UFO
The Lins Incident – The Maria Cintra Close Encounter of the Fifth Kind
At the center of the Lins Incident is Maria José Cintra. She thought was helping a possible patient in need. Still, that encounter changed and almost cost her life, a Close Encounter of the Fifth Kind.
On that morning, August 25, 1968, Maria Jose Cintra woke up at 4:30 am and soon heard a mixed sound of bicycle and bus gears.
From the window of her bedroom, she could see the silhouette of a woman at the front door of the Clemente Ferreira Sanatorium in Lins, São Paulo, Brazil.
Maria Cintra told the person that she was on her way. She dressed her coat and went down the stairs towards the door.
Maria Cintra thought the woman could be a possible patient in need.
She described the woman as 5.2 feet (1.60 meters) in height, with light skin, big green eyes, and wearing a soft blue, shiny cape over a dress with a high collar and long sleeves.
She had a cap over her head with a fabric similar to the cape.
The strange woman answered in an unknown language and presented her with a bottle about 20 cm long.
Maria Cintra understood the thirsty foreign woman and walked to a water fountain with her.
After filling up the bright bottle, the women have the top. A cup-like, almost square shape, and drank the water.
Maria Cintra informed the visitor it was pure water, but the woman only responded with “hum hum.”
Embaúra, Embaúra, Embaúra
The visitor noticed two cars parked outside, visible through a glass door.
The witness explained that one of the cars belonged to the doctor on duty, and the other belonged to the administrator.
The two women went back thru the same path.
When they arrived in the courtyard, Maria Cintra handed the bottle to the visitor, who graciously thanked Maria Cintra, tapping her shoulder and saying words like “Em’baúra. Em’baúra, Em’baúra.”
Then the visitor left Maria Cintra, that went to get back to the building.
While closing the door, she noticed the lady had taken the wrong path to the exit. She took the direction towards the flowerbed, and a high wall surrounded the facility opposite the entrance.
The Sanatorium is isolated, with only one road surrounded by dense vegetation. The building has an “H” shape design.
A diffuse light appeared over the flowerbed, a very light brown tint. Maria Cintra witnessed a pear-shaped object floating almost a meter from the ground.
From one of the windows of the object, Maria saw other hands activating devices on a panel.
The visitor approached the object. It took off, emitting the same “gear” sounds Maria had heard earlier.
All the lights in the building were turned off. Maria Cintra could only see the object’s light leaving at a speed “faster than an airplane.”
Maria Cintra is at the edge of a nervous breakdown
The encounter was very frightening. Maria screamed for help, closed the door, and almost immediately started sweating and involuntary urination.
She knocked at the Sanatorium administrator’s door and reported the episode.
Job Silva, the administrator, did not believe the story. Maria Cintra was offended by the administrator and his wife’s reactions.
The next day, she was dehydrated, sweating a lot, and constantly urination.
After seeing Maria Cintra’s condition, the Sanatorium administrator reevaluated the situation.
She told him, “I’m not hallucinating or lying.”
He verified the field where she said the object was “floating.”
Silva and other officials noticed the servant’s shoes’ impressions of a pointed-toe shoe with a circular heel on the waxed floor, accompanied by other strange marks.
An investigator later estimated that it was a size 11.1/2 shoes (43/44 European measurement)
They found scorched marks on the grass, a depression with a diameter of approximately 5 to 6 feet (1.5 to 2 meters) and a depth of 6 to 7 inches (15 to 20 cm).
According to the administrator, they felt the heat throughout the morning of that day.
The Lins Incident became public
A friend called Maria Cintra for she told him about the Lins Incident. He passed the information to the press that published the story without her consent.
After that, the people of the town targeted Maria Cintra. They made jokes about her and bullied the lady who, at the time, was 56 years old.
The niece describes Maria Cintra as a private and shy woman with a strong opinion. Even at family reunions, she did not like to get involved much. She hated gossip and futility.
