Phenomena Issue 025 2011 05 May

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EDITORIAL Contents

Well, summer is slowly approaching which gives UPIA
Page 2: Things That Go ‘Bump’ in the Night.
and MAPIT the chance to conduct more on site
investigations. I’ve been busy the last couple of months Apparitions, ghosts, phantoms, spectres, spirits, spooks, wraiths – call
filming for a new TV documentary for Channel 4 and a them what you will like ‘things that go bump in the night' if you wish.
UFO feature for Channel M, more on that next month. Here's a mystery that needs explaining. Why do so many people

report seeing ghosts? Is there a simple explanation or could the
There has already been news that the first Crop Circle of
the year has been discovered which means we will be answer be something we simply couldn’t imagine? John Prytz
letting you know what has been found and where examines the possibilities and theories...
throughout the next few issues. I’d also like to apologise
to our readers looking forward to reading Page 3: Black Helicopters Over Manchester.
Part- 2 of the Drummer of Tedworth. Due to unforeseen
We’ve all seen military helicopters in our time, be it at an airshow, on
circumstances we were unable to include this, but hope
to have it in our next issue. TV, or seen one flying about the sky. Black Ops, military helicopters
have also been linked with the UFO phenomena, Crop Circles, Cattle
SUB-EDITORIAL Mutilations and other conspiratorial issues. But, one of the strangest

places to see them buzzing around, would be the skies over
An odd old month, far too much to do and not enough Manchester, UK. Steve Mera Investigates...
time to do it, I was able to guest on Haunted Cornwall FM

discussing UFO’s, well it was supposed to be, but ended
Page 9: An Unforgettable Encounter.
up being over an hour chatting about lots of different
paranormal related subjects. Thanks to John for the Matthew Johnson’s life changed for good when, on a walk with his
invite. UPIA’s big thing this month is our new blog. wife and children, he saw a Bigfoot. Johnson has no doubt it was
We’ve gone back and forth with the idea for some time, Bigfoot, or Sasquatch, the at-least-8-foot-tall, primate-like, hairy
and finally decided on the template and content
creature legendary in the Pacific Northwest and considered a myth by
requirements.
most. The Grants Pass psychologist told his tale on television and in
Using this tool, we are now able to offer our thoughts on items in the the papers across Canada, even internationally. Jeff Duewel explains.
news, up to date analysis and general deliberations.
I’ve been a tad overwhelmed with review material. With an
Page 12: Inanimate Apparitions.
equipment review from Toms Gadgets, several books shared
Apparitions are often assumed to be spirits of the dead, but that idea is
between UPIA members for review by Darren Ritson, and the Fatima
challenged by reports of inanimate objects, such as cars, appearing in
Trilogy; Three thought provoking and outstanding books regarding
ghostly form. Peter McCue has a longstanding interest in spontaneous
the Portuguese Virgin Mary visitations...
paranormal phenomena. He is a member of the Society for Psychical
Research and he has written various articles on the paranormal. Peter
takes us on a journey of reported paranormal phenomena...

Page 13: A Bolide Conclusion.
Investigation of UFO sightings often requires you to contact
officialdom's, newspapers, astronomical societies etc. In many cases
you may not find an answer, but just because you don't, does not
make it an unknown. Often you have insufficient data to come up
with a conclusion. But sometimes, you do find a rational explanation.
Steve Mera recalls one such incident...

Page 17: Between a Rock and a Hard Place.
“The Aliens Have Landed" screamed the Daily Mirror on
http://www.phenomenamagazine.co.uk
August 23rd, 1983. The headline was unequivocal, the
accompanying photograph strange. It showed a bright,
A special thanks to all our contributors. If you would like to apparently luminescent, phenomenon against a rock face in
contribute yourself, please contact the Phenomena Magazine at: the Yorkshire Dales. Many believed it to be proof of ‘Alien
[email protected] Visitors’. Were they right? Andy Roberts investigates...

Page 24: UFOs - Conspiracy or Indifference?
THIS MONTHS CONTRIBUTORS On 5 November 1990 a squadron of RAF Tornado jets were flying
Dave Sadler, Steve Mera, Kirst D’Raven, Steven Markham, John Prytz, over the North Sea, on their way back to their base. Suddenly, and to
Darren Ritson, John Duewel, Candy of Sasquatch watch Canada, Peter McCue,
Dr. Stoyan Sarg, Gary O’Shea, Andy Roberts, Nick Pope, Peter Rakobowchuk, the amazement of all the pilots, their aircraft were overtaken at high
Derek Ingam, Robert Young BSc., (Phil Mantle and Gloria Dixon - speed by a UFO. None of these trained observers were able to identify
Conference Details).
the craft that made our most sophisticated aircraft look obsolete by

