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14 SEPTEMBER 1972 - CRUMLIN

(15 September in the first reference)

Late evening a disc was sighted above the lower shoulder of a hill, Cefn Manmoel parallel to the Oakdale-Crumlin Road.

It was watched by several witness, one of whom was Robert Philips who viewed the object through a telescope. He said it looked like an 'inverted soup bowl with dark rings underneath it which appeared to be spinning.'

He called the police and several uniformed officers attended the scene, who confirmed the sighting.

Sgt. Clive Williams described the object as an orange circle in the sky that changed its shape to a cone, and moved away rapidly when an aircraft flew overhead.

The duration of the sighting was 60 minutes.

Source: The Dragon and the Disc F. W. Holiday 1973 page 216; www.prufospolicedatabase.co.uk citing Flying Saucer Review Vol. 18 No. 6.