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The Great Flying Saucer Hoax

Farnborough, Hampshire

Six fake flying saucers set police and the military chasing across England.

Apprentices at the Royal Aircraft Establishment in Farnborough built six saucer-shaped objects, filled them with a foul-smelling paste, and placed them in a line across southern England for their college Rag Week. Some even made beeping noises.

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When
4 September 1967
Where
51.2840, -0.7900
Group
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UFO Cases of Britain

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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