PHENOMENA MAGAZINE EDITOR: STEVE MERA - comparison. Was this incident covered up? Nick Pope explains...
[email protected]

PHENOMENA MAGAZINE ASSISTANT EDITOR: DAVE SADLER - Page 30: What is a ‘Ghost’? - A Personal Viewpoint.
[email protected] The term ‘Ghost’ has literally haunted our imagination for hundreds if
not thousands of years. But what exactly is a Ghost? Are they as most
DISCLAIMER people believe, discarnate spirits of the dead? Recordings of images

Due to UPIA and MAPIT protocols, personal or group promotion will from the past? A slip in time? Or a psychological hallucination?
not be accepted. All submitted articles to Phenomena Magazine Robert Young believes that the Stone Tape Theory, or better known
must be 'Original Work'. MAPIT / UPIA are not responsible for
as a Residual Hauntings, could very well be the explanation...
articles that appear in the magazine which do not belong to the
individuals submitting them. MAPIT / UPIA do everything in their
power to credit individuals work and images. If you are aware of any Page 31: A Short Meditation upon Meditation.
material featured in Phenomena Magazine that is not credited Meditation, contemplation, or focusing the mind has been practiced
correctly, then please inform us as soon as possible. The MAPIT
for several thousand years. Hinduism and the Vedic religions confirm
Copyright covers only articles wrote by MAPIT & UPIA investigators
this and it may well have been practised as part of the rituals of the
and group logos found throughout the magazine. The views and
opinions expressed in any of the articles are those of the authors and Bronze Age Indus Valley Civilization. Certainly it is part of the
do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of UPIA, practices of almost all religions in some form; but is there any
MAPIT or Phenomena Magazine. evidence to suggest it’s beneficial? Steven Markham investigates...

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Things that go Bump in the Night
By John Prytz
Apparitions, ghosts, phantoms, Another problem is that not all ghosts the street, in the office, while shopping People often report seeing
spectres, spirits, spooks, wraiths – call are biological. There are reports of or stopping to smell the roses in your ghosts out of their Peripheral
Vision:
them what you will like ‘things that go ghost trains, and phantom ships, and local park without any feeling of

bump in the night' if you wish. Here's a other things that have no connection revulsion or being scared. Somehow Peripheral vision is a part of
mystery that needs explaining. Who with the biological world. we're hardwired to be nervous, vision that occurs outside the
very center of gaze. There is a
hasn't heard and/or read about ghosts? probably terrified, around things that go
broad set of non-central
Ghosts are a staple of thousands of However, sticking with the biological ‘bump’ in the night. So perhaps that's points in the field of view that
novels, short stories, plays, operas, TV world for the time being, it must be an argument that ghosts do in fact exist. is included in the notion of
episodes, feature films, video games, noted that we humans tend to have a However, let's look at alternative peripheral vision. "Far
peripheral" vision exists at
documentaries, theme park rides, songs, near universal fear, or at least intense explanations.
the edges of the field of view,
mythological and not so mythological dislike, of certain other life forms that "mid-peripheral" vision exists
legends, and all manner of campfire often have relatively little to do with The immediate, and most obvious, in the middle of the field of
and other tall tales, and have been, in any actual threats they represent. We explanation(s) revolve around routine, view, and "near-peripheral",
sometimes referred to as
one form or another, for generations tend to hate cockroaches (but very few ordinary, physical events that witnesses "para-central" vision, exists
upon generations. So, ghosts are the other beetles) even though they aren't misinterpret. There can be many natural adjacent to the center of gaze.
theme to be explained here. likely to tear you apart limb from limb. sources for strange lights; many natural The loss of peripheral vision
while retaining central vision
And the cockroaches-spread-disease sources for weird noises, even apparent
is known as tunnel vision, and
Now I must stress that I am NOT, idea behind cockroach loathing doesn't changes in temperatures associated with the loss of central vision
repeat NOT, talking about séances, wash. While we might kill flies, fleas spiritual manifestations. while retaining peripheral
Ouija boards, spiritualism, mediums, and mosquitoes that equally can spread vision is known as central
scotoma.
channelling, and yucky ectoplasm. disease, we're not revolted by them. We The next most obvious category of

