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The Longdendale Lights

Bleaklow, Peak District

Strange lights drifting over a valley full of air-crash wrecks.

For centuries people have reported odd lights moving along the ridges of Longdendale and Bleaklow. Some locals called them the Devil's Bonfires.

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When
Reported for centuries
Where
53.4700, -1.8600
Group
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Bleaklow is high, boggy moor. Go prepared.

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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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