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Warminster

Cradle Hill, Wiltshire

The town that became Britain's UFO capital, all because of The Thing.

From Christmas 1964, people in Warminster reported strange droning sounds, shaking roofs and lights in the sky. Locals called it The Thing.

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When
From 1964
Where
51.2140, -2.1990
Group
UFO cases

Visiting

Cradle Hill is reached by footpath from the edge of town.

Cover of UFO Cases of Britain by Cale Mills
From the book

UFO Cases of Britain

Before Rendlesham, before Broad Haven, there was Warminster — the quiet Wiltshire market town that, almost by accident, became Britain's first true UFO hotspot, drawing thousands of sightseers to its hillsides during one extraordinary summer in the mid-1960s.

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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