Wing Commander Alan TurnerAn ex-RAF Wing Commander who was a chief operator of the RAF’s radar system for 29 years has revealed how he and up to 30 colleagues tracked a fleet of high speed UFOs as they raced across the skies.

Wing Commander Alan Turner spoke of an incident which dates back to 1971, he says that 35 super-fast craft appeared on radar in perfect formation and traveled silently at impossible speeds across part of southern England. The unidentified craft were able to climb from 3,000ft to 60,000ft at speeds of up to 300mph.

“I instantly knew this wasn’t a convoy of military planes.” he said.

“The only craft with that rate of climb were supersonic lightning aircraft but they wouldn’t have been able to hold such a perfect formation.

“They also make a lot of noise.

“No one heard a thing on the night in question.”

Wing Commander Turner, who is an MBE, was ordered by Ministry of Defence top brass never to speak of what he had seen that night. He will be guest speaker at the Close Encounters conference in Pontefract, West Yorks, next month.

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In 1808 a mysterious sea creature was washed up on a beach in Orkney. The monster carcass, which many say resembled a Nessie type creature, has been partly preserved and now bone fragments are going to be tested to establish exactly what the legendary beast really is.

Stronsay Beast

Some marine experts have speculated that the beast may have been a Basking Shark, but with a carcass measuring 55ft it would have to be an exceptionally large Basking Shark. Looking at drawings made of the beast, it was said to have a long neck like many other sea monsters around the world and there have been obvious comparisons with that other Scottish cryptid the Loch Ness Monster.

Yvonne SimpsonNow geneticist Yvonne Simpson, who has been studying the creature for seven years, believes she can extract DNA from recently found bone fragments given to her by a private collector. She will be sending the samples, if successful, to a Florida based laboratory that holds a shark DNA database.

“At 55ft long this would be an unusually big basking shark, and it’s far more likely to belong to another member of the shark family.” She told reporters.

Parts of the Stronsay Beast are still kept on display at Royal Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.

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John ConwayExperts from the West Midlands Ghost Club are planning a paranormal investigation of Dudley’s spooky canal tunnels.

John Conway, the club spokesman, explained:

“Much emphasis has been put on the ghostly history of this site over recent years, however, this forthcoming visit will actually be the first serious investigation being carried out by an independent research group.”

“Our investigations are purposefully carried out in a purely objective, no-nonsense manner – casting off all of the New Age bunkum and pseudo-scientific trappings,” added Mr Conway.

“We have no interest in either proving the existence of the paranormal or disproving it. We also do not endorse the use of psychics or mediums.”

The ghostbusting team will be patrolling the creepy tunnels from 20:00hrs until midnight on Friday 5th September, where they will be recording any strange goings on.

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Beast of Cannock Chase?Several witnesses have this week reported sightings of a mysterious beast on Cannock Chase that appeared to be a large black cat.

Trainee teacher Matthew Horeton described how the beast ran out in front of his car as he drove past the German War Cemetery.

“I saw something large and black dart out in front of my car about 50 metres in the distance,” Matthew said.

“At first I thought it was a deer, but as I got closer to the place it had disappeared. I saw something moving in the undergrowth.

“It was smaller than a deer, but it had a large black tail and was sort of slinking through the bracken.

“There was no way it was an average cat - it was much too large.”

Another witness, wishing to remain anonymous, gave this account.

“As I was driving back to the town from Rugeley I definitely saw something moving from the fields into the woods,” the person said.

“I was a fair distance away as I came over the brow of the hill, but this thing was not a deer. It moved in a slow and unhurried way. It was very low to the ground.

“I drive through the Chase regularly and I have never, ever seen anything like that.”

The Chase has a long history of beast sightings, among other strange occurrences. Earlier this month The Morningstarr* reported on the strange disappearances of family pets on the Chase, and the theory of subterranean stone age men prowling the area. The latest reports seem much more likely than cavemen, wildlife experts now agree that wild big cats are simply a part of the UK countryside. Big cats have been released or escaped into the wild over a number of years, Neil Arnold from Kent Big Cat Research had this to say on the subject.

“It’s time the public, especially sceptics, realised that large exotic cats are nothing unusual in the UK countryside any more - and that the only mystery is that they’ve become a mystery,” he said.

“These animals haven’t recently been released, but a steady influx of animals from private collections and travelling menageries over time has resulted in today’s populations.”

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Stig of the DumpCannock Chase in Stafford has long been a hotbed for prolific sightings of unusual beasts and apparitions. For years witnesses have reported seeing alleged werewolves or ape-men at the local beauty spot, and the mysterious creatures are being blamed for missing pets and discovered animal carcasses.

In the past claims have been made that the area is being stalked by anything ranging from a British Bigfoot, escaped big cats, ghosts, aliens or even werewolves. But this week a supposed “expert” in the Cannock Chase phenomena has suggested that the mysterious pet disappearances and the sighting of large hairy beasts isn’t a Yeti or a lycanthrope but is in fact a subterranean stone age man.

