Arthur Shuttlewood
British journalistand ufologist (1920–1996)
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Arthur Shuttlewood (1920–1996) was a British journalist, author and ufologist.
Shuttlewood was born in 1920 in Chelmsford, Essex.[1] Shuttlewood moved to Warminster in 1940, and served in the Grenadier Guards and the Air Ministry Constabulary.[1]
He was significantly responsible for Warminster becoming a centre for UFO sightings from 1964 onwards.[2]
He had five children.[3]
Shuttlewood died in Warminster in 1996.[2]
Role in Warminster thing sightings
Originally a skeptic, Shuttlewood would become convinced of the Alien origins of the UFOs reported in Warminister in 1964 after hearing the statements from witnesses[1][4] and after directly seeing a UFO himself from his own window in 1965. [5] The authenticity of his early reports are questionable as he exaggerated and misattributed several sightings.[6][1] In 1965 a local factory worker called Gordon Faulkner would take a photo of what he believed was a UFO and gave it to Shuttlewood to "do as he seemed fit", Shuttlewood would hand the photo over to the Daily Mirror, who would give the sightings national attention and solidifying the name "Warminster thing"[6][2]. BBC west would produce a documentary titled "Pie in the Sky" in 1966 bringing further attention the sightings, after which Shuttlewood began writing books about UFOs and his experience with them[2], around the same time Shuttlewood would begin organizing Sky-watching events trying to see UFOs.[6] In 1976 The Fountain Journal , a bi-monthly magazine focused on local sightings [6] and run by The Fountain centre, would launch under Shuttlewoods patronage, however after the first three issues, fights with Shuttlewood and Margaret Tedder-Shepherd, co-owner of the Fountain centre, would lead to the magazines editors Peter and Jane Paget shifting into a more generally new age style, focusing less on UFOs and experimenting with sci-fi stories, in an attempt to find alternative sources of revenue. News of the world planned to write an article on The Fountain Journal in 1977, however due to finical difficulties the magazine was shut down before the article could be published after making 11 editions.[7][2][6]
Publications
- The Warminster Mystery 1967, Neville Spearman
- Warnings from Flying Friends 1968
- UFOs: Key to the New Age 1971
- The Flying Saucerers 1976, Sphere
- UFO Magic in Motion
- More UFOs over Warminster 1979, Arthur Barker
- UFO's: Visions of a New Age 1981, Inner Light