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7.30 AM.

Mrs Maria Parkin got up at 7.30 am, as she had formed the habit of feeding birds in her small back concreted yard. Hundreds of sparrows and tits would wait in the two large oak trees just over the wall and in her rear neighbour's garden. When she went out today, everything was deadly quiet and there were no birds.

Curious, she walked down the path, when very slowly what she could only describe as a slim gold bar about 3 to 4 ft long, with blunted ends, came from behind the oak tree and slower still passed in front of the second oak tree, and still very slowly it moved off towards the busy Wellington Road, which is full of shops and then on towards the direction of the sea. See following day for more.

Source: 'Link To The Stars' Margaret Ellen Fry 2009 page 69.

Location on map is approximate.