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with these views, the mundane could start to look magnificent and once you tell people you’ve seen something incredible in a spot, because of the power of suggestion, others can convince themselves that they’ve seen something unexplainable too. During my time investigating the


Alien or everyday? one of the pictures drawn by the witnesses THIS SATURDAY (Feb 4)


marks the 40th anniversary of one the most curious, fascinating and potentially otherworldly incidents in Pembrokeshire’s history. It was a normal, run-of-the-mill


Friday for the students and teachers of Broad Haven Primary School. That was until morning break at 10.30am when a football game was rudely interrupted by an incredible sighting in the field behind the school. 14 children saw an object in a


marshy part of the field; the object was described by the children as being a yellow, cigar-shaped craft. Not only that but the children also claimed to have seen a creature around the craft; a creature decked head to toe in silver. Amazed by what they saw, they


told the teachers (who were all inside the school at the time) about what they had seen in the field. Then- headmaster of the school, Ralph Llewellyn, was initially sceptical of the children so, the following Monday, put them under exam conditions and asked them to write an account and draw what they had seen in an effort to discover once and for all whether or not the children were just imagining the outlandish sighting of that fateful February Friday. The children then handed to


him virtually identical pictures of both the craft and the silver-decked


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creature. That, coupled with the written accounts, was enough for Mr. Llewellyn, who quickly became a supporter of the children and accepted that something out of the ordinary had happened that could not be easily explained and should not be dismissed as childhood flight of fancy or deception. But - the plot thickens; it wasn’t


just the children who had an encounter with the paranormal. Just days later, a teacher and three canteen staff would have a sighting of their own. Fearing ridicule or simply terrified because of the nature of what they had seen, this sighting would not be widely publicised or even discussed by those involved for many years. Some have tried to explain this


remarkable series of events: to some, what the kids saw was as mundane as a nearby sewage farm, farm equipment or even an experimental USAF aircraft - the silver-clad figure a workman, a farmer or an airman in protective clothing. The reason why no adults saw it at first was because, being a rural community, we all become blind or pay no attention to farming equipment in a field or a sewage farm we’ve seen every day. But to a younger mind, unfamiliar


paranormal in Pembrokeshire, I was lucky enough to cross paths with a few of the now-grown children, they talk about those events with such clarity and so earnestly that it’s clear that they’ve gone over those events thousands of times and some are utterly convinced that what they saw was unquestionably extra-terrestrial in origin. I caught up with one of the


school children, Dave Davies, to ask him what his thoughts were on the sighting of the craft 40 years later: “There are a number of equally viable


hypotheses for the origin of these vehicles and until we eventually find conclusive evidence one way or another, I’ll keep an open mind. There is no doubt whatsoever that a number of sightings involve man- made craft and I’m drawn to this explanation with regards to the recent wave of triangular UFOs. Some UFOs however cannot be so easily explained away. “On a more personal level I would


say that in accepting that we might not be alone in the Universe after all, I find it impossible to see any logic or reason for all the petty squabbles we take part in as a species over race or religion, so I do like to think that the experience made me a better person free of the nonsense of prejudice or intolerance.” We may never truly know the full nature of what happened on


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Open minds and close encounters


Friday, February 4, 1977, a discreet MOD investigation turned up nothing afterall, but it began a year of extra- terrestrial frenzy; world media would descend upon our quiet county all with an eye for the alien. More sightings would follow


shortly after, from silver-clad beings peering through windows of remote farmhouses to reports of rocky islands opening whilst alien craft descended into the bowels of the earth. And so the legend of the Welsh Triangle was born; a legend I heard countless times whilst growing up; a legend that started one normal Friday in February when schoolchildren went outside to play ball. To mark the special occassion,


the Swansea UFO Network is holding a Welsh Triangle 40th Anniversary Conference in Broad Haven from 10am to 5pm this Saturday, (Feb 4).


Scene of the sighting: the schoolchildren show a BBC reporter around the scene Forgetful drunk interfered with vehicle ON MONDAY (Jan 30) at


Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court, a man from Saundersfoot appeared to face a charge of interfering with a vehicle. Andrew Price, aged 29, of


Westfield Court, pleaded guilty to the charge. Prosecutor Miss Morgan said:


“The victim is a 70-year-old lady who looks after her 85-year-old uncle, who requires constant care throughout the day and night. “On August 9, she parked her car


in the street and left it, and did not leave the house. On August 10, she went outside to walk to town. She turned around as she had changed her mind about what route she should take, and noticed glass near her vehicle from a smashed window. “She was upset and couldn’t


believe that someone could do that to her property, and wondered what to do. She opened the boot and closed it straight away, and called the police.” Miss Morgan continued: “She told her uncle, who was upset for


her. When the police turned up, they examined the car and showed her that wires had been ripped from underneath the steering wheel, and a house brick was inside the vehicle. “She told the officers that the


brick did not belong to her, and she – of course – did not give anybody permission to do this to her car.” Miss Morgan explained that it


was a very old N-reg vehicle, which she relied on heavily to help her uncle and go to church. Due to the age of the car, the insurance company wrote it off and gave her £350 for the damage, £100 of which she had to pay in excess. Miss Morgan said: “She was one


month without her car and had to stay with her uncle in that time. She said she felt trapped and could not afford to buy another car, but a friend had lent her £2,000 to buy a new one. “She said she feels saddened


how someone could disrespect her property in this way, and said she is lucky to have such good friends.” When interviewed by police, Price


gave no comment to the questions he was asked. He was told that there was blood inside the vehicle, and when asked if he had any twin brothers or could explain why it was there, he said no comment. Defence solicitor Michael


Kelleher said: “Price, unfortunately, had a few drinks and has no recollection of the incident. He pleaded guilty to the offence, and didn’t put the lady at inconvenience or mental torture of coming to court, and accepts responsibility for his actions – even though he can’t remember.” Probation officer Julie Norman


said: “Price was heavily intoxicated at the time of the offence. His family had received news that his father was diagnosed with cancer and this caused him to relapse.” Magistrates imposed a 12 month


community order, coupled with a 25 day rehabilitation activity requirement and 150 hours of unpaid work. He must also pay £500 compensation to the victim, £100 court costs and £85 victim surcharge.


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