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UFO case file · UFO-4648

Aldrich, Staffordshire photographic UFO report — August 16, 1971

CE2United Kingdom1971-08-16

Aldrich, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

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Case description

At 2:30 a.m. on August 16, 1971 at Aldrich, Staffordshire, United Kingdom, 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. (Staffordshire County and Stoke-on-Trent Constabulary Report, Aug. 19, 1971, filed by Constable Leslie G. Leek.).

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Local time
2:30 a.m.
Craft description
The constabulary (police) station received a phone call at 2:30 a.m. that an unidentified object was hovering over a garage. 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. (Staffordshire County and Stoke-on-Trent Constabulary Report, Aug.
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