Unexplained encounters in United Kingdom
28 famous cases and 1 story shared by people from United Kingdom: 4 sky, 10 visitors, 4 creatures, 9 voices & sounds, 2 places. Famous cases set out what was reported and the explanations offered, without taking a side.
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Famous cases
Rendlesham ForestDisputedSuffolk, England · 26–28 December 1980The Loch Ness MonsterDisputedHighland, Scotland · Modern sightings since 1933The Devil's FootprintsUnexplainedExe estuary, Devon, England · 8–9 February 1855The Beast of Bodmin MoorDisputedBodmin Moor, Cornwall, England · Reported since the 1980sThe Broad Haven School SightingDisputedBroad Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales · 4 February 1977The Vrillon BroadcastHoax, never tracedHannington transmitter, Hampshire, England · 26 November 1977The Ilkley Moor PhotographDisputedIlkley Moor, West Yorkshire, England · 1 December 1987The Crop Circles of WiltshireExplainedWiltshire, England · 1970s onwardsThe Aveley EncounterDisputedAveley, Essex, England · 27 October 1974The Todmorden EncounterDisputedTodmorden, West Yorkshire, England · 28 November 1980The Dechmont Woods EncounterDisputedDechmont Law, near Livingston, Scotland · 9 November 1979The Cottingley FairiesHoaxCottingley, West Yorkshire, England · 1917 – 1920The Green Children of WoolpitLegendWoolpit, Suffolk, England · 12th centuryThe Big Grey Man of Ben MacdhuiMostly explainedBen Macdhui, Cairngorms, Scotland · Reported since 1925The Roar of CorryvreckanExplainedGulf of Corryvreckan, between Jura and Scarba, Scotland · Known for centuriesThe Bells of the Drowned KingdomPartly confirmedBorth, Ceredigion, Wales · Legend for centuries; sunken forest exposed in 2014The Fairy Flag of DunveganLegendDunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye, Scotland · Legend for centuriesThe Berwyn Mountain IncidentMostly explainedBerwyn Mountains, near Llandrillo, Wales · 23 January 1974The Sound of StonehengePartly explainedStonehenge, Wiltshire, England · Built about 5,000 to 4,000 years ago; studied in 2020The Knockers of the Cornish MinesLegendTin mines near St Just, Cornwall, England · Told for centuriesThe Wold Cottage MeteoriteConfirmedWold Newton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England · 13 December 1795The Music of Fingal's CaveExplainedStaffa, Inner Hebrides, Scotland · Made famous in 1772The Bristol HumUnexplainedBristol, England · Reported from the 1970sThe Screams in the DarkExplainedLondon and across Britain · Heard every winterThe Lakenheath-Bentwaters Radar CaseUnexplainedRAF Lakenheath, Suffolk, England · 13–14 August 1956The Cosford IncidentMostly explainedRAF Cosford, Shropshire, England · 30–31 March 1993The Owlman of MawnanDisputedMawnan, Cornwall, England · April 1976The Giant's CausewayExplainedCounty Antrim, Northern Ireland · Formed about 60 million years ago