · Unknown · 37 sources
41Partially documented
The Silpho Moor Flying Saucer, Scarborough 1957
c. 1957 · Silpho Moor, near Reasty Bank and Broxa Forest, north-west of Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England
UAP · Disc / saucer · 22 sources · 1 photos
40Partially documented
Cynthia Appleton and the Gharnasvarn Visitors (the "Space Baby" Case)
November 1957 · Fentham Road, Aston, Birmingham, England
Alien · Being / humanoid · 20 sources
21Thinly documented
Tim Dinsdale's Loch Ness Film, Foyers Bay (1960)
April 23, 1960 · Foyers Bay, Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland
Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources
30Partially documented
The Alex Birch Flying Saucer Photograph, Mosborough
March 1962 · Field near the British Oak pub, Mosborough, near Sheffield (then Derbyshire), England
UAP · Disc / saucer · 17 sources · 3 photos
26Thinly documented
The Solway Firth Spaceman
May 23, 1964 · Burgh Marsh, near Burgh by Sands, overlooking the Solway Firth, Cumberland (now Cumbria)
UAP · Being / humanoid · 41 sources · 6 photos
45Partially documented
The Warminster "Thing" UFO flap
December 25, 1964 · Warminster, Wiltshire, England
UAP · Cigar · 21 sources · 3 photos
36Partially documented
The Great British Flying Saucer Hoax: Six Saucers Across Southern England (1967)
September 4, 1967 · Southern England, a line from the Isle of Sheppey, Kent to Clevedon, Somerset
UAP · Disc / saucer · 21 sources
37Partially documented
The Devon "Flying Cross" Police Chase
October 24, 1967 · A3072 between Holsworthy and Hatherleigh, near Brandis Corner, Devon
UAP · Other · 24 sources
35Partially documented
Morag Strikes McDonell and Simpson's Boat on Loch Morar
August 16, 1969 · Loch Morar, Lochaber, Highland, Scotland
Cryptid · Creature · 28 sources
14Thinly documented
The Berwyn Mountain Incident (The Welsh Roswell)
January 23, 1974 · Cadair Berwyn, near Llandrillo and Llandderfel, Berwyn range, Denbighshire (then Merionethshire), North Wales
UAP · Sphere · 56 sources
42Partially documented
The Aveley Abduction: the Avis (Day) Family and the Green Mist
October 27, 1974 · Hacton Lane / Aveley Road, between Hornchurch and Aveley, Essex (now London Borough of Havering)
UAP · Orb / light · 20 sources
20Thinly documented
The Owlman of Mawnan: The Melling Sisters' Sighting
April 17, 1976 · St Mawnan and St Stephen's Church, Mawnan, near Mawnan Smith, Cornwall
Cryptid · Creature · 29 sources
15Thinly documented
The Winchester Encounters: Joyce Bowles and Ted Pratt
November 14, 1976 · Eastern edge of Winchester, near Chilcomb, Hampshire, England
Alien · Being / humanoid · 28 sources
16Thinly documented
Broad Haven School Sighting and the Dyfed Triangle
February 4, 1977 · Broad Haven Primary School, Broad Haven, Pembrokeshire (then Dyfed), Wales
UAP · Cigar · 31 sources
33Partially documented
The Enfield Poltergeist
c. 1977 · 284 Green Street, Brimsdown, Enfield, North London
Paranormal · Other · 50 sources · 9 photos
59Partially documented
The Mince Pie Martians of Rowley Regis
January 4, 1979 · Bluestone Walk, Rowley Regis, near Birmingham, West Midlands
UAP · Being / humanoid · 23 sources
26Thinly documented
The Robert Taylor Incident: Dechmont Woods
November 9, 1979 · Dechmont Law, near the M8 motorway, Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland
UAP · Other · 58 sources
36Partially documented
The Todmorden Encounter: PC Alan Godfrey
November 28, 1980 · Burnley Road, Todmorden, Calderdale, West Yorkshire
UAP · Diamond · 39 sources
29Thinly documented
Rendlesham Forest Incident
December 26, 1980 · Rendlesham Forest, between RAF Woodbridge and RAF Bentwaters, Suffolk, England
UAP · Triangle · 69 sources
52Partially documented
The Beast of Exmoor: the 1983 South Molton sheep killings and the Royal Marines hunt
c. 1983 · Drewstone Farm, near South Molton, North Devon (Exmoor), England
Cryptid · Creature · 22 sources
32Partially documented
The Alfred Burtoo Encounter: "Too Old and Infirm"
August 12, 1983 · Basingstoke Canal towpath, near Gasworks Bridge, Government Road, Aldershot, Hampshire
Alien · Being / humanoid · 18 sources
15Thinly documented
The Ilkley Moor Alien Photograph (Philip Spencer)
December 1, 1987 · Ilkley Moor (Rombalds Moor), between Ilkley and East Morton, West Yorkshire
UAP · Being / humanoid · 17 sources · 1 photos
9Thinly documented
The Calvine UFO Photograph
August 4, 1990 · Moorland above Calvine, near Pitlochry, Perth and Kinross
UAP · Diamond · 56 sources · 3 photos
41Partially documented
Alitalia MD-80 near miss over Lydd, Kent (Capt. Achille Zaghetti)
April 21, 1991 · Over Lydd, Romney Marsh, Kent, England
UAP · Cigar · 17 sources
47Partially documented