Cambridge U.F.O. Group

There have been several UFO research organisations in the Cambridge area over a period of many years. In the 1960s and 1970s there were two organisations in Cambridge called the Cambridge UFO Society and the Cambridge University UFO Research Society. Both of these groups were members of the BUFORA. The late Carol Kingsland-Christy (pictured to left), who was Secretary in the early years of the group and was Honorary President until she died in January 1996, formed the present CUFOG in March 1993.

CUFOG exists to promote interest in, and research of, UFO and related phenomena especially in the county of Cambridgeshire. To further these aims, CUFOG supports a small research and investigation team, which are currently studying a number of UFO reports from different parts of Cambridgeshire. Some members of the group are also investigators for BUFORA. Members of the group have been interviewed about UFOs a number of times by BBC Radio Cambridgeshire and the Cambridge Evening News, and occasionally by Q103fm radio and more recently Red TV.

Although UFOs are thought of as a modern phenomenon, if fact UFO reports can be traced back many centuries. One of the most famous of these early reports are the events seen over Nuremberg, Germany around dawn on 14^th April 1561. These events were portrayed in a famous woodcut, which is shown here.

The Cambridge UFO Group was an Associate of the International Committee for UFO Research (ICUR) and works closely with the main UK national UFO organisation, the British UFO Research Association (BUFORA). CUFOG has also in the past worked closely with the Northamptonshire UFO Research Centre (NUFORC). Most activities of CUFOG are currently suspended although there are still occasional private meetings of the members.

UFO Reports from Cambridgeshire

There have been many UFO reports from Cambridgeshire and surrounding areas over many years. CUFOG as part of its research and investigation activities has been searching out earlier reports as well as investigating new reports as they occur.

The earliest report held by CUFOG concerns sightings of a strange airship over the Cromwell Street area of Peterborough in March 1909. In November 1962 a hazy white object was seen over Cambridge at about 21:30.

At 2:50pm on 16^th October 1976, Mrs. Kathy Tribe reported two stationary lights over the city of Cambridge. She observed these gently floating in the same place for about three minutes before they suddenly moved off in different directions at great speed. An individual report from a single witness without any obvious special knowledge, seeing two objects in the distance is not usually considered very important. However…

At 11am the same day, a teenager was travelling in a van with two of his friends near Warminster. Looking out of the window they saw what were later described as two, metallic looking, spherical, objects. The witness and his two friends thought the objects were stationary over a small village in a valley. Could these three young men have seen the same objects a couple of hours before Mrs. Tribe?

But, it gets better!

At 2:50pm on 16^th October 1977 - that is the same time on the same day exactly one year later than Mrs. Tribe’s report - an object was reported over Cambridge airport. It was seen coming from the southwest. At first the witness thought it was an aircraft. The radar control officer who was on the runway at the time said he thought the object was approaching too fast and not on the usual approach line. It passed overhead then returned, turned a half circle, started to rotate then left at high speed.

There have been many reports from Cambridgeshire both before and after the incidents mentioned above. Over the past couple of years there have been a number of reports of strange lights seen in the night sky from the Newmarket area, but these have turned out after investigation to be light shows from local nightclubs.

One area of interest is around Harston, on the A10 between Cambridge and Royston. There have been a number of reports from this area over many years. Although there is evidence that some of these might be due to atmospheric effects this does not account for all the reports. Areas like Harston where there are repeated reports of UFO phenomena are of value to researchers. A similar area exists in Northamptonshire, which is under investigation by NUFORC . Further information about these light phenomena can be found here.

Forthcoming Meetings

Meetings start at 8pm and last until approx. 10:30pm. All those interested are welcome to attend; a small charge (£2) is made to cover costs. Whilst it is not anticipated that the content, date or venue for any advertised meeting will be altered or cancelled CUFOG reserve the right to do so. Unless otherwise stated, the opinions of speakers do not reflect the opinions of CUFOG or its officers.

Dates for 2005 (subject to confirmation)

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	No public meetings are currently planned

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Date of last update 7 July 2005