UFO lands in Suffolk, and that's official, said the news of the world.

But what really happened across two nights in December 1980,

when US servicemen saw mysterious lights in Wendlesham Forest

and claimed to have had a close encounter with an actual alien craft?

Encounters, a new podcast available exclusively on Wondry Plus, takes a deep dive into one of the most famous and still unresolved UFO encounters to ever take place in the UK, featuring shocking testimony from first-hand witnesses, journalists and senior military personnel, hosts, journalist, podcaster and UFO researcher, Andy McGillan,

that's me, and producer, L Scott, take us back to the nights in question

and examine all of the evidence and conflicting theories about what was encountered in the

middle of a snowy Suffolk forest 40 years ago.

I'm podcast producer L Scottott and I've always been intrigued

by that question. You know the one. Are we alone? The Wendlesham Forest encounter is often

described as the UK's Roswell and does seem pretty unexplainable. But what actually happened

back in 1980?

If like me, you're curious, come with us on this series

and be prepared to question everything.

Here's a preview of episode one.

Hello and welcome to Encounters. I'm Andy McGillan.

And I'm El Scott. And this is a show that investigates that which is so frequently dismissed.

I'm talking, of course, about UFOs.

UFOs indeed. And as the name suggests, we'll be deep diving into the most compelling UFO encounters history has to offer to figure out as best we can what it is we have been witnessing all these years.

But why are we doing this and why now?

Well, whether you're new to UFOology like me or more down the rabbit

hole like Andy, we want you to be as clued up as you can be. And that way, if governments

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