The after-effects of the event on the night of August 25 only made her more recluse and anti-social. She also carried involuntary urination for the rest of her life.
The Lins Incident Oficial investigation by Militaries
Colonel Ney Villela Pires de Aguiar, commander of the 4th Battalion of Hunters, determined that the Lins Incident investigation and ordered vehicles for night patrols and vigils increased in cases in the region.
In September 1968, Major Zani arrived in Lins to investigate the Maria Cintra Incident.
Petty Officer Aragão, Sergeant Brandani, Lieutenant Carvalho from the IV COMAR, and Sergeant Horst from the FAB accompanied Major Zani.
In Lins, they listened to several witnesses and filled out numerous reports of cases during that time.
The SIOANI (Sistema de Investigação de Objetos Aéreos Não Identificados) investigated the case an official Brazilian Air Force UFO research group.
Marks of strange high-heel shoes were identified in the building entry.
The officials photographed the site and took samples of the depression caused by the landing gear, sending them later to the Technological Institute in São José dos Campos – SP.
No vegetation grew again.
Years later, a mayor did not like the site’s attention and ordered to place of cement over the area.
Other Witness to the Lins Incident
The night before the event, the hospital doctor on call and other staff members spent a few minutes admiring a ball of light that moved in the sky for a few minutes.
Mr. Leôncio Nunes Viana, a patient of bed 59, 44 years old, in 1968, reported to investigators that he went to the bathroom on the night of October 6 because he could not sleep.
Mr. Viana had tuberculosis. When he returned to his bed, he saw a yellow beacon illuminating his window and part of his room.
The object radiated lights, yellow, green, and red, remaining at a distance of approximately 150 meters. It was 1.5 meters from the ground.
“The bottom part (of the UFO) was round, and the top had a transparent dome. It striated like a paper basket, and I saw three people next to the device wearing white suits and with slow movements. The phenomenon lasted a few minutes, and the UFO went out afterward.”
The investigators could not find any physical evidence. Major Zani discarded this witness because he was a patient from the Sanatorium and was under medication. He even reported that the witness had reasonable emotional control and focused on telling the report of the Lins Incident.
But the events did not stop there. Over the years, other crew members and patients reported UFOs and mysterious lights in the hospital area.
But why was the City of Lins attracting UFOs?
The city of Lins was named the Brazilian Clearest Water years later.
Located at latitude 21º40’43 “south and longitude 49º44’33” west and 430 kilometers from the capital of São Paulo, Brazil.
The city of Lins is known today for the UFO wave of 1968 and its water.
According to the Mineral Water Code, “thermal water, medium mineralization, predominantly alkaline sodium, mineral water, isothermal and alkaline-bicarbonate. Because of these characteristics, which show properties of real value in crenotherapy.” Vichy in France is the only place you can find similar water.
During the first two centuries AD, Vichy became prosperous because of the supposed medicinal value of the thermal springs.
In 1958, with Aimé Michel’s book about the 1954 wave of UFOs “Mystérieux Objets Célestes” in France, he claimed that UFO sightings could be concentrated grid lines.
Michel proposed that a line exists known as “Bavic” (for “Bayonne – Vichy”).
Six of nine UFO sightings published in the press in 1954 aligned with the Bavic.
Others Lins Incidents
The Brazilian Society for the Study of Flying Saucers, SBEDV, registered 70 cases in 1968.
From August to October, SBEDV counted 33 occurrences, of which 13 took place in Lins’ city.
It includes Maria Cintra UFO Incident.
Industrial School Incident
Professor Dorcas Aurora Guimarães, at 8 pm, September 10, 1968
Mrs. Guimaraes witnessed a full moon-sized object move from right to left from the CIBRAL Industrial School’s balcony.
The light increased to approximately 1m (3 feet) in diameter. It had an oval shape structure, emitting light without reflecting.
Around it appeared another light that circled from right to left. This event happened above the school. Students and staff saw this phenomenon.
