UFO WARMINSTER: Cradle of Contact

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Shuttlewood bowed out, and at around the same time, The Flying Saucerers, was published in November 1976. January 1995: pilots aboard a Boeing 737 on British Airways Flight BA5061 from Milan saw an object on their descent to Manchester at 4,000ft when over the southern Pennines. The reports have been attributed to a bright fireball. [71] Warminster is an English town of about 17,000 people on the edge of the Salisbury Plain Military Training Area, about 15 miles (25 km) from the famous Stonehenge pre-historic stone circle in Wiltshire, southwest England.

But by the early 1970s, sightings of the Warminster “Thing” began to decline, and with them the number of curious visitors that had once swarmed the town. Even Shuttlewood, who had become a figurehead of the phenomenon, had retired from sky-watching due to ill health. With few sightings, no new books, and no one to guide would-be UFO spotters, interest in the Warminster “Thing” soon disappeared. By the late 18th century some 200 dwellings had been built under squatter's rights near Warminster Common, many of them substandard and overcrowded. William Daniell, a 19th-century Methodist minister, reported the reminiscences of a woman born there in the 1770s: unplastered hovels with earth floors, and piles of filth which poisoned the Cannimore Brook, bringing typhus and smallpox. [5] The people were considered rude and drunk criminals. Daniell and members of the clergy were keen to help the residents, and by 1833 the area was considered clean and respectable. [3] [6] 19th and 20th centuries [ edit ] Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC West and ITV West Country. Television signals are received from the Mendip and local relay transmitters. [58] [59]History [ edit ] Early history [ edit ] Pit Mead Roman villa mosaic, illustrations by Catherine Downes, engraved by James Basire and presented to the SAL by Daines Barrington

May 2004: a 60 metre long cigar-shaped object was seen over Torquay. Local teenagers later came forward to admit the sighting was caused by their toy inflatable airship. [74] a b "Early 20th UFO encounters". wunderkabinett.co.uk. 7 September 2009. Archived from the original on 17 September 2009 . Retrieved 3 November 2009. The chapel of St Lawrence, on the High Street near the market place, has been a chapel-of-ease to St Denys since at least 1290. Its tower is from the late 13th or early 14th century, but the rest was rebuilt in 1855–7. The people of the town bought the chapel in 1574, giving it the status of a non-royal peculiar outside the jurisdiction of the Church of England. Since then has been administered by feoffees (trustees) on behalf of the town, and they invite the vicar of St Denys' to hold services. [13] Others [ edit ] Sightings and unexplained noises continued intermittently over the coming years, ranging from “a ball of crimson light” in the sky to a “terrible droning sound” that made the witness’s floor and bed shake. Interest in the mysterious phenomenon remained strong. In 1966, the BBC filmed Pie in the Sky, a documentary about the events. Shuttlewood penned several books on the subject, while a local UFO enthusiast named Ken Rogers began publishing The Warminster UFO newsletter. The couple ended up at a mobile home park after changing the tyre, where a doppleganger of Mr Oram was staying next door.Oakley, Mike (2004). Wiltshire Railway Stations. Wimbourne: The Dovecote Press. pp.138–140. ISBN 1-904349-33-1. The town has one GP partnership, the Avenue Surgery. [94] The small Warminster Community Hospital has been run since 2016 by Wiltshire Health and Care LLP, [95] who provide community services here and at five other small Wiltshire hospitals. [96] The hospital has an inpatient ward. The nearest minor injuries unit is at Frome, [97] and the nearest general hospitals with Accident and Emergency departments are Salisbury District Hospital and the Royal United Hospital in Bath. [98] Ambulances are provided by the South Western Ambulance Service. [99] Policing [ edit ]

Clarke, David (30 May 2014). "Foxtrot 94 – a Cold War mystery solved". Dr David Clarke Folklore and Journalism . Retrieved 31 March 2021. April 1967: For approximately one hour around 12:00, a dome-shaped object was sighted at about 1,600ft over Brixham in Devon. A door was seen in the side of the object and it had been spotted by the HM Coastguard station at Berry Head. There were 362 UFO sightings in 1967; there had only been 95 in 1966. [ citation needed] The Warminster Journal is the local paid-for weekly newspaper. Published since 1881, it covers the surrounding villages as well as the town. [56] The town is also within the area of the Wiltshire Times, another weekly newspaper. [57]BBC West filmed a half-hour documentary in 1966, entitled Pie in the Sky. Of all the programmes made about the town, this is by far the most level and fair. Dent, Allcroft and Co". Grace's Guide. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017 . Retrieved 17 April 2023.

St Monica's School for Girls". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council . Retrieved 11 October 2020. Town toasts 10-year anniversary with US twin". New Valley News. 7 September 2023 . Retrieved 18 October 2023. Being a premier team of paranormal in warminster and based in salisbury we are going to look into this field of U.F.O sometime in the future. fasinating subject and i believe that we all have seen something sometime of another but maybe we all just dismissed it as nothing ??? we can be found at www.jorden-williams-paranormal-investigaitons.co.uk He signed off telling the conference that he had written a number of books on his encounters which were available online. Historic England. "Parish Church of St Denys (1364460)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 30 October 2020.

At 1.25 am on Christmas morning, 1964, Mrs Mildred Head was awoken by a strange noise. At first, it sounded as if twigs were scratching on her roof and then as if giant hailstones were raining down. She got up and went to the window. The night was dry and clear, she could see nothing unusual. She did, however, notice “a strange humming sound, which grew louder and then faded away, except for ‘a faint whisper — a low whistling or wheezing.’” 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. Fifth owner in two years for troubled 3TR". Western Daily Press. 30 March 2010. Archived from the original on 28 December 2013.