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20 MAY 1977 – TOWNHILL, SWANSEA

Mrs Vivienne Gammon, of Ely Gardens, Townhill, Swansea glanced out of the window of her aunt’s home in Gwynedd Gardens, Townhill at about 9 PM and saw two unidentified flying objects, hovering in and out of a cloud.

“One of them was flat like a plate and the other was long and oval. They gave off a glow like a lighthouse and kept bobbing up and down.”

To reassure herself she wasn’t imagining things, she called her aunt, Gladys, who confirmed that there was something hovering around up there in the twilight.

“We then called her neighbour, Mr Graham Noel and the three of us went outside and watched the objects until they disappeared ten minutes later.”

Swansea coastguards came up with a theory to explain the sighting: two Boeing 747s passing each other and reflecting the setting sun’s light. But the objects were hovering for over ten minutes.

Source: South Wales Evening Post Saturday 21 May 1977.