Rather, just old fashion unexpected, don't care too much for snakes even explanations resides within the mind. If Peripheral vision is weaker in
unplanned, undesired, unwanted close though relatively few can harm us and you're tired, under the influence, have humans, compared with other
animals, especially at
encounters with those things that go in any event we can run faster than they through no fault of your own abnormal
distinguishing color and
‘bump’ in the night and go ‘boo' and can slither. We have an instinctive brain chemistry or disease or injury, shape.
like to haunt things. The unfortunate dislike of certain spiders even though then what you perceive might not be
thing is that said encounters go back to we're a thousand times their size and what you think it is. Some people might This is because receptor cells
on the retina are greater at
the ancient Greeks (and probably have a vast array of arsenal at our be extra sensitive in their perception of
the center and lowest at the
before if there were records) and disposal to deal with them. Now I'll be and able to be influenced by infrasound edges (see visual system for
proceed through every century up the first to admit that I hate and will kill or magnetic fields. There are dreams an explanation of these
concepts). In addition, there
through and including the 21st. Ghostly huntsman spiders on sight although that can be extremely vivid (lucid
are two types of receptor
encounters are recorded across the they pose no danger to me and are dreams), and hallucinations. For the ‘all cells, rod cells and cone cells;
entire spectrum of the human condition. actually probably useful pest control in the mind' theory to be credible, rod cells are unable to
Young and old; male and female; every agents in the house. On the other hand, you've got to give equal opportunity to distinguish color and are
predominant at the periphery,
race, creed, culture, socioeconomic other spiders, even the venomous red a whole range of other equally logical, while cone cells are
group, nationality, IQ level, etc. has back spiders, it's live and let live. It's yet equally nonsensical items like concentrated mostly in the
recorded encounters. By now, that's not all very rational, but then who said sightings of flying pink elephants. center of the retina, the fovea.
probably in the hundreds of thousands human behaviour was always rational!
to millions of cases, not all by any But further on the theme…
means noted and logged in the
literature. I'm sure many members of There are many biological things in this
the great unwashed keep quiet for world that can be deadly to us, yet
obvious reasons. Problem one: has each which we have an instinctive or innate
and every one of those witnesses to fear of. We don't recoil in horror at the
ghostly happenings been mistaken? sight of a tiger or lion or a wolf or a
bear. Certain fish and amphibians can
Problem two is the counterpoint. If you be toxic, but don't cause us any
can see or hear ghosts, or photograph revulsion. Some invertebrates like the
them or record them and their activity blue-ringed octopus, box jellyfish, and
with other instruments, then ghosts some cone shells can give you a nasty,
must be composed of matter and even fatal experience, but they don't
energy, yet there is no way known to feature in our list of loathing. So there's
science to form these ghostly probably no absolute relationship
apparitions, comprised of necessity of between inner loathing and external
matter and energy. Since ghosts are danger. But, anything we are hardwired
apparently whatever leaves the body to be instinctively repulsive of is
after death (including, apparently, nevertheless real.
animals as well as humans), and since a
body doesn't lose any mass in that We tend to be afraid of is ghosts, in fact
interval or transition between life and usually downright terrified – that's why
death, there's no decrease of X amount they feature so prominently in horror
of grams, the ghost has to be comprised fiction. Why this is so, if ghosts are just
of nothing and be 100% immaterial – spirits of usually dead strangers to us, is
but then you couldn't see or hear them! slightly mysterious since we
That contradicts all those millions of accidentally come across – well you
witnesses. come across – strangers everyday, in

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Things that go Bump in the Night
By John Pyrtz
The mind can conceive of flying pink explain ghostly manifestations. It's Be that as it may, there's probably some
elephants equally as well as ghosts, yet pretty obvious that the existence of a wheat among the chaff here, although
where are the reports of flying pink discrete chunk of matter/energy has an I'm not quite sure however what this
elephants? There are millions of other influence of other discrete chunks of observation (that ghosts fade away in
plausible topics that could be imagined matter/energy that influence remaining time) all means, if anything. But I think
and reported as reality but aren't. So - for a while at least -even when the it's an important observation and offers
when you get thousands of sightings of first chunk moves away or otherwise up a clue towards an ultimate
one data point in a landscape of vanishes or changes in form. For resolution. One could easily imagine a
plausible millions of data points (that example, the cosmic microwave ghost (or any kind – formally animate
aren't ever noted and logged), what background radiation (CMBR) is the or inanimate) as the product of a
does that tell you about the ‘all in the ghostly remains of the Big Bang origin hologram. The only difficulty with that
Ghosts are one of society's mind' theory? event of our Universe. The Big Bang is idea, of course, is that ghostly
most readily accepted
no more, but the influence remains. If apparitions have been observed, noted
paranormal phenomena. In a
recent survey carried out in However, I suggest that on balance, you look at a bright light then turn the and logged way, way before modern
the United States, more than while there is certainly some truth in a light off, you'll still see, for a brief holographic technology came into
fifty percent of Americans sweeping generalisation that each and while, an afterimage of that light. being.
believe in ghosts, and with
every ghostly sighting has a prosaic
one in two adults giving
credence to apparitions and explanation, I remain unconvinced that You can also detect its infrared (heat) Simulations on the other hand could be
other ghostly occurrences, it all those who experience apparitions radiation for a spell, even after lights a horse of a different colour. The basic
stands to reason that are akin to having converted believers out! You might be able to tell that premise here is that you and I and all
hauntings are quite common.
preached to. Sure, some people seek out someone has recently been in a room we see and hear (and touch, taste and

