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The Cosford Incident

RAF Shawbury, Shropshire

A huge triangle crosses two RAF bases, and the Ministry of Defence takes note.

On one night in March 1993, people across the Midlands and Wales reported bright lights in the sky, including patrols at RAF Cosford. At RAF Shawbury, a meteorological officer described a vast craft moving slowly and shining a beam of light at the ground.

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When
30–31 March 1993
Where
52.7976, -2.6680
Group
UFO cases

Visiting

RAF Cosford's museum is open to the public; Shawbury is an active base.

Cover of UFO Cases of Britain by Cale Mills
From the book

UFO Cases of Britain

Among the many individual encounters in this book, the Cosford Incident stands out for its scale: not one witness, not one town, but a wave of sightings reported across large parts of the United Kingdom within the space of a single night, drawing in police officers, military radar operators, and eventually a formal Ministry of Defence investigation.

Fifty-four real and closely examined British UFO cases, weighed with honesty rather than hype. From Rendlesham Forest, the best-documented UFO case the United Kingdom has ever produced, to the Berwyn Mountains, the Broad Haven schoolchildren, the Calvine photograph and the Bonnybridge hotspot, each case sets out what was seen, who saw it and what the explanations are.

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