The Paranormal Database

Hanbury Orbs

Location: Hanbury (Staffordshire) - Skies near the village
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 2005
Further Comments: A BBC cameraman caught three bright lights hovering over the Malverns on video. A local UFO group named them as the 'Hanbury Orbs', a group of lights commonly seen above the landscape in this region.

Black Cylinder

Location: Harlow Hill (Northumberland) - West of Harlow Hill
Type: UFO
Date / Time: March 1985
Further Comments: Four people watched a black cylindrical object, possibly rotating, for ten minutes as it crossed the sky. The object changed direction once, moving north to south before turning west.

Blue Spinner

Location: Hartlepool (Durham) - Brierton Lane
Type: UFO
Date / Time: October 1959
Further Comments: A witness watched a bright blue object 'like a spinning top' cross the sky and quickly fade into space.

Yellow Oval

Location: Haytor (Devon) - Skies above Liverton area
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 1998
Further Comments: Two yellow, oval bright lights were seen silently moving over the moors from Haytor by people standing in a carpark. The lights moved in a swooping motion and would loop the loop.

Flashing Lights

Location: Hemblington (Norfolk) - Field in the area
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 1997
Further Comments: Five people out metal detecting all watched the sky light up with flashing red, blue, purple and green lights which illuminated the field which they stood on. The lights stopped suddenly.

Pill-Shaped Craft

Location: Hemswell (Lincolnshire) - Skies above the village
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 2018
Further Comments: One witness recalled hearing a strange noise from the sky and, looking up, spotted three metallic, pill-shaped containers flying through the air attached by a strong chord.

William Loosley's Abduction

Location: High Wycombe (Buckinghamshire) - Woodland near the town, but exact location non-existent
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 4 / 5 October 1871 (fictitious)
Further Comments: A hoax penned by David Langford, the premise being that the great, great granddaughter of William Loosley discovered a hidden account of his UFO sighting on the 4 October 1871, one day before William mysteriously vanished forever.

Flying Cross

Location: Holworth (Dorset) - Skies over Moigne Down
Type: UFO
Date / Time: October 1967
Further Comments: Two police officers chased a large cross-shaped UFO in this area as it flew low overhead. Another witness observed the craft later in the evening hovering and spinning on the spot.

Bright Lights

Location: Holymoorside (Derbyshire) - Windy Fields Road
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 06 February 2020, 19:30h
Further Comments: While walking their dog, a witness watched several fast moving bright lights high in the sky performing irregular manoeuvres. The witness later checked for aircraft in the area, but the UFOs could not be explained by the few aircraft which were out on the night in question.

Fast Ball

Location: Hull (East Riding of Yorkshire) - Noddle Hill Playing Fields
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 1992
Further Comments: At least four people watched a fast moving ball, around the size of a car, pass overhead. After the object moved away, the witnesses were left with an odd static feeling.

Small or Far Away?

Location: Idstone (Oxfordshire) - East of area
Type: UFO
Date / Time: February 1985
Further Comments: A pilot and another witness stopped their car to have a better look at an orange oval ufo. The pilot did not recognise the oval as any aircraft that she was aware off, and because of the lack of clouds and landmarks could not determine whether the object was large and very far away or smaller and closer.

An old postcard of Ilkley Moors in Yorkshire.

Abduction Photographed

Location: Ilkley (West Yorkshire) - Moors
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 1 December 1987
Further Comments: A former policeman photographed a strange creature running away from him on the moor - he gave chase, only to see a large silver disc take off and fly away at fantastic speed. The man soon realised that he had 'lost' almost two hours of the day; he was later hypnotically regressed and recalled being abducted. The area has a history of fairy sightings, which may be connected to this abduction story.

Orange Lights

Location: Inverness (Highland) - Skies over area
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 06 January 2008
Further Comments: A witness photographs six strange orange lights as they passed over the town at night.

Nocturnal Light

Location: Ipswich (Suffolk) - A12 towards Woodbridge, after Orwell Bridge
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 1990s
Further Comments: A family driving home one night watched as a bright light manoeuvred around the sky, before disappearing vertically into the clouds at a fantastic speed.

Spinning Lights

Location: Ipswich (Suffolk) - Orwell Bridge and the A12 towards Felixstowe, and Nacton Road
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 26 August 2006, around 04:00h
Further Comments: Two dull, spinning lights followed a teenager driving across the bridge for several miles. The lights always remained in front of the car, turning at the same time as the driver. Several other witnesses reported seeing similar lights around the Nacton Road area at roughly the same time.

Mushroom

Location: Isle of Arran (Ayrshire) - Skies over area
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 05 February 1985
Further Comments: High in the sky, this mushroom shaped object was said by the witness to be bright blue underneath. The ufo was also seen be the witness's wife and two daughters.

Figure in Silver Suit

Location: Isle of Sheppey (Kent) - Roadside of Sheppey Way
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 22 March 1979
Further Comments: A figure in a baggy silver suit climbed down a grassy verge by the roadside, watched by several motorists. It is thought this has a connection with a UFO seen a few hours earlier in the area.

Triangle

Location: Istead Rise (Kent) - Skies above village
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 24 November 2017
Further Comments: A large triangular craft was watched as it moved irregularly across the sky. It made no sound and would occasionally disappear and reappear.

Triangle

Location: Ixworth (Suffolk) - Road between Diss and Bury St Edmunds
Type: UFO
Date / Time: June 2000, dusk
Further Comments: Two witnesses in a car spotted a triangular craft, around the size of a house, hovering above a field. Soft lights were visible under the ufo. The witnesses also noticed other road vehicles were slowing down to look at the object.

Triangle

Location: Kirkheaton (West Yorkshire) - Skies above the village
Type: UFO
Date / Time: Circa 2012
Further Comments: A witness looked out the window at night and spotted a large triangular object, at least the size of a bus, hovering over the house and street. It had numerous lights around the edge, but the lights did not appear to cast any shadows. The object silently flew off in the direction of Holme Moss.

An old photograph of Kirkwall Harbour.

Tailed Sphere

Location: Kirkwall (Orkney) - Northwest of Kirkwall
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 25 January 1985
Further Comments: The Kirkwall coastguard reported a very bright spherical object with a tail, moving north west to the south east. The object then split in two. The Aberdeen coastguard reported seeing the same or similar two objects a little later.

Domed Craft with Flashing Lights

Location: Langenhoe (Essex) - Skies over town
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 14 September 1965
Further Comments: During this sighting, the witness claims that the flashing lights became painful to look at, and he felt his body tingle, as if hit by a bolt of electricity.

Robot Attack

Location: Langford Budville (Somerset) - Lane near the village, exact location unknown
Type: UFO
Date / Time: October 1973
Further Comments: A woman driving near the village was attacked and abducted by a large robot after her car broke down - it took her to a domed craft where she was experimented on by three creatures.

Flying Loaf

Location: Laverstock (Wiltshire) - Skies over the village
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 1990s
Further Comments: Several witnesses reported seeing a UFO hovering in the sky, resembling a glowing loaf of bread.

Balls of Fire

Location: Leicester (Leicestershire) - Skies over town
Type: UFO
Date / Time: November & December 1388
Further Comments: These balls of flame where seen many times during the winter months, spinning like wheels.