| 词条 | Draft:Frank A. Russell (Biggleswade) |
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In 1957, Biggleswade was the UFO capital of Britain. Close encounters were reported by scores of eyewitnesses, with terrified drivers and curious school children all saying the same thing: a series of lights would flash in the sky for about four minutes, before suddenly shooting off in a shower of sparks. Newspapers sent journalists from far and wide, the British Government began investigating and space-age home guard patrols were established in the event of a full-scale invasion. The origin of these lights was much more terrestrial – the back garden of a bungalow on Holme Crescent, Biggleswade. The owner of the bungalow was Frank Russell, a welder by trade, with a side-line in hoaxes. Frank had heard that Biggleswade’s local officials were trying to get more people to the town. By the end of 1957, the whole town was talking about these strange objects. Newspapers were coming to Biggleswade from far and wide to report on the phenomena. Even papers across the Atlantic were talking about this small town. The mystery went on until the Biggleswade Summer Fete in 1958. Frank revealed the story in a letter to the local paper (apparently, even his wife didn’t know), and his UFOs joined the parade. The same newspapers reported it, as a ‘joke from outer space’. Referenceshttp://www.thecomet.net/news/biggleswade-new-monument-pays-tribute-to-little-known-ufo-hoax-1-5549733 https://www.coasttocoastam.com/article/uk-ufo-hoax-gets-monument/ http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/destination_atlantis |
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