While there is no direct basis ghostly encounters and expect to because the temperature is slightly smell) is an illusion because we are all
for the belief that graveyards, experience the same just like some higher in one place coupled with a simulated beings ‘living' in a virtual
cemeteries, and mausoleums
Bigfoot/Sasquatch hunters see a partly higher concentration of perfume in that world, the creation of a person or
are inherently haunted, many
paranormal investigators and concealed animal a mile or more away same place not to mention that the sofa persons (or even an alien or aliens)
enthusiasts believe that the in thick forest and immediately jump to cushions (that same location) are still unknown. We, and our Universe, are as
intense concentration of the conclusion that it must be a Bigfoot. slightly depressed as if someone had ‘real' as the characters and their
spiritual and emotional
The will to believe is a powerful been recently sitting on them. universe are in a computer game. In a
energy present in such places
makes them ideal for regular influence. I believe in the ‘flying Footprints are another example of simulation of that sort, it's certainly
hauntings. saucer' explanation of all things UFO is influence between one chunk of matter/ possible, maybe even logical, to

more likely to look at the planet Venus energy and another – influence left provide as a subroutine an afterlife – a
It is speculated that
apparitions, or visible and explain ‘There, an alien spacecraft', behind even though the original chunk plane of higher dimensional existence
manifestations of ghosts, need than someone who poo-poos the whole is now far away. Such are the clues (whatever that means exactly) –
incredible amounts of energy UFO subject. It takes something from which Sherlock Holmes and kin perhaps something, a concept, we've
to appear, and that energy
can be harnessed through extraordinary to turn a non-believer/ make their living from. come to identify as Heaven or Hell. But
emotional residue that may sceptic into a believer/convert, let's just call that subroutine afterlife
become imprinted on a burial especially when extraordinary event Now to the best of my knowledge, the ‘spirit world'. If we can have ghosts
site over time from the large
conversions cut across all cultures over ghostly manifestations tend to be recent in our virtual computer game worlds,
number of emotional
gatherings. Spirits may be thousands of years! – recent with respect to human history. then by implication, our Supreme
particularly apt to appear That is, I know of no reports of ghostly Simulator could have provided the
near their own burial sites So, we have extraordinary encounters Dinosaurs, or Sabre Tooth Cats or software for ghosts or ghostly
because it is the last place
they were physically and reports from far too many un- Neanderthals (there's no haunted apparitions (animate or inanimate)
connected to. expecting and unprepared witnesses, caveman caves). While I'm sure the inhabiting the subroutine spirit world!
from all walks of life, since at least the ancient Greeks saw ghosts from their
It is also speculated that,
times of the ancient Greeks. There's recent past, we don't tend to see ghosts On the other hand, why would a
because the emotional
energies of families, friends, thousands of reports from witnesses not of ancient Greeks. It almost seems that Supreme Simulator provide a software
and spirits coalesce in a seeking out new (or any) ghostly after a certain period of time, whatever subroutine providing for ghosts? Well,
single location in a cemetery, encounters, those sober disbelievers influence on the environment the who knows the mind and rational of our
it may create a portal for
who get bumped in the night anyway. original matter/energy chunk (human Supreme Simulator, especially if our
ghosts to pass through and
become visible or otherwise Well, as I said, there are just a few too for sake of argument) had, the S.S. is an alien? Actually, I think the
felt by passersby. Therefore, many to suggest that prosaic remnants, those ghostly manifestations, simulation of ghostly phenomena could
while the land itself may not
explanations can account for 100% of ultimately fades away to something no be a mistake; something not actually
possess the energy necessary
to conjure a spirit, the cases. 95% I'll go along with; just not longer distinguishable from the intended. I suspect our ghostly
accumulation of energies can 100%. So, what other explanations are ordinary or everyday background, and manifestations are just a previously
result in frequent hauntings. plausible? does so usually within several deleted bit of software. Since nothing is
centuries. Imagine turning off a light ever truly deleted – deleted files can
Some parapsychologists One can invoke the idea of parallel having it slowly fade away, but taking usually be recovered albeit by experts.
believe that some living worlds to explain ghosts, not as the perhaps many centuries to do so. Overwriting previous text doesn't
people are susceptible to
burial site hauntings because remains of the dead but the barely apparently actually destroy in total
their psyche can more readily perceptible images of living beings (or The problem with this idea is that I'm what was there before-the-fact. In a
accept the presence of spirits inanimate objects) on a parallel world; sure any physicist could calculate how manner somewhat akin to receiving
in such a place. With the high
a parallel Earth in all probability. But long it would take for any residual trace interference and ghostly images on
concentration of spiritual
energy and the greater mental parallel worlds or universes are of something to fade and blend into the your TV set, previous software, now
acceptance of paranormal theoretical at best and the macro background as to be indistinguishable deleted, might every now and again
activity, cemeteries are very mechanism(s) by which these macro from the background. It doesn't take all come marginally into the foreground.
common haunting sites.
ghostly entities could appear in our that long after turning off the oven for So the bottom line is that science says
realm is also very hypothetical, and it's its temperature to cool to that equalling they (meaning the things that go bump
compounding one speculation by the background temperature. So, in the night, the afterlife remains of
heaping on it another. However, there's explaining ghostly images days, dead entities or non-biological things)
a better bet in theorising that on the months, years, even decades or many can not be; witnesses testimony
quantum (micro) level, there could be centuries after-the-fact is problematical notwithstanding. Impasse! On the other
interactions between parallel worlds. at best. I like the idea, but I can't see a hand, the simulation argument works
However, that probably doesn't help us way to make it work in practice. for me. Impasse no longer!...

