Rendition of event at Rendlesham Forest December 1980 by Wayne Mason(c) 2012
Haunted Skies 1st Janaury 2013
Happy New Year to you all from John and Dawn
Volume 8 is under way this covers the period 1980!
Here are some extracts from the
forthcoming Volume 8 (The cover has been
completed) but wil be under wraps for some time yet
But first does anyone know the
whereabouts of Mark Brown & Philip Barnet UFO researchers?
Aswe would like to speak to them about some old cases?
VOLUME 8 will be in colour!
We are pleased that the
opportunity to show some of the images in glorious colour has finally arrived. We are delighted to be able to
show the reader some ‘UFO sketches’ from the possession of UFO researcher Derek
Samson from Shirley, West Midlands. Derek was
a keen gardener and artist and spent much of his life recording for posterity
reported UFO activity, brought to his attention from all over the World.
Invisible Barriers or force fields encountered
In addition to the sightings
of UFOs and their occasional occupants, we have now included reports of
mysterious interactions between human beings and what some may refer to as
invisible force fields of barriers, which prevent access to something or
someone, whose identity still remains unknown. Examples of which have already
been published in Haunted Skies. They include the report by British Soldier
Leslie Grant who saw a domed object on three legs resting on the ground near Arnhem in 1944. When he approached the object
he was stopped by doing so by what he described as “like pushing against rubber” (See Page 38, Volume 1) In
May 1957, Mr. John Payne encountered
an object described as resembling a submarine with two fins at the end object
on Winkleigh Airfield Devon. When he tried to get closer he found his way
blocked by what he described as an “invisible
air cushion, that you could actually lean on”
(See Page 210, Volume 1) In Reading Berkshire on the 4th of September 1967, Jane
a reporter from the Reading Evening News
attempted to approach a landed UFO next to the Royal Ordnance factory, but was
prevented by “What felt like an invisible
force field preventing us getting any closer” (See Page 184, Volume 3) We
were to come across many such examples over the years. Many of them took place
in Brazil, USA, USSR,
and New Zealand but due to
lack of space are prevented from reproducing these accounts here; we are forced
to confine our interest to what took place in the UK.
Encounter with
UFO
Two
days later, on 27th August 1980, Gateshead waitress - Marjorie Stainthorpe
- was driving towards Winlaton, at 3.00am, near Shibdon Bank, when she became
aware of a blue and green coloured ‘ball of light’ following behind the
vehicle.” I was terrified. When I arrived home, I found myself shaking with fear.
I don’t know what it was, but it wasn’t any aircraft.”
Enquiries with the local coastguards revealed a blue/green ‘flash of light’ was
sighted over Marsden Rock, on the same evening, which was explained away as a
shooting star. (Source: personal interview)
Flying Saucer’ seen near Temple Meads Bristol
William McQuaid of Knowle Bristol
telephoned us in 2007 wishing to bring our attention to something that
he witnessed around the 1980 period. “At the time I was employed as a catering steward for British Rail. One
morning we were on our way to Cardiff and had
just left Temple Mead
Station Bristol.
I happened to look out of the window and see a sight that shocked me to the
core. A spinning silver saucer shaped object showing a completely smooth outer
surface, with no sign of any rivets joins or windows, showing a dome at the top
and bottom, hovering in the air about 6ft away from where I was. I estimated it was about 3ft in length and
2ft wide, my first thoughts were that it was radio controlled. There was a man
asleep in a nearby carriage, but for some inexplicable reason I didn’t try and
awake him”.
From Volume 6 the Jubilee edition
1975-1977
Close Encounter with UFO
Actress Freda Driver, the sister of Betty Driver - more familiar for
her role as evergreen Barmaid, Betty Turpin, of ‘Coronation Street’ fame -
spoke to us about a strange incident she and her sister witnessed, during the
1970s.Freda: “I was sitting in the lounge at the farmhouse where we lived at the time,
one stormy evening, and happened to glance through the window, when I saw this
large circular yellow ‘ball of light’ hovering above some trees, apparently
unaffected by the gale force wind blowing outside. I watched it, noting it had
a slightly misty halo around it, and thought to myself it’s watching me as
well!
After about 15 minutes, I decided to summon up the courage and venture
outside, asking my sister, Betty, to come with me. When we opened the door,
accompanied by the three boxer dogs, the wind was so strong we had trouble
standing. As soon as the dogs saw the
UFO they ran back inside and hid under the table, at which stage we began to
feel frightened and went back inside the house.
After 5 minutes or so, it shot up into the sky and disappeared, followed
by the wind dropping dramatically. We found out that others had also seen this
UFO, which was explained away as a weather balloon!”
Freda described another incident
which took place, while home with her sister, Freda, one evening, approximately
ten miles from Ellesmere Port, when they noticed a curious ‘ball of light’
travelling in tandem with their vehicle, about a hundred yards away. Freda: “I stopped the car to
have a closer look at this object, and was surprised to see it had also stopped
motionless in the air, as if somehow watching us.
Unsure of what to do, we got back
into the car and continued on our journey, noting, with fright, it was still
following us - always at the same distance away from us, irrespective of
whatever speed we were doing. It stayed
with us for about 20 miles and was clearly seen by other motorists, some of
whom stopped their cars. To our relief, when we entered a built-up area, it
shot off upwards into the sky and disappeared.”
A few days after the incident,
Freda was not surprised to learn, from reading a local Newspaper, that the UFO
had been seen by other drivers on the road, one of whom launched an appeal,
asking for any other witnesses to contact him.
Needless to say, Freda and Betty decided to keep quiet, fearing ridicule. (Source: personal interview)
Don Ramkin who has been a valuable supporter of the Haunted Skies
project is off to Rendlesham
Forest tonight to
celebrate the New year with Terry and Brenda Butler. Our best wishes to all of
you hope you have a great night.
Don -Well here are three photos of the latest kittens. We've
named the black tabby Tabatha , the black n white is called fur ball as its a
podgy thing , and the beige & white we called Charlie .Happy New year.
We would also like to thank Steve Franklin, David Bryant and Jason Chapman for their help with illustrations. If any budding artists wish to assist of any age ! All contributions are welcome here! please contact us on 0121.445.0340
Once again Happy New Year from John and Dawn.
West kennet Longbarrow a dark and brooding day!
Silbury Hill, in its magnificence!
West kennet Longbarrow a dark and brooding day! 
