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Witness Statement
Statement of
Ageifunder21 . o 21 (if over 21 insert 'over 21').
This statell].ent (consisting of · pages each signed by me) is true to the best of my knowledge and
belief and I make it knowing that, if it is tendered in evidence, I shall be liable to prosecution if 1have wilfully
stated in it anything which I know to be false or do not believe to be true.
Dated the 19 93
Signature
I n the Devon & Cornwall Constabulary stationed at
Liskeard in Ccrnwall.
At about 0110 hrs on the morning of Wednesday 31st March 1993 I was
on duty in uniform and driving a marked Police vehicle along the A38 at
Looe Mills near- Liskeard travelling in the direction of Dobwalls.
Thjs was naturally during the h6urs of darkness and the w~ather was
fine and dry, with some patchy cloud; the moen and a number of star3 being
visible. I w&s ~naccompanied.
As I began to negotiate a sweeping uphill left hand bend at the bottom
of Lantoom Hill, I became: aware of what appeared to be two 1 stars 1 ju~;t.
above the horizon in the apprcximate position of "two o 1 clock". They wc·re
due North of me and motionless in the sky. My attention was drawn to
these "stars" because apart from being in a part of the sky where there
are usually no stars, they were of a darker hue bordering on yellow instead
of silvery-white. They were reasonably close together but as I could not
begin to estimate their distance from me, I likewise cannct estimate how
far they were from each other.
As I negotiated the bend I continued to observe there when I suddenly
saw them begin to. move what appeared to me vertically upwards. They main-
tained a_ parallel course and identical speed ~nd as they approached the
"one 0' clock" position they began to leave vapour trails. I brot<ght my
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