Extracts from Warminster UFO Newsletter no.9:
UFO TRIO ON AUGUST 9th!
By ARTHUR SHUTTLEWOOD
Of course there's nothing significant about the THREE and the NINE which has been popping up from time to time in the UFO saga at Warminster...Or is there?
Following the exciting 3 and 9 sightings of Bristol hairdresser Mr. John Lewis and his wife near Lord's Hill, recently reported in these columns, here is a further three-in-one sighting of the aerially inexplicable that happened on the morning of August 9th in the west end sector of Warminster.
The witness, a calm and unflappable person is down-to-earth in his responsible job as a local foreman. He watched the whole thing - or things - from his garden at 11.10 am on a day brilliant with sunshine, clear blue sky and very little cloud anywhere.
He told me on August 25th: "My attention was first attracted to a fast-flying jet aircraft which was doing all sorts of aerobatics in the sky overhead. It was rather pretty to watch as it looped the loop and I was tempted to go indoors and fetch out powerful binoculars for a closer view. Pity I hesitated!
"For, suddenly, from the direction of Norridge Wood, near Cley Hill, it was joined by a huge shape of bright yet white light. It looked like a frozen snowball in the sky and quite dwarfed the aeroplane. This enormous ball, which to my eyes was almost the size of a football, sped past the jet at a terrific rate, then stopped abruptly right over the downs to the north.
"I lost sight of the jet from then on, so surprised that something could easily out-pace it. Then, as it hovered, this enormous object released two smaller white things that spun out to either side of the central ball. They were the same shape and resembled solid white clouds. These two smaller things dropped until they and the large one above formed a perfect triangle.
This time I did not hesitate. I ran inside for the binoculars, but as I emerged again from my home I saw that the two small fleecy-white ones had vanished. Only the gib one remained now shining brightly but decreasing in size. It may actually have been doing just that - or perhaps flying away from my vantage point. These things are difficult to judge.
"Then it grew dimmer, and smaller, until it vanished altogether. I cannot doubt the evidence of my own eyes, but would rather you omitted my name and address. I am only too well aware how other local witnesses have been badgered and laughed at."
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From SKYWATCHERS LOG SIGHTINGS by CLEEVE STEVENS
[August 11th 1972 - fourth sighting from Aug.8th/10th/11th period]
At 2.00hrs approx, three star-like objects were seen to form a triangle. Each object moving away from each other. After a few seconds one object held static in the south while the other two slowly moved, one to the north and one to the south. Sky: Cloudless.
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