During
a spate of UFO reports across North Staffordshire, a large number of
witnesses around Beverley Drive and Wendline Close in Bentilee
reported seeing a large, brightly-lit saucer-shaped object soar
overhead shortly after 9 pm on 2 September 1967 and land in the
fields at the far end of the Close, where it lit up the surrounding
area like a bonfire. The object, described by witnesses as a dark
orange disk surmounted with a glowing red dome, was then seen to hop
from one field to another, attracting more onlookers as it did so.
The police were called and before the object vanished the officers
did witness unusual lights as the ‘saucer’ took off, but could
draw no conclusions, suspecting that they were simply car lights. Two
amateur investigators Roger Stanway and Anthony Pace later
interviewed the witnesses and compiled a detailed report of the
incident.
Reference: Roger
H. Stanway & Anthony R. Pace: Flying
saucer report. UFOs, unidentified, undeniable. (1968).