UFO Crossing the sky
On August 28, 1968, a Lins businessman spotted an unknown object in the shape of an iridescent globe, with apparently metallic streaks, surrounded in its central part by a circular platform.
It presented a “snoring” coordinated with lateral movements. It moved not quickly, in a straight path, until it disappeared.
The Karate Class witnesses
On August 23, two days before Maria Cintra’S encounter, a group of about 20 people was training in Karate at a basketball courtyard at Colegio Salesiano Dom Henrique de Mourão in Lins.
When a large object crossed the sky, passing on silence for about five minutes.
According to witnesses, it moved from east to west at five soccer fields high from the ground.
The objects had spotlights at the bottom.
The Turíbio Pereira Incident – Another Closed Encounter of Third Kind
Tractor driver Turíbio Pereira, on the early morning of October 2, 1968, while examining the differential oil of his bulldozer, noticed an object on the other side, between the tractor and a ravine.
The bulldozer parked in the top part of the ravine while the object floated below.
Consequently, Turíbio saw the object from above.
The dome was approximately one meter (3 feet) below the tractor’s wheels and about eight meters (24 feet) away.
The UFO was about 25 centimeters (10 inches) from the ground.
It had an oval structure with a golden color. The object had a platform around it, and it had an open transparent dome at the top.
The object looked like a Volkswagen Karmann Ghia, with a crew member inside, sitting in the suitable backseat, tapping on a small white keyboard (like a piano).
The device had the size of a portable radio.
Mr. Pereira observed three other crewmen squatting on a platform.
One crew observed the bulldozer. Another was harvesting soil with a small white bowl (like plaster) shaped like a shell.
The third appeared to supervise his two companions.
When they saw Mr. Pereira, all three stood up.
Closed Encounter of Third Kind
The “supervisor” took an instrument from his sleeve and wielded it with his right hand.
This instrument appeared light and golden in the shape of an electric drill.
He pointed it at Turíbio, who became paralyzed by flashes.
Turíbio immediately felt severe pain in his abdomen. He was completely paralyzed but still conscious of his surroundings.
The beings slowly entered the object and occupied the stools.
The platform retracted into the object, and the transparent dome closed above the four beings.
Slowly the UFO took off without any noise and increased its speed to disappear in a few seconds.
Turíbio requested help on the road and was taken to the City Hall by the truck driver Ismael.
Turíbio was extremely weak and tired. He had huge dark circles and was completely pale.
He was traumatized by what had happened.
After a short recovery, they took Turibio home. There he had several mental breakdowns, crying.
Over the 18 days following the episode, Turíbio lost a lot of weight, losing 13 kg (28 lbs), which he attributed to a lack of appetite.
The day after the Turíbio Pereira Incident
The day after Turíbio’s immediate contact, on October 3. Businessman Milton Mioto, residing in Guapiranga, district of Lins, saw a similar object.
When Mioto was going out at night with his wife, Nair Bisiak Mioto, he was surprised by a luminous semicircle.
Thinking it was a moving star, he did not emphasize the fact.
However, around 8:30 p.m., he found that it was not a star but another type of object that chased the vehicle on the road connecting Guapiranga to Lins.
Nervous, Mioto tried to park the car when he found two of his friends, who also came to see the UFO.
At 4:00 am on October 4, the same object was seen by reporter José Duarte.
He called the director of Rádio Alvorada and some photographers who were there to witness the UFO.
Unfortunately, the object had already disappeared. The event occurred in the vicinity of Estrada do Sabino, in Lins.
What does Em’baúra mean?
The strange visitor’s mystery of the word to communicate with Maria Cintra is also a head-scratcher.
Researchers who investigated the Incident never explained the word Maria Cintra witnessed the visitor say to her.
In Portuguese (Brazil’s official language) or any other branch of Latin or Indo-European, where the Portuguese language originated, you will not find the word “Em’baúra.”