The unnamed expert, who wishes to remain anonymous, backs up his claim by citing the vast underground tunnels below Cannock Chase which are remnants of centuries of mining in the area.

What he doesn’t explain is how the “cavemen” got to be in these tunnels. Were they always there living underground and the mining disturbed them? Or have they traveled in time like the fictional modern day caveman Stig of the Dump?

Nicholas Duffy, spokesman for the West Midlands Ghost Club a group of paranormal investigators based in the West Midlands with a substantial history in paranormal investigations, has plenty of experience of visiting the Cannock Chase area and has had lots of correspondence with witnesses of unusual happenings on the Chase. He told The Morningstarr* that the latest theory is laughable drivel and simply “the inane mutterings of a particularly silly bloke”.

Duffy’s expert opinion is that the events on Cannock Chase don’t warrant any serious investigation and the stories are being sensationalised by local press. Perhaps it will take the alleged corpse of a subterranean dog thief being photographed in a hunter’s freezer before the world really takes any notice of our anonymous “expert’s” theory.

If you have any information on the Cannock Chase beasts e-mail us at newsdesk@morningstarr.co.uk

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Following Wednesday’s news story that two hunter’s in America were planing a press conference to announce the discovery of a Bigfoot in Georgia, The Morningstarr* is disappointed to report that the conference was far from enlightening.

The two men making the outrageous claim that they had the body of a Bigfoot in their freezer were Matthew Whitton and Rick Dyer. At the press conference they failed to deliver any compelling proof, despite claiming to possess a corpse of one of the legendary cryptids the two men didn’t produce a scrap of physical evidence to prove it’s existence. Not even the DNA sample they seemed so proud of.

All the men did show the room full of press reporters and photographers were an old video of an alleged Bigfoot sighting, and alleged DNA results taken from the mysterious hairy corpse. Even these DNA reports were vague and useless, there is no DNA data bank to compare the samples to all they can tell us it what the creature isn’t. If it even does actually exist.

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Hot on the heels of the police allegedly filming a real life chupacabra, two hunters in Northern Georgia, US, have announced that they’ve got a Bigfoot in their freezer.

A press conference has been announced at Cabana Hotel-Palo Alto, California, for Friday 15th August, where Matthew Whitton and Rick Dyer claim to have photographic and DNA proof that the thing in their freezer is in fact a legendary cryptid, The Bigfoot.

The body of the creature, also known as a sasquatch, is reported to be 7′ 7″ tall, weighs over 500 pounds, is male with reddish-brown fur or hair and walks upright like a human. The hunters claim to have seen a group of these creatures, all walking around upright. I think it’s safe to say if the body in the freezer does turn out to be a sasquatch, the reason it’s not walking upright anymore is because it’s been killed by the hunters. Surely a creature this rare should be on a protected species list?

The only available photograph at present is this one which Searching For Bigfoot are saying is genuine. The truth will out on Friday, watch this space.

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…on video.

Police in Texas have released video which some claim shows the legendary “chupacabra” or “goat sucker”. The chupacabra is a cryptid creature with it’s origins in Mexican folklore. The name is derived from the Spanish words for “suck” and “goat” as it’s believed by some to attack livestock and drink their blood.

Last year a woman in South Texas captured a creature she said was responsible for killing and drinking the blood of some of her livestock. The creature was a strange dog-like animal, with an elongated snout.

Today a video has emerged which was shot by a Texas Police patrolman’s dashboard camera, it clearly shows a strange dog-like creature with an elongated snout and a peculiar walk. It has been suggested that the mystery of the chupacabra is finally over and the goat sucker’s true identity has been revealed.

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Pygmy GoatA spate of goat decapitations in Florida is being linked to the voodoo practice of Palo Mayombe.

Nine decapitated goats have been discovered recently in the Fort Walton Beach area of Florida, experts have confirmed all the goats were killed by human hand and the method used is linked to the animal sacrifice practiced by followers of the Palo Mayombe faith.

Palo originates from the Congo basin of central Africa where many slaves were taken from and relocated in Cuba. The faith is a mix between traditional African pagan religions and Catholicism, and involves many elements of black magic to summon spirits to for curses or charms.

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A tourist to Lake Tahoe in the US has revealed this startling picture which he claims shows a “leprechaun-alien”.

Leprechaun

Lloyd Deneau, 41 from Florida, says he was just taking a picture of the forest scenery and didn’t realise he had caught the mystery midget creature until later.

“When I took the picture I’m sure there was no one there,” he said.

“It was only when I downloaded it on my camera that I saw it.

“I showed it to my friends and family but no one can explain it.

“My kids coined it the leprechaun-alien.”

He added: “I have a military background and don’t really believe in aliens, but I can’t explain this.”

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