Case ID | #394 |
Title | AUGUST 1991 – CRAY RESERVOIR, BRECON BEACONS |
Location | CRAY RESERVOIR, BRECON BEACONS |
Tags | Sighting UFO Lights Orb |
Date | Thursday, 1st of August 1991 |
Exact date in August not known - ignore '01' in date panel.
11.50 PM.
After what had been a scorching summer's day, Brian Harry was driving a
truck from Brecon to Swansea with a friend, Robert Griffiths, a primary
school headteacher, who had come for the trip. At 11.50 pm they were
driving along the A4067, passing a farm at Cnewr, known as Dirk's farm.
Without any warning, they saw a massive orb of light over the Cray Reservoir,
which lay in the valley the other side of the farm. It gave off an
eerie, yellow light which illuminated the whole area like day. Sheep and
cattle were visible in the fields around, and did not seem affected by
the phenomenon. The orb was several hundred feet in diameter, and had a
circumference of bright orange light, like a ring, the centre part was a
deep orange-purple colour.
Brian drove on about half a mile
while looking for a safe place to stop. Parking in a lay-by, both men
got out of the truck to have a better look. By this time, five smaller
orbs had emerged from the large one and spread to hang over the whole
reservoir, each one still joined to the large one by a filament of
'energy'.
Brian had a feeling that they were drawing some sort
of energy from the reservoir, and could feel a mild warmth from them.
There was no sound from the static objects. The witnesses did not see
the smaller orbs emerging, as their view was partly obscured by pine
trees while looking for a parking place.
Brian had a definite
feeling that there was an intelligence controlling the object/s and that
the entire event was 'orchestrated'. Furthermore, he had a feeling
that it had been cautious and was 'sussing things out' before projecting
the smaller orbs. The whole area for miles around was illuminated. No
cars passed them for the whole 8 minutes, which was timed from when they
first spotted the light.
Without warning, all six objects
blinked out as if someone had simply switched them off, and as they
disappeared a flash of light spread across the ground for miles,
starting at the central point, the location of the objects, the same
colour as lightning, a silvery white.
There had been no effect on the truck's engine for the duration of the sighting.
Shortly after the event, a car appeared on the road from the Swansea
direction. Both men were gob-smacked and could not explain the encounter
in rational terms. Brian drew a sketch of the UFOs, shown here.
Source: Presentation by Brian Harry at SUFON meeting, 28 July 2015 and interview by Emlyn Williams 31 July 2015.
Case last edited: Mon 8th June 2020 23:34 PM