Some options surface after further research:
- In Germany, the word “Einbaurahmen” means “Mounting frame” or “Installation space.” That hypnotize came up because Maria Cintra’s draw of the UFO was similar to the Nazi vehicle “Die Glocke,” and the fact that the visitor was amazed by a Volkswagen Beatle.
- In the Xona language of Zimbabwe, “Embarura” means “Free yourself.” Is this a gesture of respect?
- While near the town of Otavalo, about 60 km northeast of Quito, Ecuador, is located a long-extinct volcano, Imbabura. According to local researchers, Imbabura is the best place in the country for UFO sightings.
But what if we try to follow the phonetic for Em’baúra?
Maria Cintra understood it in addition to the woman’s gestures of taping on her shoulder as a “See you Later” or “GoodBye.”
The visitor was undoubtedly not a Brazilian native, so she may have tried to say the word “Embora,” which means “Time to go” or “Let’s Go,” with a non-native accent. Maria Cintra felt it.
What do you think?
The 1967-1969 UFO Wave
- The Turíbio Pereira Incident – Another Closed Encounter in Lins
- The Bauru Incident – Daildo de Oliveira Wrestling with Invaders
Further Information about The Lins Incident
Archeology
The Anunnaki: Ancient Aliens in the Bible?
The Anunnaki are a group of deities who are mentioned in Sumerian mythology. They are said to have come from a planet called Nibiru and are credited with creating humanity. Some people believe that the Anunnaki are actually aliens and that they visited Earth thousands of years ago.
The Anunnaki are a group of deities who are mentioned in Sumerian mythology. They are said to have come from a planet called Nibiru and are credited with creating humanity. Some people believe that the Anunnaki are actually aliens and that they visited Earth thousands of years ago.
The evidence for the existence of the Anunnaki is mainly circumstantial. There are no physical remains of Nibiru, and there is no scientific consensus on whether or not aliens have visited Earth.
However, some ancient texts mention the Anunnaki, and there are several similarities between Sumerian mythology and modern UFO stories.
One of the most famous pieces of evidence for the existence of the Anunnaki is the Enuma Elish, a Babylonian creation myth.
The Enuma Elish tells how the Anunnaki came to Earth and created humanity. According to the Enuma Elish, the Anunnaki were originally gods who lived in the heavens.
However, they became tired of living in the heavens, so they decided to create a new world where they could live.
They created Earth, and they created humanity to work for them.
The Enuma Elish is just one of many ancient texts that mention the Anunnaki. Many ancient artifacts depict the Anunnaki. One of the most famous artifacts is the Gudea Cylinder, a Sumerian clay cylinder representing the God Ningishzidda, often identified with the Anunnaki.
The similarities between Sumerian mythology and modern UFO stories are also striking. In both cases, there are stories of aliens who come to Earth from a distant planet.
In both cases, the aliens are said to be taller and more intelligent than humans. And in both cases, the aliens are said to impact human culture profoundly.
Of course, the similarities between Sumerian mythology and modern UFO stories could be coincidental. However, it is also possible that the similarities prove that Anunnaki is real. If the Anunnaki did visit Earth thousands of years ago, they left behind stories and artifacts passed down through the generations.
The possibility that the Anunnaki are accurate is an exciting one. It would mean that we are not alone in the universe and that our history is much more complex than we ever imagined.
If you are interested in learning more about the Anunnaki, do some research on your own. There are some books and websites that can provide you with more information.
The Evidence for the Anunnaki
The evidence for the existence of the Anunnaki is mainly circumstantial. There are no physical remains of Nibiru, and there is no scientific consensus on whether or not aliens have visited Earth.
However, many ancient texts mention the Anunnaki, and some similarities exist between Sumerian mythology and modern UFO stories.
One of the most famous pieces of evidence for the existence of the Anunnaki is the Enuma Elish, a Babylonian creation myth.
