UFO case
The Walnut Tree Pub Sighting
Near Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A group of customers leaving the Walnut Tree pub reported a strange craft with flashing red and green lights moving overhead. Several people saw it at the same time.
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- When
- 1982
- Where
- 51.1300, 0.2600
- Group
- UFO cases
Visiting
Country lanes around Tunbridge Wells.

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