The Paranormal Database

Giant Pumpkin Smelling of Acid Drops

Location: Leiston (Suffolk) - Beach north of Leiston, in the skies
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 1980s
Further Comments: This strange UFO was reported over the sea.

A beam of sunlight shines down on the sea close to Leiston.

Large Yellowish & Greenish Ball

Location: Leiston (Suffolk) - Off coast near Sizewell
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 1980s
Further Comments: Observing the power station here (or maybe formed by it?), the unnatural ball only hung around briefly before leaving the scene.

Abductions

Location: Little Houghton (Northamptonshire) - General area
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 1970s / early 1980s
Further Comments: Jenny Randles claims that there were two missing time episodes during these decades.

Mile Long Craft

Location: Liverpool (Merseyside) - Skies over Anfield
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 25 July 2007
Further Comments: Lee Jones, his wife and her mother watched a huge saucer shaped craft hovering in the sky, clouds occasionally covering the object. A passenger jet that passed near the craft enabled Jones to estimate the ufo was about a mile long. Other witnesses reported seeing the craft throughout June and earlier in the year.

Anti-Ship Mine

Location: Livingston (Lothian) - Dechmont Woods (a monument now marks the area)
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 9 November 1979, 10.30h
Further Comments: A forestry worker was attacked by 2 robotic creatures that resembled mines, with six protruding legs. They gave off a smell that knocked him out. Later, when the site was examined by police, they found evidence of a fight, and marks from the robot's 'legs'.

Cube With Arms

Location: Livingston (Lothian) - Skies over the town
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 05 October 2021, 22:50h
Further Comments: A UAP was spotted by multiple witnesses. The object was difficult to make out, due to the piercing light it emitted, but was thought to be similar to a cube with 'arm light' appendages. A witness estimated the object to be between four and six times the size of an aircraft. The UAP was initially stationary but moved north over the Edinburgh flight path.

Downed Craft

Location: Llandrillo (Clwyd) - Berwyn Mountains
Type: UFO
Date / Time: January 1974
Further Comments: Some researchers believe that a UFO crashed on the mountain, the event covered up by the UK Government.

Downed Craft

Location: Llandrillo (Clwyd) - Cader Bronwen hill, east of village
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 1974
Further Comments: A loud crashing sound was heard by many locals, coming from the nearby hill. They thought it was a light aircraft or military training jet, but RAF personal reported finding nothing, though they kept the area closed to the public for several days afterwards. Some now report that a small alien craft crashed there, and the wreckage recovered by the Government.

Alien Chase

Location: Loxley (South Yorkshire) - Myers Lane
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 1977
Further Comments: A couple in a car were reportedly pursued by a UFO. Both people claimed to have seen the occupant of the craft and described the figure as large with frizzy hair.

Figures in Jumpsuits

Location: Manchester (Greater Manchester) - Banks of the River Mersey, south Manchester
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 19 August 1979, 21:00h
Further Comments: Walking home with her two daughters, Lynda Jones and the children watched a twenty metre long orange/pink oval craft drop into a field. When they approached to take a better look, the ufo had changed to a grey colour and was hovering sixty centimetres above the ground. They all ran away after one daughter started screaming, and in later hypnotherapy Lynda recalled being abducted by almost human figures in jumpsuits.

Darting Lights

Location: Manchester (Greater Manchester) - Skies above Bury
Type: UFO
Date / Time: Late 1990s
Further Comments: Several circular bright lights were observed by a man walking his dog in the night sky. The balls were all different sizes and travelled very fast in a zigzag motion, creating no sound. The man was left shaken after watching the display but did not contact the authorities fearing they would think he was mad.

An old postcard of Market Harborough.

Dark Torpedo

Location: Market Harborough (Leicestershire) - Skies over town
Type: UFO
Date / Time: May 1909?
Further Comments: Reported as being over thirty metres long, this long, thin scareship of unknown origin passed over the town late at night.

