In the wee hours of Christmas 1964, more than 30 people experienced weird sounds and apparent mayhem on their rooftops in the village of Warminster, England, and at the nearby military base. You might be tempted to blame it on Santa Claus, but the phenomenon became known as the Warminster "Thing."
Strange things continued to happen in Warminster, a town just over 15 miles from Stonehenge, in the new year. In February 1965, an entire flock of pigeons suddenly died. The following month, three families heard loud noises coming from above their houses, their roofs and windows shaking with the force. And in June, the Warminster residents began to see unidentified objects flying through the sky.
Residents who witnessed the UFOs gave wildly differing descriptions. News of the "Thing" drew notoriety to Warminster for years, but no plausible explanation has ever been found. Read about The Warminster "Thing" at Mental Floss.
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