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The Little Rissington Incident

RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire

An RAF flying instructor breaks through cloud into three flying saucers.

Flight Lieutenant Michael Swiney, an instructor at the Central Flying School, took off in a Meteor jet with a Royal Navy student. As they climbed out of cloud at about 12,000 feet, both saw three saucer-shaped objects ahead of them.

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When
21 October 1952
Where
51.8650, -1.7050
Group
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The old airfield sits on the Cotswold hills near Bourton-on-the-Water.

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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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