Date:
September 14, 1965
Location: Mersea island, Essex, United Kingdom
"I
could make out some sort of an outline and an enormous
object spun into view, looming up large and uncanny out
of the sky. It resembled the upper half of a large spinning
top and was about the size of a gasometer. There appeared
to be a dome on top, inside of which was flashing a strange
blue light."
Source:
Dr. Bernard E. Finch, FSR Nov-Dec 1965
The
Langenhoe Incident
By Dr. Bernard E. Finch
On
September 14, a very interesting sighting occurred near
Mersea island, Essex. The incident took place at 1 a.m.,
and was witnessed by an intelligent engineer by the name
of Paul Green, age 29. He was considerably shaken by his
experience but had the sense to record the whole of his
encounter.
Two
weeks later, I interviewed, and cross-examined him, in
the presence of two others. Without doubt his story is
true, and in addition, he described various subjective
symptoms which can only be ascribed to the effects of
a very powerful magnetic field on the human body. Apparently,
the field is so great that it produces a kind of light
as yet unknown to our science.
The
following is a verbatim report of Paul Green's experience:
"It
was about 1 a.m. Sunday, September 14, that I first saw
the 'thing'. It was a bright clear night, the moon was
up and I could see the stars twinkling overhead. I was
returning to my home in West Mersea, having visited my
fiancee in Colchester. I had had nothing to drink and
was feeling very fit. I was travelling on a motor bike
and averaging 40 miles per hour. Just before reaching
Pete Tye common a few yards south of Langenhoe, I overtook
a motor scooter. My 'bike was purring along, the engine
sounding a healthy note."
"As
I approached the straight road south to Langenhoe Hall,
I heard a high-pitched humming over to my left (the east).
This noise became louder and I looked up for sign of an
approaching aircraft. I could see none, but noticed a
small pinpoint of blue light to the east over Hrightlingsca
{about 5 miles away). The light was winking and became
rapidly larger, and I then realised that it was coming
in my direction from over Langenhoe marsh. The humming
then became very much louder and changed to a high-pitched
buzz. It dawned on me that the light and the sound were
connected. The engine of my 'bike then began to cough
and splutter, it missed several times and then stopped
dead and the lights went out. The blue flashing light
was now about a mile away to the east. I could make out
some sort of an outline and an enormous object spun into
view, looming up large and uncanny out of the sky. It
resembled the upper half of a large spinning top and was
about the size of a gasometer. There appeared to be a
dome on top, inside of which was flashing a strange blue
light. The object slowly descended, tilting as it did
so, and I was able to catch a glimpse of its under-belly.
This was rimmed by numerous round objects, the whole resembling
a 'ball-race'."
"I
had dismounted and approached a few paces towards the
object. I felt spellbound and was not able to move or
speak, just as if I had become paralysed. The flashing
blue light became so intense that it was painful, and
it appeared to fluctuate in rhythm with my heart beat
and hit against my chest. I felt myself tingling all over
rather like the electric shock one gets when handling
an electrified cattle fence for too long. The buzzing
then became quieter, and the object descended in the area
of Wick where there arc several farm houses."
"Suddenly,
the scooter that I had overtaken on the road, approached,
its engine coughed and stopped, and the rider, a young
lad in a leather jacket, dismounted and stood petrified
staring at the blue light; she neither spoke nor looked
in my direction. My head began to throb, and I felt as
if there was a tightening band round it. With a great
effort I was able to move, and I grasped my bike and tried
to start it. I pushed it along the road, and was gratified
to hear the engine suddenly burst into life. I mounted
and raced as fast as I could away from the dreadful and
'painful' blue light. As I raced down the road, the object
was hidden by a tall line of hedges on the side of the
road, but I could still see for some time a blue glow
in the sky."
"I
arrived home at nearly 2 a.m., and woke my invalid mother
(a thing I had never done before), but so frightened was
I by my experience that I had to tell someone about it."
"The
following day I noticed that my hair and clothes were
crackling in an unusual manner, and appeared to be charged
with electricity."
"A
few days later, I was discussing my experience with a
friend who lives at Shrub End, which is 5 miles N,\V.
of Wick. He told me that at about the same time, his dog
commenced to bark, and as he opened the door to put it
out, a large blue light passed by rapidly in the sky directly
overhead. It passed towards the North West."
Source:
http://www.ufoevidence.org/cases/case631.htm