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The Ranton Encounter

Vicarage Farm, Ranton, Staffordshire

A mother and her sons see two figures watching from a domed craft.

Jessie Roestenburg and her two young sons saw a lens-shaped craft hovering over their farmhouse. Behind a clear dome, she said, sat two humanoid figures with long hair and pale skin, looking down at them.

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When
21 October 1954
Where
52.8100, -2.2500
Group
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Ranton is a quiet farming village west of Stafford.

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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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