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Halloween Countdown. Case 12: The Penshaw Monument UFO

Uncanny

BBC

Personal Journals, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.72.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2024

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Every day in October, Danny Robins will release a brand new bite-size tale of terror - real-life ghost stories hand-picked from the Uncanny inbox. Countdown with Danny, and then get ready for some very special Halloween surprises!

Written and presented by Danny Robins Assistant producer and researcher: Lara Monahan Researcher: Nancy Bottomley Editing and sound design: Charlie Brandon-King Music: Evelyn Sykes Theme music by Lanterns on the Lake Production manager: Tam Reynolds Commissioning executive: Paula McDonnell Commissioning editor: Rhian Roberts Produced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard

A Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.

0:04.7

Hello, today's story is not about ghosts but UFOs.

0:10.7

It comes from Jenny and takes place when she was 15 in 1965 in County Durham in the

0:16.2

northeast of England. Jenny says at 10 p.m. I was walking home when I saw lights in the sky above the farm where we lived.

0:24.0

It was two aircraft and they were flying around each other in a way that even today is impossible.

0:29.0

As I ran down the street, one of the aircraft flew low over the road.

0:32.0

It was dark, but the lights around

0:34.3

the craft I could tell it was circular. It could only be about 50 meters from me. All the lights

0:39.5

were now suddenly and then two searchlights shone from the underneath of the craft as it began to fly over the houses.

0:46.0

It arrived in the center of the village and stopped.

0:50.0

It hung for a few seconds motionless and then sped off a colossal speed towards Penshaw Monument on the horizon.

0:56.4

I must tell you there was absolutely no noise from these aircraft.

1:00.2

I turned to go back to the farm and I heard the voices my mom, my aunt and my cousin.

1:05.0

Suddenly in the field next to us was a really bright light.

1:09.0

They started crying and my mom said, what the blinking heck was that?

1:19.0

The next day in the paper we saw a photo that somebody had taken of a UFO in Warminster.

1:20.0

Google it, you can see it now.

1:21.0

I said to my mum, it must have been what we we saw but she said not to talk about it or

1:25.1

tell anyone. What did Jenny see that night? Have you had a similar experience?

1:31.1

Email me uncanny at BBC.

1:33.2

UK I will be back tomorrow.

1:35.4

I know why so. So.

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