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This section contains descriptions of unexplained facts provided by eyewitnesses or published in the media, as well as the results of their analysis by the group.

UFO. United Kingdom

ID	#1599834683
Added	Fri, 11/09/2020
Author	July N.
Sources	thinkaboutitdocs.com Staffordshire County and Stoke-on-Trent Constabulary Report, Aug. 19, 1971, filed by Constable Leslie G. Leek.
Phenomena	UFO
Status	Research

Initial data

Initial information from sources or from an eyewitness

Incident date:

16.08.1971 02:30

Location:

Олдрич

United Kingdom

At 2:30 a.m., the police station received a call that an unidentified object was hovering over the garage. Constable Leslie G. Leake and constable Ian Barnes responded, arriving in time to see the object.

They took 12 photos of the object (bright glowing, shape undefined) as it slowly rose.

When the object leveled off and started moving East, they and other police officers followed it, but gave up the chase as it receded into the distance and then turned southwest.

The official police report is accompanied by statements from eight eyewitnesses, some of which contradict the possibility of an astronomical explanation.

Constables could sometimes drive directly under and behind an object, and the first witness saw the object move from one side of the road to the other.

Original news

Date: August 16 1971
Location:  Aldrich, Staffordshire, England
Time:  2:30 a.m.
Summary:  The constabulary (police) station received a phone call at 2:30 a.m. that an unidentified object was hovering over a garage. Constable Leslie G. Leek and Constable Ian Barnes responded, arriving in time to see the object. They took 12 photographs of the object (bright luminous, shape undefined) as it slowly ascended. When the object leveled off and began moving away toward the east, they and other police officers followed it but gave up the chase as it moved off in the distance, later turning toward the southwest. The official police report includes attached statements from eight eyewitnesses, some of which contradict the possibility of an astronomical explanation. Constables were able to drive directly underneath and beyond the object at times, and the original witness saw the object move from one side of the road to the other. Otherwise some of the reports could easily be interpreted as confusion about astronomical objects.
Source:  Staffordshire County and Stoke-on-Trent Constabulary Report, Aug. 19, 1971, filed by Constable Leslie G. Leek.

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