The Bexleyheath Saucer
Bexleyheath, London
Shortly after noon on a scorching summer day, a large disc-shaped object was said to hover just a few feet above King Harold's Way in Bexleyheath. Around thirty people, including children at play, are said to have seen it.
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- When
- 17 July 1955
- Where
- 51.4650, 0.1350
- Group
- UFO cases
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A residential street in the London Borough of Bexley.

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