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I obtained this book a few weeks back and I was pleasantly surprised. Its
format and cover were spot on. The book provides a wealth of historical
information in regards one of the most notorious mills in the country that is
known by residents, workers, historians and researchers to being
paranormally orientated. As you read through the hundreds of paranormal
accounts, you cannot help being drawn into its story. The book contains
informative photographs and documentation along with recent details from
onsite investigations. The book is forwarded by Colin Wilson who is well
known within this subject. The authors Michael J. Hallowell and Darren
W. Ritson must have spent years investigating, researching and
documenting the many paranormal incidents at the mill and surrounding
location. This 240 page book is a real treat for paranormal enthusiasts and
boasts many intriguing, profound and unusual documented incidents.

The Haunting of Willington Mill
The Truth Behind England’s Most Enigmatic Ghost Story

Available at Amazon.co.uk ...Well worth getting your hands on, ... Steve Mera BSc.

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Black Helicopters over Manchester
By Steve Mera.
‘We’ve all seen military helicopters. Be it on TV, an air-show or near military facilities. But one
of the last places you’d expect to have regular sightings is probably in the skies over
Manchester, UK. Well... that’s what I thought’... I WAS WRONG!
On October 2nd 1999 at approximately On October 7th, I contacted Manchester
8.30pm a gentleman called Mr. Steve International Airport and was put
Clark contacted MAPIT with a report through to the Air Traffic Control help
of a Black Helicopter over his house. desk. The woman who answered was
He had been sitting in his lounge informed of the helicopter sightings, the
watching TV when he heard a location, time and helicopter
thunderous noise coming from outside. description. I asked if there was such a
Interested in Aviation and living in the helicopter in the vicinity. She asked me
area of a flight path to Manchester to hold. A minute or so later she picked
International Airport, Mr. Clark up the phone and told me that there had
investigated the strange noise. He went been no such reports of any helicopters
outside and looked up. Directly above in the area, except for the known Police
his house was a very strange helicopter. helicopter. She suggested that it must
have belonged to the Police.
‘This Black

