UFO case
The Stanmore Police Sighting
Stanmore, London
Residents of Stanmore phoned the police about strange lights in the sky. The officers sent to check were struck by what they saw and are said to have cordoned off the area.
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- When
- 26 April 1984
- Where
- 51.6180, -0.3140
- Group
- UFO cases
Visiting
A suburb in the London Borough of Harrow.
From the book
UFO Cases of Britain
The sighting over Stanmore in north London stands apart because it was witnessed by serving police officers, called out to respond to an ordinary emergency report, who ended up as some of the case's principal witnesses themselves.
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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