UFO case
The Fylingdales Radar Mystery
RAF Fylingdales, North York Moors
RAF Fylingdales exists to spot incoming missiles. In 1981 its radar picked up an unknown target and began tracking it.
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- When
- 1981
- Where
- 54.3600, -0.6700
- Group
- UFO cases
Visiting
The radar is visible from the A169 across the moors.
From the book
UFO Cases of Britain
In 1981, that same radar picked up something its operators could not identify, and for a short, tense period, a station built to detect missiles found itself instead investigating a UFO.
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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