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in the mid-1970s a small town in Southern
England would experience a wave of UFO activity

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that was only the beginning and one woman
would find herself in the center of another

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worldly storm one that would change her and
others around her for decades to come these

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are the Winchester encounters [Music]

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this is somewhere in the skies with Ryan spread
[Music] foreign

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[Music]

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to a report in the February 1977 edition of
flying saucer review on the evening of November

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14th 1976 at just before 9 pm 42 year old
Joyce Bowles and her neighbor 60 year old

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Ted Pratt or driving toward the nearby Village
of chilcumb as they were making their way

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along the road they each spotted a strange
orange light that appeared to be hovering

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at a relatively low altitude over one of the
fields at the roadside as they continued along

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the road Hedges and trees temporarily blocked
their View but the light soon became visible

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again at this point they came off the main
road turning left onto a quiet Country Lane

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as the road was smaller Joyce reduced her
speed to somewhere between 20 to 25 miles

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per hour suddenly with no warning the car
lurched to the right and the engine revved

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all on its own as this was happening the pair
could feel some kind of heaviness in the atmosphere

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around them as if some unknown force was pressing
down when Joyce looked out the window she

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could see that they were now on a patch of
grass to the side of the road even more concerning

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she was struggling considerably to maintain
control over the vehicle the next thing they

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could see rushing at them were trees Ted reached
for the steering wheel in order to assist

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Joyce in her attempts to avoid slamming into
the trees then the car suddenly came to an

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abrupt stop against something that Ted described
as an invisible barrier which appeared to

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bend slightly before halting their progress
after taking a moment to bring themselves

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to their senses Joyce and Ted turned their
attention to the windshield there in front

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of them was a cigar-shaped object hovering
they could see what appeared to be a cockpit

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area where three humanoid figures or at least
the head and shoulders of them appeared they

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would recall that through the windows as they
viewed the figures had the appearance as if

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they were sitting on a bus one behind the
other they further recalled that the craft

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was now only very slightly above the ground
and there was a strange mist-like substance

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beneath it Ted would further recall that it
appeared to be four Jets blowing out gases

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that were supporting The Craft one of the
figures according to Joyce's Recollections

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left the object and began walking toward their
vehicle at the same time a strange Cadillac

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whistling began the closer it got she could
see the figure was wearing what looked like

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a silver blue boiler suit that stretched up
the neck that tedra called shimmered as if

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being shaken by the wind neither witness could
recall the clothing having any buttons or

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seams before they realized it the figure was
at the driver's side of their vehicle as if

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it had simply materialized and stared in at
them The Entity appeared almost entirely human

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aside from its red eyes Joyce estimated he
was around six feet in height and had a long

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blonde whitish hair and a full beard on his
face when Joyce looked behind the bearded

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man back to the hovering craft she could see
three figures all of which were now watching

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the scene before them turned her attention
back to the figure noting that he had a horrible

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look on his face interestingly Ted would recall
feeling completely the opposite describing

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having feelings of peace and Tranquility this
spirited humanoid continued to look in at

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them with its red eyes and then it turned
its attention to the dashboard before heading

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to the back of the vehicle as the figure began
to walk around the vehicle it appeared to

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Joyce that Ted was gonna get out of the car
forcing her to lean over and prevent him from

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doing so it was at this point she happened
to close her eyes for just a moment when she

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opened them both the hovering object and this
strange bearded figure were gone Joyce and

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Ted took a moment to gather their thoughts
naturally then Joyce started the car and after

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putting it into first gear attempted to set
off Joyce and Ted arrived back home at 9 25

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PM with Joyce immediately telling her husband
of the bizarre encounter in turn he would

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contact the local BBC station to see if they
had received any other reports as a result

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of the conversation Joyce would appear on
the BBC's new show the following day this

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is where we see the large orange light that's
right yes we did yes all that left on the

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left here yes

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then it disappeared and I am coming up to
it now it appeared again here it started harboring

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down below the back of these trees and the
hedges here we came on down the road for another

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quart of a mile maybe a bit more we turned
sharp left to come into Chilton Lane [Music]

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it's a bad thing isn't it going down this
Lane and we see we were doing about 20 mile

