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UFO. United Kingdom

ID #1603635282
Added Sun, 25/10/2020
Author July N.
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Initial data

Initial information from sources or from an eyewitness
Incident date: 
28.08.1977 00:10
Location: 
Уиндермир
United Kingdom

Duty police constable Ian McKenzie noticed two very bright horizontal lights in the vicinity of Langdale Pike, which were moving towards him and becoming brighter. He ruled out any type of aircraft. 

At the same time, John Mcmulen also spotted a UFO from his location while walking through Keswick with three other officers. He described the object as a hang glider or diamond shape. 

At 00:20 PS, James Trohir and constable Fixwick also reported seeing an object from their position on the caravan site at Fallbarrow Park on the shore of lake Windermere. Other unnamed officers were also present at the site and saw the object. 

Trogir described the object as triangular or diamond-shaped. At 00:22, Alexander Inglis was driving home with three colleagues on the A591 Keswick - Botel road when they also saw lights. As the object approached them, he stopped the car to get a better look. 

Despite their best efforts, they couldn't make out the clear shape of the object. All they could see were two very bright lights attached to it, and that a faint rumbling was associated with them. 

At 00:25, Joseph Maui and a colleague noticed an object heading in the direction of Buttermere. It flew at a low altitude over the surrounding hills. 

Around the same time, David wild spotted a UFO while on foot patrol on the a592 Rayrigg Road to Bowness. He described it as a kite-shaped craft and that it was a very large craft. 

At 00:30, the object was also noticed by several civilian witnesses. At the same time, two other officers, jofrey Mcfkl and Ronald Johnson, Observed the same UFO from their position at Skelwith bridge on the A593 road, following a radio request for officers to be located. They described the object as being shaped like a kite as they watched it go out to sea over Morecambe Bay. 

Confirmation of numerous police confirmations came from several geographical locations. On-and off-duty surveillance. A total of 17 officers were observed (nine named plus a number of unspecified officers).

Original news

Date:  August 28 1977
Location:  Windermere, Cumbria, England
Time:  12:10 AM 
Summary:  An on duty police officer PC IAN MACKENZIE observed two very bright horizontal lights in the vicinity of Langdale Pike that moved towards him and grew brighter. He ruled out any type of aircraft. At the same time PS JOHN McMULLEN also spotted the UFO from his location whilst walking through Keswick with three other officers. He described the object as being hang glider or diamond shaped. At 0020 hours PS JAMES TROHEAR and PC JOHN FISWICK also reported seeing the object from their position at the Fallbarrow Park Caravan Site on the shores of Lake Windermere. Other unnamed officers were also present at that location and saw the object. PS TROHEAR described the object as triangular or diamond shaped. At 0022 hours PC ALEXANDER INGLIS was driving home with three colleagues along the A591Keswick to Bothel road when they too caught sight of the lights. As the object approached them he pulled the car over to have a better look. Despite their efforts they could not make out a distinct shape of the object. All they could make out was two extremely bright lights attached to it and there was a faint purring noise associated with it. At 0025 hours PC JOSEPH MAW and a colleague spotted the object heading in the direction of Buttermere. It was traveling at a low altitude over the surrounding fells. At around the same time PC DAVID WILD spotted the UFO whilst out on foot patrol on the A592 Rayrigg Road to Bowness. He described it as kite shaped and that it was a very large structured craft. At 0030 hours a number of civilian witnesses also spotted the object. At the same time following a police radio request for officer sightings, two further officers, PS GEOFFREY MERCKEL and PC RONALD JONES observed the same UFO from their position at Skelwith Bridge on the A593 road. They described the object as being kite shaped as they watched it go out to sea over Morcambe Bay. Multiple police witness corroboration reported from several geographical locations. On and Off Duty sighting. 17 Officers (nine named plus a number of unspecified officers). Source – A Covert Agenda by Nick Redfern. Pocket Books 1998. Pages 131-132. (Reference: ) 
Source:  THE 5TH ANNUAL PRUFOS POLICE REPORT 2006 by Detective Constable 1877 HESELTINE British Transport Police 

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