Helicopter was I asked if she could tell me if the Police
helicopter had been in the given
unusual. It looked
location on the night of the sighting. At
like an insect and that she said she could not tell me the
where about’s of the police helicopter
was heavily armed
as reports are not kept and that they
hovering over my were not aloud to give that sort of
information.
house’... Said Steve.
On October 8th, Greater Manchester
He described it as ‘insect looking’ with Police were contacted. The police
bits sticking out of it. Mr. Clark stood officer told me that they to, were not
in his garden watching it for about 2 allowed to give me details of the
minutes, when suddenly the noise of its helicopter’s where about’s. However,
engine seemed to just stop. Mr. Clark the officer said that the sighting could
was amazed at how quiet the helicopter well have been the Police helicopter
had become. A few seconds later the which often operate over Manchester. There are some standard Apache The Apache AH64
helicopter very quickly accelerated out helicopters in the UK, which are attack Helicopter:
of sight over the roof-tops of near by The following day, South Yorkshire associated with military units or Total AH-64A procurement by
the US Army stands at 813
houses, heading towards Sheffield. At Police were contacted, however, the facilities. There are possibilities that helicopters (plus prototypes),
first Mr. Clark could not see any form police officer told me that they would such an aircraft may be conducting a comprising 807 planned
of identification lights, but when it not have any police helicopters over military operation or, could have been pDreosdeurtc tSiotonr mai ractrtraiftti oann d six
started to move away from him he saw Manchester as this is not their area of associated with an air-show etc. No replacements. The US Army
a single fixed white light suddenly operation. They told me to contact known air-shows were scheduled. If a htoo pAeHd- t6o4 Aup+g orard AeH 2-5644 BA H-64As
switch on. Mr. Clark claims he has GMP, which we had already done. standard AH64 Apache had been seen, standard, but this was cancelled
never seen this helicopter before, but it would have had certain obvious isnte 1p9 (9c2o.m Tihnigs awhaesa adn o ifn ttheer immo re
did remark on how much it resembled a All witnesses described a similar Black indicators, such as :- advanced AH-64C/D), with
military helicopter. Helicopter, looking very similar to the mimopdreosvte, mneeanrt-st ebramse d on
Apache AH64, however, some 1. Normal Identification Lighting in Operation Desert Storm
On October 4th 1999, I visited Mr. witnesses mentioned the helicopters association with the Civil Aviation experience. Modifications
included addition of GPS for
Clarke and asked him to attempt to having no tail rotar... Could this have Authority. accurate navigation,
identify the helicopter via looking at been a converted or a prototype version SINCGARS radios, extended-
range fuel tanks, and new rotor
helicopter specifications. Mr. Clark of the AH64 Apache helicopter, 2. The Standard Apache helicopter is blades. TADS/PNVS and the
identified the Boeing AH64 Apache operating in the skies over noisy and is not equipped with NOTAR M230 gun were to have been
modified to improve reliability,
Helicopter as being the nearest. Manchester? . The mystery continued... (No Tail Rotar) Systems. maintainability and accuracy.

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Black Helicopters over Manchester
By Steve Mera
During November 1999, I was lucky The NOTAR anti-torque system gives It had special equipment consisting of
enough to witness the mysterious black superior safety and also the ability to be an AGEMA LEO Gyro Stabilised
helicopter in the skies over Manchester extremely quiet. Those helicopters FLIR / Camera platform under nose,
myself, around 11.30 pm. It had a equipped with the NOTAR system have Microwave Datalink, TRACKER
single fixed white light on its tail and low insurance rates. They have the Receiver, VCR Equipment, Nitesun,
what seemed to be a tail boom, greatest compliance margin of any Skyshout and GPS.
indicating the NOTAR system. It also helicopter yet tested to both the ICAO
had two fixed structures either side of and the FAA Stage 2 noise Eurocopter AS 355 F1 (Single
its body, very similar to the AH64. requirements. The NOTAR System Squirrel) : The Royal Air Force have
Also, there was some large fixtures to consists of an enclosed articulated fan approximately 31 AS 355 F1 Single
these appendages. driven unit by the main transmission, a Squirrel Eurocopters in service. Like
circulation control tail boom, direct jet the Welsh Police Helicopter and the
I decided to make further enquiries with thruster, and vertical stabilisers. Low more recent AS 355 F2 Twin Squirrel
military facilities. Unofficially I was pressure air, forced through two slots Eurocopters that have been seen over
told that there were 6 Black Helicopters on the tail boom, causes the main rotor Manchester, they have a yellow top and
in the UK at that time. Manchester downwash to ‘hug’ the contour of the a dark blue base. The single engine is
Region has two and West Midlands had boom, creating lateral lift that clearly visible. This is today the most
another. The two Manchester Black counteracts main rotor torque. popular sighted helicopter over
Helicopters are more or less identical
except for a small yellow stripe on one
of the tails. Both helicopters have been
seen but not at the same time. MAPIT
Investigator Jeff Dunning had
witnessed the Black Helicopter with the
More Reported Sightings
small yellow stripe, and MAPIT
Lights Then Black Helicopter Investigator Steve Yarwood and his
Over Little Odell,
Bedfordshire, UK family have witnessed the plain Black
Helicopter like myself.
Date: October 13, 2010