Fast Moving Light

Location: Marlow (Buckinghamshire) - Skies over the town
Type: UFO
Date / Time: Circa 1999, summer, 02:00h
Further Comments: Two people in a garden watched a light in the sky as it moved fast, suddenly stop, and move back on itself before disappearing.

Domed Object

Location: Meriden (West Midlands) - Footpath in area, exact location not known
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 1940
Further Comments: While out walking, Cathie Connelly encountered an illuminated domed object surrounded by tall men wearing one-piece overalls. The men had strangely tall foreheads, and one man cleaned his hands using a duster smiled at the witness. As Connelly left the area, she turned back and realised they had gone.

Black Cloud

Location: Mumbles Head (West Glamorgan) - Direction of Pwlldu bay
Type: UFO
Date / Time: Late December 1908 / early January 1909
Further Comments: The crew of the pilot cutter Beaufort watched a large black cloud pass by, creating noise resembling bursts from a Maxim gun, which lasted twenty minutes. One witness said they had never observed anything like the phenomenon.

Orange Lights

Location: N19 (Greater London) - Skies above Archway
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 2 February 2007, 17:30h
Further Comments: It was reported that traffic was brought to a standstill when between 10 - 15 orange lights were seen moving in a southerly direction. The UFOs all moved at the same speed, before stopping and moving upwards. The sighting lasted for about ten minutes.

Triangular Object

Location: Nacton (Suffolk) - Unidentified car park
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 1998, 01:00h
Further Comments: Two friends sitting in this car park watched as a large, brightly illuminated triangular craft pass overhead. After the sighting, as they tried to drive away, the car froze, as if held in place by an unseen force.

Aurora?

Location: Ness (Outer Hebrides) - Skies over the area
Type: UFO
Date / Time: Mid-1990s
Further Comments: The strange doughnut-shaped exhaust trail left across the sky is said by some to have been created by the top secret US hypersonic Aurora spy plane.

Soldier Shot by UFO

Location: Newbiggon on Sea (Northumberland) - Old RAF base
Type: UFO
Date / Time: September 1942
Further Comments: A soldier once based here alleged, in later life, to have been abducted while on guard duty at the base. Remembering the abduction from his dreams, the man claimed he fell unconscious after being hit by a thin beam of light.

Orange Ball

Location: Newcastle Under Lyme (Staffordshire) - Over Wolstanton Marsh
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 03 February 1985
Further Comments: A police officer reported watching a spherical orange object pass directly overhead, moving from north to south. Three other witnesses were with the officer at the time.

Orange Lights

Location: Northrepps (Norfolk) - Sky above North Walsham Road
Type: UFO
Date / Time: July 2015
Further Comments: A witness reported watching dozens of bright orange lights high up in the air. The lights were visible for several minutes before fading out and were compared to missile countermeasures used by military aircraft.

Banana

Location: NW2 (Greater London) - Above Wembley Stadium
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 15 and 17 March 1985
Further Comments: A flying banana shaped object was seen in the sky over the stadium a couple of times. It was described as bright and made up of several different colours.

Scareship

Location: NW2 (Greater London) - Dollis Hill
Type: UFO
Date / Time: February 1932
Further Comments: A possible early ufo encounter. A married couple spotted two men wearing caps working on a cylinder-shaped craft perched on the ground. As the married couple approached for a better look, the men disappeared, and the craft took off.

Bus Sized UFO

Location: Oldham (Greater Manchester) - Saddleworth Moor, near Dovestones Reservoir
Type: UFO
Date / Time: December 2006
Further Comments: Saddleworth Moor has been home to many strange and curious sightings of UFOs over the years, the largest of which was the size of a British double decker bus seen in 1975. More recently, six lights spread out in a hexagon pattern which vanished after several seconds were seen in the sky, quickly followed by a sighting of a strange van which also vanished.

Orford Ness, Suffolk.

Pair of Lights

Location: Orford (Suffolk) - Orford Ness
Type: UFO
Date / Time: 1970s
Further Comments: A couple of men watched two lights hovering quite close to the water, which darted off at incredible speed as they approached. The area was home to Project Cobra Mist, which involved radar waves that followed the earth's curvature.