Paranormal: The Village That Saw Aliens

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Sian Eleri delves into otherworldly mysteries.

Sian Eleri delves into otherworldly mysteries - from Britain's most haunted house to a village visited by aliens. She’s about to uncover extraordinary true stories. Or is she?

The Village That Saw Aliens

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Sian Eleri

Rory Jackson

Hannah Horan

Jo Hughes

Amy Quant

Agata Mastalerz

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Nathan Carr

Thomas George

Paranormal: The Village That Saw Aliens: Episode 1

Episode 1

BBC Three - Paranormal, The Village That Saw Aliens, Episode 1

Sian Eleri tracks down the schoolboys whose reports of a UFO encounter sparked everything.

Sian Eleri delves into reports of the biggest mass UFO sighting in Britain. Her first mission is to track down the schoolboys whose 'alien' encounter in west Wales triggered it all.

It’s 1977, and 14 schoolboys from a village in west Wales make headlines around the world after they claim to see a UFO in the playground. The media frenzy is fuelled by the fact the boys had been placed under exam conditions and asked to draw what they saw. All depict a large silver craft with eery similarities. But their 'close encounter' is only the start. It triggers a wave of unexplained phenomena along the coastline.
 
Digging out reports about the schoolboys, natural sceptic and Radio 1 presenter Sian Eleri feels compelled to find out what really happened. She heads to the seaside village of Broad Haven, where it all began; her first mission is to track down the boys. She’s soon in deep, managing to trace the original drawings and chasing leads on the lads. But will any of them speak to her after all this time?

There’s a breakthrough when Sian tracks down the case files of original investigator, Randall Jones Pugh. They’ve been locked away for more than 30 years – until now. She’s struck by first-hand accounts of how petrified the boys were. And the case files themselves come with a caution. Randall dropped the case when something spooked him.

Sian tests other theories - did the boys see a military craft? Was it a playground joke that went too far? But things take a chilling turn when Sian meets a woman who was at the school at the time and is still haunted by it all. She’s clear it wasn’t just the children who saw something… And Sian’s about to find a tape of a new witness who takes the extraterrestrial encounters to another level.

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Sian Eleri investigates a UFO sighting by schoolboys in a Welsh village

A UFO sighting by 14 schoolboys in a Welsh village triggers a wave of reports of close encounters and claims of Britain’s biggest mass sighting. Sian Eleri investigates.

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