Time: Approx: 10:00 p.m. We were told by a military official that
Location of Sighting: Little Odell these unusual helicopters were in fact
Bedfordshire UK.
Number of witnesses: 2 prototypes, (converted Apache AH64
Number of Objects: 2 or 4. helicopters) fitted with an advanced
Shape of Objects: Starry bright
lights. NOTAR System. They are made of
Carbon Fibre and are highly vacuumed
Full Description of Event/
for high altitude flying. Also, that they
Sighting:
are faster than normal AH64’s and very ‘The mysterious
We live in the countryside at
stealthy. The identification markings
Little Odell Beds. About
helicopter sightings
10:00pm on the evening of 1-3 are dark grey in colour so to make it
October 2010, my wife and I difficult to identify, and are fitted with
witnessed 2 or 4 bright lights continued throughout
moving and hovering beyond a Parabolic Sonic Ear Microphones, X-
tree line approximately 1/2 mile Ray Video Surveillance Camera’s, and Manchester, and now they
from our location. As we tend to
get occasional noisy helicopters possibly Infra red and ultra violet were been spotted in the
in the same vicinity at night, we detection. Finally, I was told that the
did not think too much of it at
first, but as there were 2 possibly aircraft are associated with RAF Lucus skies over Stockport as
4 lights and no sound, we had in Scotland and a Ministry of Defence
reason to suspect something well’. Reports came
different. facility in Abbaporth, in Wales. The
above details were also confirmed by flooding in of the unusual
(A large tree blocked our view to
a degree and we were not sure if another RAF military associate of Steve
looking aircraft’...
4 lights or the same two moving Yarwood’s. The Military officer said he
their position). The performance
could supply us with photographs,
continued for approximately 10
minutes. Not sure whether or however, he later changed his mind due
who to contact about this to the sensitivity of the helicopter Knowing your helicopters... Manchester. The Welsh equivalent is
sighting, so we retired to bed.
the Eurocopter EC 135 : This Welsh
However the following morning operations at that time.
at about 9:00pm a black Greater Manchester Police already have Police Eurocopter was commissioned
helicopter landed just beyond the
same trees and stayed with A CID officer in London who wishes to a Eurocopter AS 355 F2. This is part of into service during April 1999. It is
engine running for 8-10 minutes, remain unknown also confirmed the the Air Support Group based at Barton capable of 135 Knots with a 2 hour
I did not think to get its number.
At his point the helicopter rose Black NOTAR System helicopters. He Aerodrome, Barton, Stretford, endurance. I am currently not aware if
and flew off in the NW direction would not comment on why they were Manchester, which was formed on there have been any Black Helicopter
of Bozeat at a height of
approximately 20 feet and being used, nor where they were from. December 7th 1989. This AS 355 F2 is sightings in Wales, even though we
hugging the hedgerows until it He informed me that they had assisted known as a Twin Squirrel which means have been told that RAF Abbaporth,
disappeared. the police on occasion. He was also (twin engined), c/n 5409. The AS 355 which is four nautical miles East North
If you have seen an odd aware of one of the helicopters F2 is now no longer used. It was white East of Cardigan and a suspected
looking black helicopter, in the identification names and some of its in colour with a red stripe down its Ministry of Defence and Government
sky, we would love to hear
from you... specifications. sides. It has since been replaced... Aerodrome and possible British

