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18 MAY 1998 – COCKETT, SWANSEA

A retired Swansea manager is looking for a logical explanation after experiencing a close encounter. Jeffrey Parsons, aged 68, is baffled after spotting a silent, silvery object with bright flashing lights fly over his home at around 4.30 pm on Monday.

At first he thought it must be a helicopter but the flying object was silent and surrounded by bright, glaring white flashing lights.

A call to Cockett police station later revealed it was not a police helicopter. Mr. Parsons, of Aiden Drive, Cockett, said: “I was entertaining business guests when I spotted the object flying from the Fforestfach area towards the north of Kilvey Hill. I am a logical person by nature, but I have never seen anything quite like this.

Retrired Mr. Parsons said he did not tell his guests of the strange experience in case they thought he was mad. “I am sure there must be an explanation for this,” he said.

“I would like to know if somebody else saw this strange object” asked Mr. Parsons today.

Source: South Wales Evening Post 20 May 1998.