Sightings1977

Broad Haven school sighting, Pembrokeshire

When: 4 Feb 1977
Where: Broad Haven, Wales
Sources: 3 public sources

Broad Haven, Pembrokeshire, where pupils reported the 1977 school sighting Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

About 15 Broad Haven Primary pupils said they saw a silver cigar-shaped craft in a field behind the school; some described a figure in a silver suit. The MoD got their drawings but offered no explanation. An RAF officer suspected a prankster; a local man admitted a silver-suit prank in 1996.

Sources

PressBroad Haven UFO sightings marked 40 years on (opens in a new tab)BBC News / 2017-02-04
PressNew details on UFO case released (opens in a new tab)BBC News (BBC Wales) / 2007-07-05
OtherClose Encounters of the Playground Kind (David Clarke) (opens in a new tab)Dr David Clarke / 2017-09-13

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