Little Rissington UFO incident
The Little Rissington UFO incident was an encounter in October 1952 between a Gloster Meteor and three unidentified saucer-shaped objects over Gloucestershire.
Position
Encounter
On 21 October 1952 in the afternoon,
Flt Lt Swiney reported the sighting of the three saucer objects to his Ground Control at RAF Sopley, and abruptly cancelled the training flight.[1][2] Lt Crofts asked whether to pursue the three objects, but Flt Lt Swiney declined. The three objects crossed over the Meteor's path, from left to right (starboard). The objects remained on their starboard side. In a fraction of a second, the objects disappeared.
Radar reports
ATCC Gloucester (RAF Staverton, now Gloucestershire Airport next to junction 11 of the M5) confirmed the three objects that the pilots had seen. Two Meteor F.8 aircraft of RAF Fighter Command were scrambled to intercept the objects. The objects were heading east at 600 knots. The fighter aircraft did not make contact with the objects.
The RAF Southern Sector, based in Wiltshire, had detected three objects entering their airspace at 3,000mph.
Publicity
The incident was covered in the edition (Ep 1, Season 23) of
See also
- Cotswold Air Show
- Reported UFO sightings in the United Kingdom