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an hour maybe 20 25 miles an hour done about
70 yards then all of a sudden this car suddenly

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went crazy it slept off the road to the right
and the engine started to Rev we hit the grass

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Bridge which is a very wide glass whereas
about 15 yards wide and we were heading towards

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the high Edge so I grabbed the steering wheel
as Mrs Bowles was fighting with it and suddenly

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the car straightened itself we've came down
the grass forage of about 10 to 15 yards and

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we came to a stop and it was early we hit
an invisible barrier which did it gave because

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it didn't throw me forward into the seat but
it gave and then brought us back into our

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normal stopping position that was when we
see well then the it's sorry yes that was

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when we see what I shall say a cigar-shaped
object hovering in front of us

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inside were three figures yes they added like
a cockpit in the the cabin was in the front

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of the cigar shape thing and was lit up but
um not glowingly lit up it was a very easy

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light to look at it was harboring it had either
steam or vapor coming out like like gas jets

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then I see one of these figures get out of
this thing this object and it started walking

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across towards me yes now as it was walking
across towards me I heard a whistle which

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is like uh a whistling Kettle starting to
whistle now he had on like a boiler suit but

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it was with a polar neck collar he had a seam
Zone on his right hand side as he walked across

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he come to my window he put his arm on the
roof of my car and looked in no he was a tall

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man roughly six foot one six foot two he had
pink eyes which were very piercing he had

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sideboards and a beard which vet he looked
in at me then he looked at Ted after looking

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at Ted he looked at my dashboard and as he
was looking at the dashboard my car engine

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started up now the car ignition Keys was turned
off and as the engine started up of my car

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my lights were my headlights were four times
powerful than what they normally are which

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which was it was just like a glow of white
I see a movement of this figure oh by the

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way I grabbed Ted and I said no Ted don't
get out don't get out because he wanted to

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get out and I just literally wrapped my body
around Ted and then I opened one eye because

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I'd had my eyes shut and I opened one eye
and I said look out teddies go around the

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back to you I see a movement thinking he was
going around the road all the way around my

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car Ted looked over his left hand and shoulder
to have a look around to see if he was coming

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around and like words were don't open the
door Ted don't open the door but while Ted

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was looking round and me huddled to him with
my eyes closed the thicker disappeared with

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the object after starting after it gone after
a few seconds which seemed hours to us I started

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Ted said well let's go oh he asked me if he
could drive and I said not lightly it only

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meant because it meant me getting out of my
car I put it in first and started off but

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we could not move it was so as we were still
hitting an invisible barrier well I put her

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back in neutral and waited for a few seconds
and then I started off again and we went off

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perfectly normal in the car on the Monday
when I got up I had a rash on my face down

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my neck and along onto my shoulder which side
on the right hand side it was all like blotchy

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it could have been a nerve rush or it could
have been where that gentleman was stood by

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my window incidentally since this happening
I have had a telephone call from a person

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from London telling me on no account am I
to say anything to anyone about this what

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we've seen because I should be having a government
official come round to see me and after all

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this is England and this is a free country
and I will speak and say what I want which

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is the truth physical effects would appear
several days after the event when Joyce discovered

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a strange rash on the right side of her head
and shoulder but even more concerning she

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would receive an ominous phone call from a
person claiming to be from the government

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who issued her a blunt warning not to speak
of the encounter short time later the man

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called again once more issuing the same warning
to her ultimately Joyce ignored this warning

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and spoke of her encounter to the local and
national press The Daily Mail newspaper would

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even conduct its own investigation into the
incident finding multiple other Witnesses

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from the area who also claimed to have seen
the same object that Joyce and Ted had reported

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the subsequent encounters however would take
an even stranger and more mysterious turn

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and her story would become not just a local
interest but a national one around six weeks

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after the incident at around 6 30 pm on December
30th 1976.

