Haunted Skies Volume Seven:By John Hanson and Dawn Holloway

In this volume, there is impressive diversity in the huge age range of accounts and cases with many accounts by more than one witness. This latest installment in the best and most comprehensive account of UFO cases also feature some of the key moments for the subject as an additional accompaniment to the largest edition of this series to date. 

There are contributions from highly respected researchers and presenters such as Malcolm Robinson and Jenny Randles and once again, we can see John and Dawn methodically and carefully review cases, returning wherever possible to not only interview witnesses but also the original investigators where ever possible.

This includes the debate to recognise the international awareness of UFOs, with the United Nations council meeting to debate the subject and set policy. This involved leading authors of the time such as Dr. Jacques Vallee and Dr. Allan Hynek, who brought an abundance of analytical and new classification category proposals to this global discussion. We don’t just have pilot accounts, as Gordon Cooper, the Apollo mission astronaut, also joined the ranks of witnesses, investigators and researchers whether at sea, in the air, from outer space or dry land.

Haunted Skies also includes a visit to Elsie Oakensen, who passed away very recently and her iconic accounts of a craft of unusual shape and the repercussions that were to follow after the initial encounter.

Humanoids appearing in every manner from invasive and terrifying to curious, enlightening and benevolent beings are explored in increased detail in parallel to cases of the most stunning and unusual UFO formations and shapes. When you read Volume 7 of this series, it makes you wonder how even today, the media and arts still revert to the single ‘saucer shape’, as even Kenneth Arnolds sighting back in 1947 were not discs and purely an expansion of a  reporting misquote.

Many theories abound on the origins of all the unusual sightings, but this is where this edition is fascinating. Whilst investigators such as Jenny Randles were driving for ever more demands for the scientific analysis of the phenomenon, my own organisation (BUFORA) also witnessed the resignation of some members during this time that had decided that UFOs were of demonic in origin and a wish to return to their Christian beliefs and leave this challenging subject altogether. This included one of the lead investigators of the Welsh Triangle sightings and encounters that were covered extensively in Volume six. The well documented nights in Rendlesham Forest on the famous events of 1980 should not be viewed in isolation, as in this edition of Haunted Skies; we find local accounts of UFO’s in close proximity to the twin airbases and all over the East Anglian they reside in. These events of strangeness with unexplainable UFOs are a fascinating prelude to the famous case.

There are repeat sightings of the now retired Concord supersonic plane being shadowed by a UFO on more than one occasion and other sightings by pilots and passengers within typical domestic flights. The experience of another police officer, Tony Dodd, leads to another non-civilian witness joining the quest for answers to high strangeness cases. Interwoven amongst the many key cases (some previously unseen) Haunted Skies charts the UFO reaching parliamentary debate level in the U.K. when Lord Clancarty also lead a debate on the issue. He was the most senior politician to be an advocate to a more open debate and study of the whole UFO spectrum. 

This was a matter once again raised by Baron Hill-Norton, who believed the subject, in respect of many cases covered by Volumes 1-6 of Haunted Skies, needed to be taken far more seriously. With excellent original drawings, professional illustrations and accounts, Volume 7 of Haunted Skies tells the stories of ordinary people witnessing extraordinary events in this largest edition to date. John and Dawn have been our special guests at the 50th anniversary BUFORA conference held in 2012 in London. Buy volume 7 and you will see why the British UFO Research Association endorse the continuing work of these dedicated authors.

Matt Lyons

Chairman

British UFO Research Association

March 2013