The Enuma Elish tells how the Anunnaki came to Earth and created humanity. According to the Enuma Elish, the Anunnaki were originally gods who lived in the heavens. However, they became tired of living in the heavens, so they decided to create a new world where they could live.
They created Earth, and they created humanity to work for them.
The Enuma Elish is just one of many ancient texts that mention the Anunnaki. Some ancient artifacts depict the Anunnaki.
One of the most famous artifacts is the Gudea Cylinder, a Sumerian clay cylinder representing the God Ningishzidda, often identified with the Anunnaki.
The similarities between Sumerian mythology and modern UFO stories are also striking. In both cases, there are stories of aliens who come to Earth from a distant planet.
In both cases, the aliens are said to be taller and more intelligent than humans. And in both cases, the aliens are said to impact human culture profoundly.
Of course, the similarities between Sumerian mythology and modern UFO stories could be coincidental.
However, it is also possible that the similarities prove that Anunnaki is real. If the Anunnaki did visit Earth thousands of years ago, then it is possible that they left behind stories and artifacts passed down through the generations.
The Anunnaki and the Bible
Some people believe that the Anunnaki are mentioned in the Bible. In the book of Genesis, it is said that God created man in his image.
However, some people believe that this passage is referring to the Anunnaki.
They believe that the Anunnaki created humanity in their image and that they are the ones who taught us the knowledge that we have today.
Some passages in the Bible could be interpreted as references to the Anunnaki. For example, in the book of Ezekiel, it is said that there were “cherubim” who were “like the sons of men.”
Ezekiel 1:5: “As I looked, I saw a stormy wind coming out of the north—a great cloud with flashing lightning and surrounded by brilliant light. The center of the cloud was glowing like glowing metal, and in the center of the fire was something like four living creatures. In appearance their form was human, 6 but each of them had four faces and four wings. 7 Their legs were straight, and their feet were like the feet of a calf and gleamed like burnished bronze. 8 Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands. All four of them had faces and wings, 9 and the wings of one touched the wings of the creature on either side. Each one went straight ahead; they did not turn as they moved.”
Ezekiel 10:14: “Each of the cherubim had four faces: One face was that of a cherub, the second the face of a human being, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.”
In both of these passages, the cherubim are described as having human-like features, such as faces and hands. However, they also have animal-like features, such as wings and the faces of lions and eagles. This combination of human and animal features is characteristic of cherubim in the Bible.
The meaning of the cherubim in Ezekiel is not entirely clear. Some scholars believe that they represent the presence of God, while others believe that they represent the four gospels.
Some people believe that these cherubim are references to the Anunnaki.
Of course, there is no scientific consensus on whether or not the Anunnaki are mentioned in the Bible. However, it is an exciting possibility to consider. If the Anunnaki are accurate, then it would mean that they have been involved in human history for a long time.
The Anunnaki and Modern UFO Stories
As mentioned earlier, there are several similarities between Sumerian mythology and modern UFO stories. In both cases, there are stories of aliens who come to Earth from a distant planet.
In both cases, the aliens are said to be taller and more intelligent than humans. And in both cases, the aliens are said to impact human culture profoundly.
Some people believe that these similarities are evidence that the Anunnaki are real. They believe that the Anunnaki are still visiting Earth today and that they are the ones who are responsible for the modern UFO phenomenon.
Of course, there is no scientific evidence to support this claim. However, it is an exciting possibility to consider.
If the Anunnaki are accurate, then it would mean that they are still involved in human history.
Conclusion
The Anunnaki are a fascinating and mysterious group of beings. There is no scientific consensus on whether or not they are real, but much evidence suggests that they may be.
If the Anunnaki are accurate, then they have a profound impact on human history.
They may have created humanity, they may have influenced our culture, and they may still be visiting Earth today.
I encourage you to do some research on the Anunnaki for yourself. Many books and websites can provide you with more information.
If you want to learn more about the possibility of extraterrestrial life, then the Anunnaki are an excellent place to start.
