Runcorn, Cheshire abduction report — December 31, 1978

On December 31, 1978, a boy cycling at Runcorn, Cheshire, reported a large luminous object passing or hovering over him. He felt that it was attempting to lift him away from the bicycle or the ground. The experience was described as an attempted taking, not a completed journey aboard a craft. No occupants, interior or conversation are recorded, and the boy is not identified. His account centres on the overhead light and the sensation of being pulled upward. The duration and the object's final departure are unspecified.