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What follows is a listing of the more famous and well publicised UFO sightings in the UK. There are hundreds more cases on record, but these are the most famous.| 793 The monastery of St Cuthbert, Lindisfarne |
| Monks at the monastery witnessed 'dragons' flying in the sky and other strange sky-bourne portents. Shortly after the sighting in January, the monastery was attacked and razed by Viking invaders. The dragons were seen as an evil omen. (from the Anglo Saxon Chronicles) |
| 1211 Cloera, Ireland / Gravesend Kent England, and other places attributed to the sighting |
During a Sunday Mass at the village of Cloera, an anchor was seen to descend from the sky and hook on to the church door. The parishioners watched as a man seemed to swim down to the anchor from a 'sky ship' to try and release it. The local Bishop stopped the people from capturing him and he 'swam' back up to the ship, cut the rope and the ship sailed away. The anchor is said to have been kept within the church.
The exact same story has been attributed to a number of other places including Gravesend in Kent, and Bristol in Somerset in the same year. It seems unlikely that the same event would occur (you would think that the crew would have got wise to dropping anchor near churches). Other sources suggest that the Cloera tale dates from 965AD and appeared in the 'Speculum Regale'. This tangled web of information needs further research, but the story is remains intriguing.
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| 30th November 1222, London, England |
| Dragons were reported to have been seen over the city of London, after the sighting severe thunderstorms caused severe flooding. |
| 1290AD, Yorkshire, England |
William of Newburgh's Chronicle of 1290 is said to mention the sighting of a round silvery object flying over the Byland Abbey in Yorkshire.
According to most historical sources William of Newburgh lived from 1136-1201, out of the time scale for him to have recorded it. He did write a book called 'Historia Rerum Anglicarum', which contained many tales of the varied beliefs of the time. This may have been the original source of the story, which has been repeated several times in literature. |
| 1743, Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales |
| A farmer near Holyhead is alleged to have witnessed a 'boat' sailing in the clouds at about 1500 feet. The story appeared in the 'Flying Saucer Review' in 1971. |
| 1901, Bournebrook, West Midlands, England |
| A report was made of a 'hut' landing in a field that was occupied with small men wearing tin helmets. This 'hut' then took off into the sky. |
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