While camping in the small town of Himbleton in the south of England, several girl guides and their camp leaders witnessed a strange object approach their camp from a nearby field, and hover over them for several moments before disappearing out of sight once more. While it is certainly not the most dramatic of sightings, it is one that we should take not for being a credible account offered by witnesses who were seeking neither fortune nor fame. In fact, especially given the times in which the incident unfolded, the witnesses had much more to lose than gain for reporting the encounter.

Perhaps of further interest, although the notion of “flying saucers” and “visitors from outer space” was very much in the public consciousness – particularly in the Western world – at this time, it still wasn’t at the levels it would be in the later part of the 1970s and the closing decades of the twentieth century, something which perhaps lends even more credibility to the incident. Indeed, the sighting, as little known as it is, remains of interest to UFO researchers and enthusiasts today over half a century after it occurred.
The incident that evening appears to be one of pure chance and coincidence – a case where the witnesses were simply in the wrong (or right, depending on your point of view) place at the wrong (or right) time. It is, though, an intriguing encounter that perhaps makes us think how many other similar, unreported incidents there might be lurking out there.
Contents [hide]
- 1 A “Terrific Roar” Followed By “Flashing Lights”
- 2 It “Wasn’t An Airplane” I Am “Sure About That!
- 3 An Undramatic But Credible Account
- 4 Something Strange That Remains A Mystery
Read More – An Encounter Out Of The Blue: The 1971 Himbleton Girl Guides UFO Sighting
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