A Spanish Close Encounter Re-examined

Ian Ridpath
Magonia 22, May 1986.

Every UFO researcher knows that the dazzling planet Venus is the single most common culprit in UFO sightings, yet It still catches out people who should know better. I found the following example in The Encyclopaedia of UFOs, edited by Ronald Story, where it appears under the heading 'Serena Encounter' as an example of a genuine close encounter of the first kind, in which (according to the case investigators) the UFO seemed to exhibit intelligent control and produced electromagnetic and physiological effects.

An Explanation of the Woodbridge UFO

Ian Ridpath
Magonia 14, 1983.

On October 2nd, 1983, the News of the World reported the alleged landing of a UFO outside RAF Woodbridge in Suffolk, at Christmas 1980. Prime documentary evidence of the event consists of a letter from the deputy base commander, Charles L. Halt, which was published by the News of the World. The paper also interviewed an eye witness, a former security guard given the pseudonym of Art Wallace.