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Joyce and Ted were making the same Journey
as they had that November evening Not only

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would they witness in almost identical craft
but they would suddenly find themselves on

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board with the strange figures they had previously
witnessed short time later they both heard

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a whistling sound the same whistling sound
they had noticed during their November encounter

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car began to rock and rattle as if something
else was controlling or manipulating it then

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things went blank and the next thing they
realized they were standing outside the car

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they worked however on the road but inside
a strange room as they looked around they

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concluded they were inside the craft inside
this room were three humanoid figures most

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likely the same figures they had seen during
the first encounter they were dressed in the

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same attire only this time Joyce are called
that they were also wearing shiny silver boots

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and now she was much closer and claimed the
material of the clothing reminded her of tin

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foil in the middle of the room was a large
bottle-like structure that rose up from the

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floor this was wide at the bottom of the structure
and tapered off at the top there were also

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strange black and yellow rings around this
structure Joyce recalled thinking that perhaps

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this structure could be some sort of propulsion
for The Craft the humanoids would speak with

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the pair using broken English but perfectly
able to make themselves understood they would

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inform Joyce and Ted that they meant them
no harm and that they had nothing to fear

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the pair were shown all manners of devices
and even star charts their memories of the

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rest of the encounter however were sketchy
at best they recalled being taken back to

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their car but when they came to they were
on the road that was unfamiliar to them at

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this point perhaps interesting while Joyce
felt a sense of calm following the incident

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Ted had an uneasy feeling as if his memory
was preventing him from recalling something

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ominous around five months later in May of
1977 Joyce would find herself in the middle

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of another encounter

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hey guys Ryan here when I'm not making the
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the Paranormal podcast with Jim Harold do
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and The Unexplained the Paranormal podcast
which launched in 2005 is the longest running

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podcast of its type on the internet the show
Harkens back to the best of paranormal media

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over the years shows like in search of and
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show is that every week it's something completely
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and sleeps UFOs it's so refreshing to learn
about other mysterious topics as well but

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don't get me wrong Jim's interviews on the
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a veteran UFO researcher or brand new to the
top topic Jim's interviews always set the

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standard for objective and insightful conversations
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to the late great Stanton Friedman and that
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listeners out there I have been honored to
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laughs again she was driving accompanied by
a friend named Anne Strickland as in previous

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encounters they would witness a cigar-shaped
object that glowed brilliantly Joyce brought

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the vehicle to a stop and the two women watched
as the craft ascended before one of the humanoid

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figures emerged in headed in their direction
as it approached it held out its arms at this

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point the two women became frightened beyond
belief then the figure begins speaking to

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them in English but again very broken rather
interestingly when asked what the figure said

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later on Joyce would recall that it said something
to her which she understood but couldn't tell

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anyone what it was following this relaying
of information the figure turned around and

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walked back to the craft which then ascended
and disappeared Joyce would experience he

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had another encounter around a month later
in June as in the first two encounters Joyce

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was driving with her neighbor Ted Pratt according
to Ted they would once more find themselves

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in front of the cigar-shaped craft the humanoid
Figures were there again each wearing a dull

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metallic suit once more some kind of communication
and relaying of information took place with

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one of the figures issuing warnings of various
Wars as well as damage that Humanity was doing

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to the planet and with that the figures left
and returned to the craft after this incident

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the sightings suddenly stopped investigations
however would soon reveal further intriguing

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details about choice it appeared that stretching
back several years she also experienced a

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lot of poltergeist-like encounters Joyce would
reveal that she'd encountered a strange psychic

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manifestations in other poltergeist-like activity
since being a young child objects or ornaments

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would often move of their own accord with
several of these incidents witnessed by other

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members of her family she would also often
report seeing a strange white robed lady and

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again other members of her family have also
reported seeing the separation although only

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Joyce was ever able to make out any specific
features it would appear that a particularly

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interesting and unnerving series of events
unfolded four years prior to her Encounters

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of late 1976 and early 1977 when in 1972 she
began to see several ghosts in her home even

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going as far as to reach out to the local
church to perform an exorcism two of which

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actually went ahead she would recall to a
BBC reporter that she had seen a lady who

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appeared like a nun in her bedroom elaborating
that this Apparition was dressed all in black

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and was seemingly standing at the edge of
her bed what's more she would see similar

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figures over several weeks Each of which bringing
a sense of evil with it even in the nights

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leading up to the first UFO encounter in November
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Joyce were called seeing a strange shadowy
figure at the top of the stairs in her home

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although she didn't think of it at the time
following the series of encounters she began

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to contemplate whether this figure was in
fact one of the humanoids from The Craft investigators

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also uncovered several other sightings around
the same time of the first encounter in November

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of 1976.

