List of paranormal events reported in Wiltshire, England

Wiltshire has a long history of association with paranormal activity, having an unusual number of ghost sightings,^[1] UFO sightings,^[2] Crop circles ^[3] (with as many as 80% of the UK's crop circles being found in Wiltshire ^[4]) as well as a number of stone circles, including Stonehenge, which themselves have a strong association with paranormal activity and occultism.^[5] Salisbury plain has long been used for testing experimental aircraft, and the presence of Porton Down has led to comparisons being made to Area 51, which also could lead to similar explanations for UFO phenomenon with experimental military craft being misidentified as UFOs,^[6] it is also worth noting many of the crop circles have been proven to be hoaxes.^[4] Wiltshire is noted by the 'paranormal database' as having the highest rate of ghost sightings on its roads of any county in the UK, with founder of the database Darren Mann stating that 15.4% of ghost sightings reported to the database come from Wiltshire ^[7] ^[8]. Like much of the UK, Wiltshire has folklore and reported sightings of big cats^[9] and ghostly black dogs ^[10], with Wiltshire having more black dogs myths than any other county in England ^[11] some of which are described as evil, whilst others are described as benevolent ^[11] ^[12].

Date	Location	Description	Source
Various	Chapmanslade	Various sightings and stories can be found around the "dead maids crossroads" which are supposedly haunted by a black dog and a dead woman.	^[13]
Various	Malmesbury Abbey	Malmesbury Abbey is said to be haunted by the ghost of a monk.	^[1]
Various	Longleat house	It is said that Longleat house is haunted by the ghost of Alice, the young daughter of the then marquess of Bath who died in 1847 at age 11 of tuberculosis	^[14]
Various	Avebury/Red lion pub	The Red Lion pub in Avebury is considered one of the most haunted pubs in the UK, with five different ghosts being said to live in the building going back to the 17th century	^[15]^[16]
October 1888	Aldbourne	While returning from business in Portsmouth, Reverend H C Lambert, Vicar of Baydon, encountered a headless spirit which he believed to be the ghost of a local man named Dore who had committed suicide.	^[17]
September 1972	All Cannings	The resident of a cottage in the village saw a woman in green, or grey, appear in the corner of their room.	^[1]^[18]
2011	Box Tunnel	Workers inspecting the tunnel claim to have seen a wailing woman who disappeared in front of them.	^[19]

UFOs and Crop Circles

The following is a list of reports of encounters and sightings of UFOs and related phenomena, it is worth noting in 2009 the MOD shut down its UFO special desk as it was considered a low priority and many reports could not be verified or had mundane explanations:^[20]^[21]