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Black Helicopters over Manchester.
By Steve Mera
Aerospace Facility is apparently On November 17th 1999, I was discernible high-pitch whine to it either. So,
associated with the Black Helicopters. contacted by a military contact who curious, I went outside. I saw a helicopter
RAF Maps mention a danger area told me that these aircraft were hovering above the house (this is a suburban
area) about, I estimate 100-150 feet, just
known only as (D201) ? apparently 70% American and 30%
sitting there, dead still. Unfortunately my
English. Also, Steve Yarwood’s contact
phone batteries are kaput so I didn't get
On November 3rd 1999, I contacted had informed him that there will be a
chance to take a picture. I remained for
West Midland Police, however, the decrease in black helicopter activity about a minute and a half and then flew off
police officer told me that they knew because of the recent newspaper to the south west. I didn't have my phone for
nothing of a black helicopter. They articles and reported sightings. In an a pic, but I did scoot inside to get some
could only confirm that a standard attempt to let things die down a little. binoculars to get a good look-see, and what
Police Eurocopter is operative in their I saw was definitely not Greater Manchester
area. In 2001 MAPIT was contacted by a Police's air unit. Neither was it, as far as I
The Millennium Bug.
could tell, a civilian craft. it had absolutely
military Captain from a U.S. Military
NO markings what so ever - no registry
The Yorkshire Evening Post Base asking us where we had obtained In 2009 a documentary was
number, nothing. It was also, as far as I released in regards the Westall
Newspaper: On November 11th 1999, I our information on the black
could discern, either black or a very dark UFO Encounter titled:
contacted the newspaper to see if helicopters from and who we were green (could have been a dark blue or very
anyone had reported any unusual black exactly. Needless to say, the dark grey, but against a blue sky it was hard Westall 66’ A Suburban Mystery,
written and edited by Rosie
helicopters. Unfortunately, they knew conversation was short. Through to tell for sure). Jones and produced by Carmel
nothing of black helicopter sightings. research Steve Yarwood located the Mcaloon. The documentary
follows an investigator as he
facility and the name of the officer who Now, I'm no aviation expert, but I am pretty attempts to unravel a 45 year old
Mcdonell Douglas Manufacturers: On had contact us. sure that civilian and law-enforcement mystery. Details of the
aircraft are not allowed to fly around documentary and press kit can
November 12th 1999, I contacted a be found at:
without markings or registrations on them.
friend in the United States to see if he As most will remember, the millennium
So could this be military? If so, what the http://www.westall66ufo.com.au/
could assist my investigation. I asked bug was not a problem what so ever. heck is it doing over this leafy little suburb? westall66ufo/
about Apache Prototypes with fitted There had obviously been some
NOTAR Systems. He also knew concern due to many specialised Puzzled I started researching helicopters to
nothing about them, but said that if we information booklets being posted see what it could be - it had a very
could supply a photograph of the black through our doors informing us not to distinctive tail rotor which I kept in my
helicopter, then he would try to find out panic and what we should do in case of mind's eye. Now, this is what the local police
ND902 unit looks like: And based on what I
some information for us. Unfortunately certain emergencies. There had also
saw - the distinctive tail rotor housing, the
we do not possess a photograph nor been rumours of the military drafting in
large and obvious exhaust at the rear of the
video film as yet... extra assistance just in case there was a rotor housing, the nearest comparison I can
Y2K issue. Of course... There was no find is this, a Gazelle AH1:
It is extremely difficult to say that these problem, but was the extra presence in
black helicopters do not exist as I have the sky due to the Y2K bug? Who However, what I saw a squarer nose and
seen one myself along with three other knows? As we got into the year 2000, canopy, more akin to something like an
Apache, but about the same height and size
MAPIT associates and family more unusual sightings came to light,
as the Gazelle above. But from what I read
members. I find it interesting that but this time... Something different.
the Gazelles have all been retired. So now I
several witnesses from differing Again black unmarked helicopters but
am stumped. If it was military, why use a
locations can all identify the black this time looking similar to the Gazelle
retired craft and why have no markings or
helicopters as Apache AH64 look-a- AH1. A detailed sighting follows: insignia at all? If police, the same applies. If
likes. Some people theorise that the civilian, the above still applies but can you
black helicopters are government even buy ex-army hardware like that? And if
owned and are kept secret as not to civil OR military, why would it be stopped
dead over a suburban area? I thought I'd put
alarm the public. Some believe that
this out there for anyone who knows about
they were associated with the presumed
helicopters or has any experience in such
Y2K bug problem. Greater Manchester
matters to be able to offer any ideas. The
Police have stated that the Eurocopter is
only thing I can say with certainty is that the
to help with the increase of crime over tail rotor housing of the Gazelle is spot-on to
the holiday period, and was apparently what I saw.
given the name ‘Operation Thunder’,
however, the name has since been Since the shelving of this case,
changed to ‘Operation Santa’. A less ‘I'm not one to usually post such things, but information has been passed to the
alarming name and seasonally suited. just had an odd experience that I thought I media in regards how many special ops
would pick your collective brains about. If helicopters are currently used in the
there is a better forum for this than here,
The black helicopters exist, as to who UK, however at the time of
mods feel free to move. I live in a suburb of
they are, and what they are doing investigation everyone we contacted
Manchester, UK, and I was just sitting at my
remains unknown due to total denial by desk, working away, when I heard a denied their existence. Since 2001 their
all expected to know, such as the Civil helicopter outisde the house - but a very odd has been a decrease in sightings of
Aviation Authority, Greater Manchester -sounding one. I'm more than used to our black helicopters over Manchester.
Police, the Ministry of Defence and local police chopper, which is an MD902 Why such helicopters were in the
Military Facilities. Could we be Explorer and has a very bassy chop sound, vicinity remains unknown along with
receiving information in regards a new with a heavy turbine whine. But this sounded the true identification of the mysterious
prototype aircraft? If so... It’s just a very...I can only say "thin", no real bass to NOTAR helicopter that looked like an Special Thanks to Steve Yarwood
the sound at all, and no distinctive "chop", for his assistance with this
matter of time before we get a photo... just a thin rumble. There was no real Apache AH64... investigation.

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