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one Mr and Mrs Haynes for example claimed
that they had seen a silver suited man near

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one of the local markets only about seven
miles from Joyce intense encounter there were

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also several other people who while not seeing
the occupant did witness what would appear

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to be the same object Sandra wheeler claimed
that she had witnessed a glowing orange object

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that was hovering near Horton Heath while
one Marine loyally claimed that she had watched

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a very similar object for around 20 minutes
from Winchester another sighting very close

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to Winchester was reported by Mr and Mrs Boise
they reported seeing two sons overhead the

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day before Joyce's first encounter at around
7 pm on November 14th in Southampton one Mr

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Baker saw a huge orange disc moving across
the sky while he made his way to a friend's

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house a similar string of events would come
to light several months later by UFO researcher

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Jenny randles she would publish her findings
in the August 1977 edition of flying saucer

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review according to the account at around
3 15 a.m on March 9 1977 38 year old Tony

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Grimshaw and his friend Jeff were driving
back to the textile Factory where they worked

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in Nelson Lincolnshire in England as Tony
guided his car along the road Jeff suddenly

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noticed a strange light in the clouds ahead
he alerted Tony to it asking him what he thought

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it was strange glow was seemingly directly
over pendo Hill a location that also had a

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long history of Legend and folklore as they
watched the object suddenly dropped from the

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clouds and hovered for several moments then
it began to move towards the men's vehicle

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Tony would later state that the object was
moving relatively slow around five miles per

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hour the closer the object got the more details
the pair could make out and they could clearly

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see that whatever it was it was something
very strange they brought their vehicle to

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a stop keeping the engine running but putting
the handbrake on then they both stepped outside

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of the car the object was continuing in their
Direction Tony stated in his report that the

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object appeared like a round ball of light
this strange object continued forward in their

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Direction and then just stopped in front now
will the object directly ahead of them they

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could see that it was shaped like a cigar
with pointed ends that was colored shiny black

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against the dark black sky they would further
state that the size of the object was huge

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most likely larger than a double decker bus
the two men stood there continuing to take

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in as much detail as they could they recalled
seeing an array of lights on the underside

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of the object as well as peculiar structures
on each end there even appeared to be some

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kind of Windows and what they assumed was
the front of the object although neither witness

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mentioned being able to see through the windows
Tony would recall that there appeared to be

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thousands of lights all moving in different
directions elaborating that it was as if you

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were looking at the exhaust of a car when
it is red hot and that the red and orange

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stood out a lot but that there were many colors
including red pink green blue and black they

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also noticed that as the object hovered overhead
the headlights on their car grew particularly

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faint only barely glowing the engine then
suddenly cut out as if someone had ripped

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the wiring out eventually the two men decided
to get back inside the car and attempt to

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restart the engine however despite all of
their best efforts the engine refused to turn

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over even the ignition light felt to come
on when the key was inserted after several

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minutes the object began to move once more
passing directly over the two men the witnesses

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also recalled that throughout the sighting
they could see a gray Mist around the object

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this Miss was around the object's edges and
not surrounding it as the object began to

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move away from them they became aware of a
low humming sound that they presumed came

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from The Craft Tony would elaborate that this
sound was similar to listening to the tide

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coming in and out as soon as the object headed
off in the distance the engine suddenly restarted

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and the light suddenly lit up as bright as
they could they watched for a few moments

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as the object headed off into the distance
and disappeared a few days after the sighting

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the men would report this to the local news
it had been their hopes specifically Tony

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that by allowing the newspaper to report on
their account other Witnesses might come forward

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and several weeks later a Manchester businessman
did just that according to his account which

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he gave to a Manchester newspaper this man
was driving along the Moors on the night in

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question and claimed that he witnessed the
exact same object however the newspaper neglected

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to print or even record the man's name or
contact details meaning that UFO investigators

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could not locate the man to question him further
a rather negative aspect of the account hitting

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the newspapers was the ridicule the witnesses
begin receiving and the witnesses all begin

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to pull back from ever talking about these
incidents at all investigators though would