References
UFO
Did A UFO Landing Case In France in 1944?
UFO Landing Case in France in 1944, during the height of World War II, a strange event occurred in a small village in southeastern France.
UFO landing case in France in 1944, during the height of World War II, a strange event occurred in a small village in southeastern France.
According to witnesses, a disc-shaped object landed in a field, and several tiny humanoid beings emerged.
The Story of the UFO Landing Case in France
This report was published by the ufological bulletins Lumineres Dans La Nuit, no. 118, and Flying Saucer Review – Case Histories, no. 12.
Madeleine Arnoux is the named witness in this case.
Arnoux recounted an encounter with a mysterious object and beings in the summer of 1944 when she was only 13 years old.
She used to ride her bicycle weekly to a farm several kilometers from her home to get groceries.
While on the road RD 42, lined with woods, towards Le Verger, she got off her bicycle to pick some wild fruits.
As she walked along a dirt path looking for blackberries, she saw a machine and beings less than 1 meter tall dressed in brown overalls.
The device was a dull metallic gray color and must have been the size of one of the small cars at that time.
Madelaine remembers feeling frozen and unable to move during the mutual observation, and it lasted for an unknown amount of time.
Afterward, she could move and quickly got on her bicycle and rode away.
Madeleine Arnoux was terrified and ran at full speed to the farm and didn’t talk about the encounter for fear of being called a liar. She believes she saw a UFO and clearly remembers the incident.
The location where the encounter happened was a lonely place, and the nearest farms were a kilometer away.
There couldn’t have been any existing vehicles at that time as they were rare on the roads anyway.
Madeleine Arnoux ruled out the possibility of resistance fighters or German soldiers being responsible for the encounter, as they would have stopped her from questioning.
Madelaine believes she must have witnessed one of the first UFO visits. She has enclosed two sketches of the place and plans to return to be more precise.
Other UFO Encounters During the Wars
From Alexandre the Greatest’s earliest years to the Gulf War, unidentified flying objects have been seen during nearly all of history’s pivotal military conflicts.
During the First World War, people noticed them and reported them.
It also inspired Nigel Watson’s book “UFOs of the First World War: Phantom Airships, Balloons, Aircraft, and Other Mysterious Aerial Phenomena.”
Did the Red Baron shoot down a UFO during WWI?
On March 13, 1917, they noticed an object resembling two overlapping silver plates and orange lights while patrolling over western France from an airfield in Belgium.
The object was about 40 meters (120 feet) in diameter.
The Red Baron decided to start shooting at the slowly hovering UFO despite being unable to identify the aircraft; at the time, the United States had just entered the war, so it may have been an unidentified American weapon.
“We were frightened. It was unlike anything we’d ever seen,” according to Peter Waitzrick.
The moment the Baron started firing, the object dropped like a rock and tore off tree limbs as it crashed into the forest.
He saw two young passengers escape the collision site and run into the woods after it.
The Foo Fighter Encounters During the WWII
During World War II, pilots on both sides of the conflict reported encountering strange aerial phenomena known as “Foo Fighters.”
These sightings occurred primarily in the European theater of operations.
The objects were described as glowing orbs that would follow the aircraft, dart around the sky, and sometimes even perform seemingly impossible maneuvers.
Pilots were initially uncertain about what they were seeing, but as more and more reports came in, military officials began to take notice.
Intelligence agencies investigated the objects, but no clear explanation was ever found for their presence.
Some speculated that they were secret weapons developed by the enemy, while others believed they might be extraterrestrial in origin.
Despite numerous sightings, no recorded incidents of the Foo Fighters attacking or harming any aircraft were recorded.
UFO Encounter continues in other military conflicts
During the Vietnam and Korean Wars, numerous reports of UFO sightings by military personnel existed. Pilots, in particular, reported seeing strange objects they could not explain, such as bright lights or metallic disks flying in formation.
