
An Encounter Out Of The Blue: The 1971 Himbleton Girl Guides UFO Sighting
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- March 22, 2024
- 5 min read
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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 con...
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