1967: Devon Flying Cross UFO

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1967: Devon Flying Cross UFO
Posted On: April 7, 2022

The year is 1967, the place, near Holsworthy, Devon in England. Police Officers observed and chased a Cross Shaped UFO for about 60 minutes.


On October 24th, 1967 at about 04:00 hours, Police Constables Roger Willey and Clifford Waycott were patrolling the A3072 between the two remote Devon towns.


At this time the two officers spotted what later became known as the 'Devon cross', a brightly illuminated, 'star-spangled cross' capable of incredible speed and agility hovering just above the tree line. It was around the size of a commercial aircraft.


The officers, who were just outside Hatherleigh at the time, tried to approach the object, making it as close as 400 meters before it started moving again. They said it gave the impression of watching them.


After reporting it to Okehampton police station, they set off in pursuit, hitting speeds of up to 90mph as they tried to keep up. It was to no avail, it was simply too quick for them as they spent almost an hour pursuing the bizarre object.


The officers even woke up a man asleep in his car in a lay-by, a 29-year-old holiday-maker from Luton by the name of Christopher Garner. He confirmed what the officers had seen.


Extra police units were dispatched to the scene but nothing was found.


"It was definitely there and definitely either manned by some sort of being or remotely controlled. It was definitely being controlled to view our car," said PC Willey in black and white news footage from the time.


PC Willey advised, "On various points of its journey, it was attaining high altitude and it was down to treetop level at other times. There was no sound that I heard at all, there was no outside sound apart from the car itself."


"Constable Willey just said here we go then and we drove off after it," continued PC Waycott.


"It was just in front of us. We were travelling very fast. The acceleration of it was terrific so we never got under it to hear any sound." continued PC Waycott.


The episode baffled police, and the R.A.F denied it was anything to do with them.


They insisted no craft capable of both hovering on the spot and supersonic speeds had been invented.


And not long afterwards, officials from the Ministry of Defense were sent in as an investigation began, results from which were classified until 2005.


The officers were questioned, while also being reminded that they were bound by the Official Secrets Act.


In an interview in 2004, Willey said "It was something that I hadn't seen before, I haven't seen since, and something that nobody can explain exactly what it was."


"No explanation has been given to us by anybody and we haven't asked," said Waycott.


"We've just gently been asked to sweep it under the carpet. It didn't happen, that's what they said. But we know what we saw."


The Ministry of Defense had come up with an explanation, but it was one they did not reveal until 38 years after the incident. They blamed the planet Venus, something which is frequently thought to be at the root of UFO sightings, especially as it can appear to be both close and exceptionally bright at around dawn.


On October 25th, 1967: Policemen in five police cars across East Sussex reported a bright flying cross in the early hours, with the first sighting at 4:45 am at Halland. The other sightings were a few minutes later.


My Take: It is a well-known fact that the authorities have a tried and true methodology of, explain them all away when it comes to UFOs. Swamp Gas, Venus, Ball Lightning and Crazy Witnesses are the go to excuses for these types of events. I guess these two officers were so incompetent that they chased Venus for one hour and not a real UFO? What do you think?


Resources: Howard Lloyd from devonlive.com on January 15th, 2020.



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1967: Devon Flying Cross UFO
Posted On: April 7, 2022

The year is 1967, the place, near Holsworthy, Devon in England. Police Officers observed and chased a Cross Shaped UFO for about 60 minutes.


On October 24th, 1967 at about 04:00 hours, Police Constables Roger Willey and Clifford Waycott were patrolling the A3072 between the two remote Devon towns.


At this time the two officers spotted what later became known as the 'Devon cross', a brightly illuminated, 'star-spangled cross' capable of incredible speed and agility hovering just above the tree line. It was around the size of a commercial aircraft.


The officers, who were just outside Hatherleigh at the time, tried to approach the object, making it as close as 400 meters before it started moving again. They said it gave the impression of watching them.


After reporting it to Okehampton police station, they set off in pursuit, hitting speeds of up to 90mph as they tried to keep up. It was to no avail, it was simply too quick for them as they spent almost an hour pursuing the bizarre object.


The officers even woke up a man asleep in his car in a lay-by, a 29-year-old holiday-maker from Luton by the name of Christopher Garner. He confirmed what the officers had seen.


Extra police units were dispatched to the scene but nothing was found.


"It was definitely there and definitely either manned by some sort of being or remotely controlled. It was definitely being controlled to view our car," said PC Willey in black and white news footage from the time.


PC Willey advised, "On various points of its journey, it was attaining high altitude and it was down to treetop level at other times. There was no sound that I heard at all, there was no outside sound apart from the car itself."


"Constable Willey just said here we go then and we drove off after it," continued PC Waycott.


"It was just in front of us. We were travelling very fast. The acceleration of it was terrific so we never got under it to hear any sound." continued PC Waycott.


The episode baffled police, and the R.A.F denied it was anything to do with them.


They insisted no craft capable of both hovering on the spot and supersonic speeds had been invented.


And not long afterwards, officials from the Ministry of Defense were sent in as an investigation began, results from which were classified until 2005.


The officers were questioned, while also being reminded that they were bound by the Official Secrets Act.


In an interview in 2004, Willey said "It was something that I hadn't seen before, I haven't seen since, and something that nobody can explain exactly what it was."


"No explanation has been given to us by anybody and we haven't asked," said Waycott.


"We've just gently been asked to sweep it under the carpet. It didn't happen, that's what they said. But we know what we saw."


The Ministry of Defense had come up with an explanation, but it was one they did not reveal until 38 years after the incident. They blamed the planet Venus, something which is frequently thought to be at the root of UFO sightings, especially as it can appear to be both close and exceptionally bright at around dawn.


On October 25th, 1967: Policemen in five police cars across East Sussex reported a bright flying cross in the early hours, with the first sighting at 4:45 am at Halland. The other sightings were a few minutes later.


My Take: It is a well-known fact that the authorities have a tried and true methodology of, explain them all away when it comes to UFOs. Swamp Gas, Venus, Ball Lightning and Crazy Witnesses are the go to excuses for these types of events. I guess these two officers were so incompetent that they chased Venus for one hour and not a real UFO? What do you think?


Resources: Howard Lloyd from devonlive.com on January 15th, 2020.



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