In one well-known incident, a group of American soldiers in Vietnam reported seeing a massive, triangular-shaped craft hovering in the sky above them.
The object reportedly emitted a loud, low-frequency hum and then suddenly disappeared without a trace.
Similarly, during the Korean War, pilots reported encountering objects that they described as “flying saucers” or “cigar-shaped” craft.
These objects were said to be capable of incredible speeds and maneuvers far beyond any known aircraft’s capabilities at the time.
Overview
- Witness Credibility: Good;
- Number of Witnesses: 1;
- Evidence: none;
- Physical Evidence: none;
- Official Investigation: none;
- Close Encounter: Third Kind;
- Documents: 0.
More information about the UFO Landing Case In France in 1944
- Flying Saucer Review – Case Histories – Supplement Twelve: December 1972, page 8
- “Lumieres dans la Nuit” issue 118
UFO
The Lakenheath-Bentwaters Incident – A UFO Encounter from 1955
USAF personnel in England witnessed multiple sightings and radar detections for several hours. The Lakenheath-Bentwaters Incident implications changed the approach to UFOs.
On the night of May 13, 1955, a group of USAF personnel stationed at the RAF Lakenheath base in Suffolk, England, witnessed a strange aerial phenomenon that would become one of the most compelling UFO cases in history.
The incident, which involved multiple sightings and radar detections of unknown objects over several hours, is known as the Lakenheath-Bentwaters Incident.
This post will explore the details of this classic UFO encounter and its implications for the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
The Lakenheath-Bentwaters Incident: The Facts
Around 9 p.m. local time, the air traffic control tower at RAF Lakenheath received a call from the RAF Bentwaters radar station about 43 miles away.
The radar operators reported tracking several unidentified blips on their scopes, which were moving erratically and seemed to be flying in formation.
The Lakenheath controllers also noticed unusual echoes on their radar screens, which they attributed to birds or weather phenomena.
Soon after, two F-89 Scorpion fighter jets from the 81st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron at Bentwaters were scrambled to intercept the objects.
The lead pilot, Lieutenant Felix Moncla, Jr., and his radar operator, Second Lieutenant Robert Wilson, made visual contact with the targets and tried to close in on them.
However, the objects appeared much faster and more agile than the jets, and they soon disappeared from the pilots’ sight and radar screens.
Another pair of Scorpions piloted by Lieutenant Charles Metz and Lieutenant William A. Daniell was sent to investigate the objects flying over the North Sea.
Metz and Daniell also saw the lights of the unknown craft, which they described as round or oval-shaped, and tried to chase them. However, the objects again evaded the pursuit and vanished.
Throughout the night, various military and civilian sources reported more sightings and radar returns in the area, including ground observers, radar stations, and pilots of commercial airliners.
Some witnesses claimed to have seen multiple objects, while others saw only one or two. Some described the objects as hovering or pulsating, while others saw them moving at high speeds and making sharp turns.
One witness, a farmer near Ipswich, reported that a strange object landed in his field and took off again after a few minutes.
The Lakenheath-Bentwaters Incident: The Explanations
Despite the intense interest and investigation that followed the Lakenheath-Bentwaters Incident, no definitive explanation has been offered for the mysterious objects seen that night.
The official Air Force report, released in 1956, suggested that unusual weather conditions, aircraft reflections, and human error caused radar and visual observations.
However, this explanation has been criticized by many ufologists and skeptics as inadequate and implausible.
Several alternative hypotheses have been proposed, ranging from secret military tests to extraterrestrial visitation.
Some have argued that the objects were experimental aircraft or missiles of Soviet origin designed to test American defenses and provoke a response.
However, there is no conclusive evidence to support this theory, and the Cold War context alone does not explain the agility and speed of the objects.
Others have suggested that the objects were natural or atmospheric phenomena, such as ball lightning, meteors, or mirages.
While such phenomena may have caused some of the sightings, it is unlikely that they could account for all the observations and radar returns, especially those that involved multiple witnesses and equipment.
