Posted On: October 10, 2021

The year is 1955, the place, at Broadlands Estates, near Romsey, Hampshire, England. A UFO landed and an occupant was observed. The witness was incapacitated by the UFO and it flew away at great speed.

On February 23^rd, 1955, at about 08:30 hours, the witness, Frederick Briggs, a bricklayer working at Broadlands Estates advised:

“I am at present employed at Broadlands as a bricklayer and was cycling to my work from Romsey on the morning of Wednesday, the 23rd February 1955. When I was about half way between the Palmerston or Romsey Lodge and the house, just by where the drive forks off to the Middlebridge Lodge, I suddenly saw an object hovering stationary over the field between the end of the gardens and Middlebridge Drive, and just on the house side of the little stream. The object was shaped like a child’s huge humming-top and half way between 20 ft or 30 ft in diameter. Its color was like dull aluminum, rather like a kitchen saucepan. It was shaped like the sketch which I have endeavored to make, and had portholes all-round the middle, rather like a steamer has. The time was just after 8:30 a.m. with an overcast sky and light snow on the ground. I turned off the drive at the fork and rode over the grass for rather less than 100 yards. I then dismounted, and holding my bicycle in my right hand, watched. While I was watching a column, about the thickness of a man, descended from the center of the Saucer and I suddenly noticed on it, what appeared to be a man, presumably standing on a small platform on the end. He did not appear to be holding on to anything. He seemed to be dressed in a dark suit of overalls, and was wearing a close fitting hat or helmet. At the time the Saucer was certainly less than 100 yards from me, and not more than 60 ft over the level where I was standing, although the meadow has a steep bank at this point, so that the Saucer would have been about 80 ft over the lower level of the meadow. As I stood there watching, I suddenly saw a curious light come on in one of the portholes. It was a bluish light, rather like a mercury vapor light. Although it was quite bright, it did not appear to be directed straight at me, nor did it dazzle me, but simultaneously with the light coming on I suddenly seemed to be pushed over, and I fell down in the snow with my bicycle on top of me. What is more, I could not get up again. Although the bicycle only weighs a few lbs it seemed as if an unknown force was holding me down. Whilst lying on the ground I could see the tube withdrawn quickly into the Saucer, which then rose vertically, quite as fast as the fastest jet aircraft I have seen, or faster. There had been no noise whatever until the Saucer started to move, and even then the noise was no louder than that of an ordinary small rocket let off by a child on Guy Fawkes Night. It disappeared out of sight into the clouds almost instantaneously, and as it went, I found myself able to get up. Although I seemed to be lying a long time on the ground I do not suppose, in reality, it was more than a few seconds. I felt rather dizzy, as though I had received a near knockout blow on the chin, but of course there was no physical hurt of any sort, merely a feeling of dizziness. I picked up my bicycle, mounted it and rode straight on to Broadlands where I met Heath standing by the garage. I was feeling very shaky and felt I must regain my confidence by discussing what I had seen. I said to him: Look, Ron, have you known me long enough to know that I am sane and sober at this hour of the morning? He laughed and made some remark like, Well of course. Then I told him what I had seen. Heath and I went back along the road where I showed him the tracks of my bicycle. I then went back to work, where I saw my foreman, Mr. Hudson, and told him what I had seen.”

It appears that something extraordinary occurred during this event. There were no known aircraft that could silently hover and fly away at great speed during 1955.

More Info Here.

Resources: Summary from Above Top Secret, Timothy Good, 1988, Chapter One.

Posted On: October 10, 2021

The year is 1955, the place, at Broadlands Estates, near Romsey, Hampshire, England. A UFO landed and an occupant was observed. The witness was incapacitated by the UFO and it flew away at great speed.

On February 23^rd, 1955, at about 08:30 hours, the witness, Frederick Briggs, a bricklayer working at Broadlands Estates advised:

“I am at present employed at Broadlands as a bricklayer and was cycling to my work from Romsey on the morning of Wednesday, the 23rd February 1955. When I was about half way between the Palmerston or Romsey Lodge and the house, just by where the drive forks off to the Middlebridge Lodge, I suddenly saw an object hovering stationary over the field between the end of the gardens and Middlebridge Drive, and just on the house side of the little stream. The object was shaped like a child’s huge humming-top and half way between 20 ft or 30 ft in diameter. Its color was like dull aluminum, rather like a kitchen saucepan. It was shaped like the sketch which I have endeavored to make, and had portholes all-round the middle, rather like a steamer has. The time was just after 8:30 a.m. with an overcast sky and light snow on the ground. I turned off the drive at the fork and rode over the grass for rather less than 100 yards. I then dismounted, and holding my bicycle in my right hand, watched. While I was watching a column, about the thickness of a man, descended from the center of the Saucer and I suddenly noticed on it, what appeared to be a man, presumably standing on a small platform on the end. He did not appear to be holding on to anything. He seemed to be dressed in a dark suit of overalls, and was wearing a close fitting hat or helmet. At the time the Saucer was certainly less than 100 yards from me, and not more than 60 ft over the level where I was standing, although the meadow has a steep bank at this point, so that the Saucer would have been about 80 ft over the lower level of the meadow. As I stood there watching, I suddenly saw a curious light come on in one of the portholes. It was a bluish light, rather like a mercury vapor light. Although it was quite bright, it did not appear to be directed straight at me, nor did it dazzle me, but simultaneously with the light coming on I suddenly seemed to be pushed over, and I fell down in the snow with my bicycle on top of me. What is more, I could not get up again. Although the bicycle only weighs a few lbs it seemed as if an unknown force was holding me down. Whilst lying on the ground I could see the tube withdrawn quickly into the Saucer, which then rose vertically, quite as fast as the fastest jet aircraft I have seen, or faster. There had been no noise whatever until the Saucer started to move, and even then the noise was no louder than that of an ordinary small rocket let off by a child on Guy Fawkes Night. It disappeared out of sight into the clouds almost instantaneously, and as it went, I found myself able to get up. Although I seemed to be lying a long time on the ground I do not suppose, in reality, it was more than a few seconds. I felt rather dizzy, as though I had received a near knockout blow on the chin, but of course there was no physical hurt of any sort, merely a feeling of dizziness. I picked up my bicycle, mounted it and rode straight on to Broadlands where I met Heath standing by the garage. I was feeling very shaky and felt I must regain my confidence by discussing what I had seen. I said to him: Look, Ron, have you known me long enough to know that I am sane and sober at this hour of the morning? He laughed and made some remark like, Well of course. Then I told him what I had seen. Heath and I went back along the road where I showed him the tracks of my bicycle. I then went back to work, where I saw my foreman, Mr. Hudson, and told him what I had seen.”

It appears that something extraordinary occurred during this event. There were no known aircraft that could silently hover and fly away at great speed during 1955.

More Info Here.

Resources: Summary from Above Top Secret, Timothy Good, 1988, Chapter One.