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The Winchester Encounter

Chilcomb, Hampshire

A car cuts out on a lane, and a figure in a silver suit looks in.

Joyce Bowles and her neighbour Ted Pratt were driving near Chilcomb when they saw an orange light over a field. On a quiet lane, their car lost power.

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When
14 November 1976
Where
51.0500, -1.2700
Group
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Country lanes east of Winchester.

Cover of UFO Cases of Britain by Cale Mills
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UFO Cases of Britain

It has everything that tends to make sceptics suspicious, a beam of light, a car that cuts out, an alien in a silver suit, and yet it was reported almost immediately, by two witnesses together, and it kicked off a series of further claimed encounters that researchers argued over for years afterward.

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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