Finally, some have claimed that the objects were extraterrestrial spacecraft piloted by intelligent beings.
More UFO Incidents
Several other UFO incidents were reported around the same time as the Lakenheath-Bentwaters Incident in May 1955.
On May 21, 1955, a Royal Air Force pilot named Roger Wilcox reported seeing a metallic disc-shaped object over Milton Keynes, England, while flying a Meteor jet.
The object was estimated to be about 50 feet in diameter and flew at 12,000 feet before disappearing from view.
Another sighting occurred on May 22, 1955, in Langenburg, Germany, when a group of witnesses observed a silver disc hovering in the sky for several minutes before shooting off at high speed.
The day after, May 13, 1955, The Hopkinsville Goblins
A family in rural Kentucky experienced an encounter the following day, May 14, 1955, that would go down in history as one of the most horrifying UFO encounters in American history.
The Hopkinsville Goblins case, often called the Kelly-Hopkinsville encounter, involves a family tormented by unexplained monsters who descended upon their farmhouse.
When it all began, Billy Ray Taylor, one of the family members, walked outside to get water from the well. He instantly ran back inside to inform the others after spotting a strange object floating over the sky.
The family then heard weird noises outdoors that were thought to be made by wild creatures.
Elmer Sutton, one of the family members, stepped outside to check, but when he turned around, he saw a strange creature with enormous glowing eyes staring back at him.
The creature was described as three and a half feet tall, with spindly limbs and legs and an abnormally colossal head.
With his shotgun, Elmer attempted to shoot the beast, but to no avail. The thing drifted off as though the gunshot had no impact on it.
The family then surrounded themselves inside the home as they observed some additional odd creatures emerge outside.
According to reports, the creatures moved in a jerky, almost mechanical way and possessed blazing eyes.
They were reportedly rumored to be able to scale the walls of the farmhouse and look through the windows.
The family yelled for aid because they were terrified, but the authorities could not locate proof of the unusual beings.
The military looked for the unusual entities but came up empty-handed. They did, however, mention spotting eerie skies lights.
35 years later, the Rendlesham Forest incident
The Rendlesham Forest incident was a string of sightings of mysterious lights reported in late December 1980 close to Rendlesham Forest in Suffolk, England, which later came to be associated with reports of UFO landings.
At the time, the United States Air Force (USAF) used RAF Woodbridge and RAF Bentwaters, where the events took place.
Just to the north of Rendlesham Forest is RAF Bentwaters. RAF Woodbridge extends into the forest from the west, forming its northern and eastern boundaries.
Woodbridge was chosen because it was “nearly fog-free and had no obstructions for miles.” Rendlesham Forest had to remove over a million trees to make room for the new base.
USAF personnel, including Lieutenant Colonel Charles I. Halt, the deputy base commander, reported seeing what they described as a UFO sighting.
The incident is among the most well-known reported UFO events globally and is the most well-known claimed UFO event in the United Kingdom.
It has been compared to the American UFO incident at Roswell.
It has also been called “Britain’s Roswell.”
According to the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), the event posed no threat to national security.
As a result, it was never looked into in terms of security.
Some researchers claimed that the Orfordness Lighthouse had been misinterpreted in the sightings.
Overview
- Witness Credibility: Good;
- Number of Witnesses: +8;
- Evidence: Video;
- Physical Evidence: none;
- Official Investigation: none;
- Close Encounter: First Kind;
- Documents: 1
More information about the Lakenheath-Bentwaters Incident – A UFO Encounter from 1955
- “Encounter at Rendlesham Forest: The Inside Story of the World’s Best-Documented UFO Incident” by Nick Pope
- “Left at East Gate: A First-Hand Account of the Bentwaters-Woodbridge UFO Incident, Its Cover-Up, and Investigation” by Larry Warren and Peter Robbins
- The US Air Force’s Report
- Mutual UFO Network (MUFON)
- UK National Archives
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