The Backyard Experiment That Sparked A UFO Incident
- By
Marcus Lowth
- April 17, 2020
- October 12, 2021
- 6 min read
- Posted in
- UFOs, Cover-Ups
The flying saucer visitation case in the small town of Wardle was perhaps typical of many sightings of the 1950s. At a time when citizens on both sides of the Atlantic had the notion of visitors from outer space planted firmly in the collective psyche, genuine encounters were not always easy to tell apart from the overactive imaginations and the outright manufactured accounts.
Was the Wardle UFO nothing more than a garage experiment?
Perhaps this is what makes the incident near the Pennine Moors in early 1957 so unique. As we will discover, while the sighting itself was genuine (in that the witnesses genuinely saw something) the eventual explanation, while not a case of alien visitation was just as intriguing. Especially whe...
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Marcus Lowth
Marcus Lowth is a writer with a love for UFOs, aliens, and the Ancient Astronaut Theory, to the paranormal, general conspiracies, and unsolved mysteries. He has been writing and researching with over 20 years of experience.
Marcus has been Editor-in-Chief for several years due to his excellent knowledge in these fields. Marcus also regularly appears as an expert on radio talk shows including Troubled Minds and Unexplained Radio discussing these topics.
You can contact Marcus via email.
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