Date	Location	Description	Source
25 December 1964 – 1980	Waminster/Cley hill and surrounding areas	Beginning with a sighting by Mrs. Mildred Head a huge number of UFO sightings would be reported, with peaks in the summers of 1965 and 1966, this would later be described as the "Warminster thing", a number of different descriptions for the object itself where reported including "cigar shaped" and looking like "red hot pokers".	^[22]^[23]^[24]^[25]^[26]
1960s-1973	Warminster	Newspaper editor Arthur Shuttlewood who had previously been sceptical of the sightings claims to have seen as many as 800 UFOs in the Warminster area.	^[27]
1976	Cley hill	David Kingston claims to have seen UFOs make a crop circle while on a night walk	^[28]
1996	Stonehenge	a crop circle appeared near Stonehenge that seemed to display a Julia set.	^[4]
15 February 1997	Westbury	Object landed near the Westbury White horse.	^[29]
26 February 1997	Near Marlborough	Low flying green object with a tail.	^[29]
12 April 1997	Warminster	Metallic disc with a diameter of 15–20 meters.	^[29]
7 May 1997	Calne	Triangular object making a buzzing sound followed the witness.	^[29]
21 May 1997	Bradford-on-Avon	Loud, blue flashing lights.	^[29]
9 June 1997	Calne	Bright cylindrical object.	^[29]
22 June 1997	Malmesbury	Large orange object flying vertically.	^[29]
3 July 1997	Swindon	Green balloon shaped objects.	^[29]
11 July 1997	Swindon	Lights flying in circles	^[29]
20 July 1997	Marlborough	Low flying static orange orbs.	^[29]
2 August 1997	Wootton Bassett	Very bright round white object.	^[29]
3 August 1997	Swindon	Vertically moving cylindrical object.	^[29]
12 August 1997	Corsham	Two Triangular objects.	^[29]
26 August 1997	Trowbridge	Small circular object with red and green lights.	^[29]
4 October 1997	Chippenham	Dark flat object	^[29]
5 October 1997	Salisbury	High flying Triangular object with red and green lights	^[29]
25 December 1997	Froxfield	Large possibly burning disc shaped object	^[29]
5 January 1998	Calne	Large elongated object, described as larger than a Hercules	^[30]
14 January 1998	Calne	White and green cylindrical object.	^[30]
2 June 1998	Melksham	Two distant red objects seen.	^[30]
25 June 1998	Warminster/Westbury	A flying saucer	^[30]
3 July 1998	Bradford-on-Avon	Grey coloured oval object	^[30]
9 September 1998	Trowbridge	Bright lights, bright enough to be seen through curtains	^[30]
14 September 1998	Salisbury	Low flying car sized yellow luminous object	^[30]
10 November 1998	Salisbury	Red/Green star like object	^[30]
16 November 1998	Marlborough	Vertically moving white flaming object	^[30]
17 November 1998	Chippenham	Colourful shooting star like objects	^[30]
8 June 1999	Marlborough	Private pilot reported a colourful circular object making rapid movements	^[31]
11 June 1999	Salisbury	Rotating reflective object	^[31]
12 July 1999	Wiltshire	Three orange objects in a line	^[31]
19 September 1999	Marlborough	Fast moving, car sized, tubular object	^[31]
9 October 1999	Calne	Two lights seen moving rapidly	^[31]
10 October 1999	Foxham	Singular bright light	^[31]
17 December 1999	Swindon	Two bright white objects seen making circles	^[31]
28 December 1999	Swindon	Fast moving circular object.	^[31]
5 January 2000	Wootton Bassett	Singular object that changed colour from white to green-orange.	^[32]
3 February 2000	Melksham	Four large orange objects flying in formation.	^[32]
27 July 2000	Salisbury	Triangular formation of objects	^[32]
2 December 2000	Stonehenge/Salisbury	Bright green and blue flashing sphere.	^[32]
14 February 2001	Salisbury	Triangular red and purple object.	^[33]
3 April 2001	Chippenham	Pair of bright red lights.	^[33]
June 2001	West Wiltshire, Trowbridge	Multiple Witness' describe a slow moving bright light flying overhead.	^[2]
15 September 2001	Swindon	Vertically moving bright white object	^[33]
28 July 2002	Near Salisbury	Bright red light	^[34]
26 June 2003	Melksham	Silvery white object	^[35]
16 August 2003	Amesbury	Flying saucer	^[35]
24 September 2004	Devizes	Fiery ball coming down from the sky	^[36]
24 September 2004	Swindon	Silent orange disc	^[36]
2005	Lockeridge	a man claims to have seen three metallic craft flying over a field.	^[27]
10 February 2006	Marlborough	Hovering light that changed from red to orange to green and blue.	^[37]
2007	Boscombe down	A stationary very bright light	^[38]
3 February 2007	M4/Swindon	An object with a green halo fell from the sky	^[38]
28 June 2007	Swindon	A UFO was seen for a short time	^[38]
5 September 2007	Wroughton	An object was seen that was said to resemble an object during re entry	^[38]
5 September 2007	Wootton Bassett	Arc shaped object with 10-12 white lights	^[38]
6 October 2007	Trowbridge	A Bright white light followed by 20 flickering orange lights	^[38]
2008	Wroughton	a crop circle appeared which seems to show the first 10 digits of pi.	^[39]
9 February 2008	Ashton Keynes	20 slow moving orange lights.	^[40]
4 July 2008	Wroughton	White triangular object	^[40]
20 September 2008	Calne	Five silent bright orange/pink objects	^[40]
10 December 2008	Devizes	A small fast moving golden coloured orb.	^[40]
2009	Silbury hill	An off duty police sergeant reported seeing 6 ft tall blonde figures in all white making a crop circle and hearing an electric crackling sound before the figures disappeared	^[41]
1 January 2009	Chippenham	A UFO sighting was reported.	^[42]
13 February 2009	Bradford-on-Avon	An orange orb was seen flying in a deliberate manner.	^[42]
22 February 2009	Swindon	80 bright lights where seen flying.	^[42]
26 February 2009	Malmsbury	Two objects where seen shining light horizontally above the clouds.	^[42]
4 March 2009	Swindon	Various star shaped lights where seen.	^[42]
4 April 2009	Swindon	a large orange object was seen flying over RAF Lyneham.	^[42]
5 April 2009	Swindon	a peculiar object was seen.	^[42]
12 April 2009	Swindon	Four glowing objects where seen changing direction and brightness	^[42]
14 June 2009	Wroughton	a Black disc like object was seen flying over crop circles near Barbury Castle	^[42]
27 June 2009	Swindon	12-13 orange lights flying in a line	^[42]
24 August 2009	Swindon	Three lights forming an isosceles triangle which made no sound seen flying.	^[42]
29 August 2009	Lyneham	Orange lights seen following each other	^[42]
1 October 2009	Chippenham	Lights seen in sky.	^[42]
31 October 2009	Westbury	a bright circular light seen.	^[42]
11 September 2016	Swindon	a resident saw and reported to the police a UFO in the sky and Alien in their living room.	^[43]
20 September 2016	Salisbury	a resident woman claimed to have been abducted by Aliens.	^[43]
May 2017	Cley hill	a local resident spotted and filmed a UFO flying over the hill.	^[44]
19 August 2017	Cley Hill	Frome resident Jeremy Le Fevre Spotted a green and red object flying over the hill.	^[44]
13 August 2018	Cley hill	Objects where spotted flying in a line over the hill.	^[44]
5 April 2019	Chippenham	a resident man claimed to have been abducted by Aliens.	^[43]
10 October 2019	Trowbridge	a resident reported a UFO sighting	^[43]
17 January 2021	Chippenham	a resident informed police than an ex friend had knowledge about aliens.	^[43]

List of paranormal events reported in Wiltshire, England

UFOs and Crop Circles

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