Hidden Britain AtlasOpen the map
All places › UFO cases
UFO case

The Southampton Officer's Encounter

Southampton, Hampshire

A constable is frozen to the spot by a craft the size of a bus.

A Southampton police officer reported a greenish-grey glow, then an object around thirty feet long, in three sections, with a top like a dustbin lid. It gave off a high-pitched whine.

Read the full story, see it on the map, get directions and find what else is nearby in the free Hidden Britain Atlas map.

Open The Southampton Officer's Encounter on the mapReport a sighting here
When
Undated report
Where
50.9100, -1.4000
Group
UFO cases

Visiting

A busy port city on the south coast.

Cover of UFO Cases of Britain by Cale Mills
Read the full story in the book

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.

Buy on AmazonAll books by Cale Mills

Nearby mysteries