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THE U FO REPORT
January 22
More and more reports were coming in from the region , where the phenomenon appeared to be concentrating . A highly interesting case occurred near Kettlewell , North Yorkshire, at 9:00 p . m . on January 22 . Mr. and Mrs . Alan Davidson had been driving north when they encountered a large triangular-shaped object directly in front of their car, moving left to right across the windscreen. In the few seconds available to them before it disappeared, they both saw that the object had a bank of lights on its base, with several more across the center. A number of these were flashing on and off across the whole length of the 60 ft plus structure . It was totally noiseless so far as they could ascertain . The couple , quite understandably, had been badly shaken by this experience. They negotiated a difficult bend, then stopped the car and walked back to see if they could catch sight of the strange craft, but a search of the sur rounding fields and sky proved fruitless.
January 23
Ivan Spenceley is a man of impeccable background, well educated and informed . When he fi rst gave details of his extraordinary sighting, which took place near Chester field, Derbyshire , at 12 :45 a . m . on January 23 , we could not fail but to be impressed by his attempts to rationalize his UFO encounter. During 1988, we had worked closely with researchers at Central Television who wanted to pre sent a live UFO debate on the national network. We pro vided some material , and more importantly, witnesses who we felt would do the subject justice , such as Ivan . He was out walking his dog late at night close to wood land, a task he had performed regularly for a number of years, when he suddenly became aware of a ' 'massive' ' oval object in the sky. On closer inspection, he could make out straight and curved lines around it. There were a series of red and blue lights constantly shining , but not in a position where you would expect them to be on an aircraft , or airship. From what appeared to be tinted windows, light was emanating continuously. The object was very low in