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Landing in the Ardennes, October 1954
The first page of a gendarmerie report regading the landing of a UFO - and an encounter with its occupant - at Villers-le-Tilleul, in the...
cherskiylowlevel
Mar 24, 20246 min read
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The curious case of Rennie Lever
November 1942, and Warrant Officer R. Lever and his crew from No.61 Squadron, RAF Syerston, encounter not once, but twice during the same...
cherskiylowlevel
Mar 4, 20241 min read
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Growing up with UFO!
Okay, so it's not "growing up with UFOs", more like the UFO TV series of 1970... but if you're happy with my nostalgic ramblings about...
cherskiylowlevel
Oct 31, 20232 min read
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Sample chapter from "Dawn of the Flying Saucers"...
The following sample chapter comes from my forthcoming book "Dawn of the Flying Saucers", which deals with aerial UFO encounters between...
cherskiylowlevel
May 24, 20229 min read
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Quatermass II (1955): A Flawed Gem
Title and writing credit for the first episode of Quatermass II, written and performed live on the BBC in October and November 1955. It...
cherskiylowlevel
May 9, 202214 min read
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The Quatermass Experiment (1953): An Incomplete Masterpiece
The title card for the first of six episodes of the BBC TV serial "The Quatermass Experiment", devised and written by Nigel Kneale to...
cherskiylowlevel
May 7, 202210 min read
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Death of a Superfortress...
The crash site of B-29 Superfortress 44-62276 can be found on the col below Beinn Thairsuinn, some 2.5 miles west of Lochgoilhead. The...
cherskiylowlevel
May 3, 20226 min read
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"466 pages? How do you do it?"
Someone recently asked me on Twitter how I manage to write something like "Flying Saucer Fever". I'd be lying if I said it was easy,...
cherskiylowlevel
May 2, 20223 min read
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Sure, of course the Russians have advanced drone technology...
When the reports of UAP swarms around US Navy vessels were hitting the media last year, some were only too keen to write the objects off...
cherskiylowlevel
Apr 20, 20221 min read
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Another one in the bag....
The "Unidentified Aerial Podcast" logo, designed by my good friend Dan Zetterstrom (The Zignal). Well, Dave Partridge (editor of Shadows...
cherskiylowlevel
Apr 16, 20221 min read
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Drama? On #UFOTwitter? Surely not?
See if you can spot me in this cast photograph for the Little Theatre's production of "Allo' Allo'" (based on the hugely popular BBC TV...
cherskiylowlevel
Apr 16, 20222 min read
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How did I get into UFOs?
People often ask me how I became interested in UFOs... so here's the story behind the fascination. I was reading from an early age - I...
cherskiylowlevel
Apr 16, 20222 min read
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"Add a catchy title", it says...
Sometimes, less is more. My aviation books have fairly straightforward titles. I prefer to let the research and content speak for itself....
cherskiylowlevel
Feb 3, 20221 min read
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It's not the same as it once was...
Yes, that is a German Army anti-tank missile launcher, carried by MBB 105 helicopters. A friend received it as a present from one of the...
cherskiylowlevel
Nov 20, 20212 min read
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UFO!
How cool looking are these? (Totally impractical for space battles, though - I mean, just one missile and then you're out of ammunition?)...
cherskiylowlevel
Nov 18, 20211 min read
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Right, where's the coffee and the matchsticks?
On the other channel, it's "Watching Paint Dry"... sounds appealing! If it wasn't for HR4350 being voted on, there's no way I would have...
cherskiylowlevel
Nov 18, 20211 min read
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It's suddenly snowballing...
You can add more names to this list of co-sponsors now! ...and it's not even snowing yet (at least here in Northumberland). Just when...
cherskiylowlevel
Nov 17, 20211 min read
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SA3867 becomes SA4593
Here it is in black and white - the revised amendment, now sponsored by Kirsten Gillibrand, Marco Rubio and Martin Heinrich. It has...
cherskiylowlevel
Nov 16, 20211 min read
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International Space Station Safety
Is the ISS under threat from space junk? Of course. Many of you will have recently read about the Russian anti-satellite weapon test that...
cherskiylowlevel
Nov 16, 20211 min read
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Do I Miss Working Full-Time?
When I'm not researching or writing, I use Northumberland as a playground. This is Simonside, near Rothbury. When I tell people I took...
cherskiylowlevel
Nov 16, 20211 min read
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