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continue to examine the incident for further
information they looked for example at the

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car noting that it had received new plugs
and PowerPoints only weeks previously and

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that the engine and Battery were an excellent
overall condition certainly so that the headlights

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or the engine should not have died as they
did during the event even stranger the radio

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in the car no longer worked and all attempts
to repair it simply failed investigators would

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also contact Manchester Airport to see if
they had anything in the area that evening

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or if they had picked anything strange up
on the radar the answer was no to both Jenny

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Randalls who authored the article for flying
saucer review found both of the witnesses

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to be credible noting that both were working
men with major cares for their families and

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with little time for the UFO phenomenon furthermore
she would write that she believed that neither

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man had anything like the required knowledge
to fabricate the details of this story Randalls

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would state that if UFO researchers and investigators
could gain an understanding of some of the

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details of the case particularly why cars
often cease to work while these strange objects

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are overhead it would lead us some way to
an understanding of the physical principles

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behind whatever it was that hovered over the
two men that night interestingly there were

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several other intriguing encounters around
the United Kingdom around the same time as

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this incident according to an article by Jenny
Randalls and Peter Warrington in the same

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edition of flying saucer review at around
1 50 a.m on April 2nd 1976 32 year old detective

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Sergeant Norman Collinson was driving home
after finishing his shift it was as he was

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making his way along the m66 that he noticed
a strange light in the sky that appeared very

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much disc shaped he immediately noticed how
fast the light was moving through the sky

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passing directly in front of his vehicle ahead
of him although he didn't immediately suspect

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that he was witnessing something otherworldly
and actually believing it to be something

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top secret and Military he was more than certain
that he hadn't seen anything like it before

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he continued to drive along the motorway watching
in awe as the object made extremely sharp

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turns and changed Direction overhead after
losing sight of the glowing disc temporarily

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he suddenly noticed it coming up from behind
him and then heading off in front of his vehicle

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again at this point Collinson pulled his car
to the side of the road and exited as he looked

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around he noted that there was no other traffic
on the road he then located the object once

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more and realized it was headed right for
him then all of a sudden it came to an abrupt

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stop Collinson continued to look up at the
disc noting that it was now moving in a strange

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fashion in the same part of the sky almost
in the shape of a box and as it did this its

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speed remained constant with no braking or
slowing down whatsoever after several moments

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of this the object came to a sudden stop before
heading off to the east at this point Collinson

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returned to his car and began to follow the
object as best he could to his amazement he

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managed to get relatively close to its aerial
location before it stopped once more and began

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on the box-like movements as it had done previously
as he watched the second aerial display Collinson

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looked around hopeful that he would spot another
motorist who might also have been witness

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to the bizarre events however to his dismay
he realized he was the only person on the

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road yet again the object once more came to
a stop however this time instead of heading

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off slowly into the distance it disappeared
over the horizon in the flash of a second

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cullinson would later recall that this last
acceleration was instantaneous leading him

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to believe that the object was not a top-secret
military aircraft at all but something much

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more out of the ordinary Council would make
a report of this sighting to the ministry

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of Defense who while taking his report gave
the impression that there would be little

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if any investigation perhaps with this in
mind Collinson also contacted Manchester Airport

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asking if they could look into the sighting
and match it with any radar readings and although

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they did take the details from him they would
fail to get back in touch and cohenson was

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left with more questions than answers whether
there was any kind of connection between all

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of these encounters remains open for debate
what is certain is that these are only a tiny

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fraction of the encounters that are on record
many of which are buried within old editions

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of flying saucer review and newspaper reports
perhaps in danger of being forgotten even

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if the alleged Encounters of Joyce Bowles
were of a manufactured nature if only in part

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it would appear very much that the initial
encounter was genuine if only due to the many

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corroborating reports that were Unearthed
in the investigations that followed any of

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the other encounters they all appeared credible
and it also would appear that there was almost

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certainly something strange in the United
Kingdom during this time indeed for much of

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the mid to late 70s UFO sightings in the UK
appeared to increase significantly proving

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once again that the United Kingdom is a Haven
for UFO activity and perhaps as always the

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answers to these Mysteries lay somewhere in
the skies

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