UFO WARMINSTER: Cradle of Contact

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Another research group, UFO - Info, had set up in the town. This new group, which, unlike the Fountain Centre, was run and staffed by unpaid volunteers. Shuttlewood's third book on the phenomenon was UFOs: Key to the New Age, which was published in 1971. This book, of all the titles written by Shuttlewood, is probably the most contentious of all. Shuttlewood's own personal theories seem, by today's standards to be quite absurd. Some students of the Warminster enigma believe that Shuttlewood became so immersed in the whole concept, that logic went out of the window as far as he was concerned.

Clapham Wood in West Sussex experienced a rash of UFO sightings and unexplained events during the 1960s and continuing into the 1970s. [36] So we can give you an initial diagnosis of what you may have seen and perhaps investigate it further if you want us to." It was a glowing sphere and out of it stepped two beautiful-looking men with shoulder-length silver hair and dressed in shiny silver clothing. Baker, John (20 August 2019). "Police plot move to a new station". Wiltshire Times . Retrieved 15 July 2021.Victoria County History: Wiltshire: Vol 8 pp 124-128 – Warminster: Protestant nonconformity". British History Online. University of London. 1965 . Retrieved 6 November 2020. Argent, Alan (11 September 2007). "Obituary: The Rev Geoffrey Nuttall". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 6 November 2020. With mounting pressures on them and the local UFO researchers becoming more hostile towards the Fountain Centre, the publication of the Fountain Journal became more sporadic. Issue 11, dated only 1977, was the last to be published. November 1987 at 19:00: a large UFO was seen at close quarters hovering over houses in Brierley Hill. [64]

Watch Pie in the Sky, a BBC TV programme from 1966 presented by Kenneth Hudson, which investigated the mysterious objects seen above Warminster

Scientists' struggles

Warminster became the focus of thousands of sightings and the town became a magnet for alien hunters. One thing is certain however. Despite all the new research into the phenomena in this quiet Wiltshire town all I can say is this: something strange did happen there. I know. For a time, I was part of it. a b c d e f g h i j k l "Warminster: Introduction". A History of the County of Wiltshire. London: Victoria County History. 8: 90–96. 1965 . Retrieved 3 September 2016.

The taller one held up his hand with the palm open and fingers pointing towards the sky. I heard in mind 'welcome' and did the same thing," he said.

Other strange sightings

While some argued that UFO sightings are caused by extra-terrestrial life, others highlighted that whatever the cause, the unidentified flying objects are, at their most simplest and concerning level, a potential terrorist opportunity with commercial airline pilots, police officers and radar operators among the many witnesses to UFOs, according to recent Government reports discussed at the two-day conference. a b Goodman, Kevin (20 May 2010). "The mystery of Warminster's 'UFO' ". BBC Wiltshire . Retrieved 3 September 2016.

The origin of the root Wor is wara, the genitive plural of the Old English noun waru meaning "those that care for, watch, guard, protect, or defend." It was used as an endonym by both Goths [a] and Jutes. Their specific ethnonym is unknown, though it likely was related to the native name of the oppidum at Battlesbury Camp during Sub-Roman times. June 1976: An official British Airways film taken during one of Concorde's flights over southern England depicts a white light moving around the fuselage of the aircraft. A later analysis of the film, presented in a UFO documentary, indicated that the light was an artifact of the video camera. [49] But sceptics claim alien abductiuon stories have no evidence to support them other than the anecdotes of the "abductee".Infantry & Small Arms School Corps Weapons Collection". Ministry of Defence. 26 July 2013. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014 . Retrieved 22 November 2014. The event will showcase 12 well-known speakers, researchers, authors and celebrities on the subject of UFOs and the paranormal. September 1970: Captain William Schaffner intercepted an unknown object over the North Sea. His BAC Lightning aircraft was later retrieved from the sea. [45] Daniell, William (1850). Warminster Common: Shewing the Steps by which it Has Advanced from Its Former State of Notorious Vice, Ignorance, and Poverty, to Its Present State of Moral and Social Improvement. R.E. Vardy. pp.10–11 . Retrieved 1 June 2022. Arthur Shuttlewood reported in his book The Warminster Mystery: "The air was brazenly filled with a menacing sound.