Editing MUFOB ARCHIVE/02 1966 MUFORG Bulletin 01 (section)

== CAPPOQUIN SIGHTING – SIMILAR OBJECT SEEN OVER LIVERPOOL ==

An important UFO sighting, with photograph, was recently brought to the attention of the British public by aviation historian Mr [[Charles Gibbs-Smith]].

A friend of his, Miss [[Jacqueline Wingfield]], with a Miss Mortensen, was driving along a road near Cappoquin, Co. Waterford, on December 26th, 1965. The weather was perfect with a clear, blue sky. The time was between 3.15 and 3.30 p.m. Miss Mortensen suddenly saw a strange object moving steadily across the sky in front of them. The car was stopped and a photograph taken and later successfully developed. The object was round in shape and had a solid, metallic appearance. There was a large plume of flame-like brightness trailing behind it.

In the Liverpool Daily Post of January 28th, a letter from a Mr [[C.F. Campbell]] was published. Mr Campbell claimed to have witnessed an object similar to the Cappoquin one, and on the same day. The object was also seen by five of his children. They were walking on the Knowsley Estate, near Liverpool, “sometime after midday”. The object “eventually went away in a SSW direction, climbing from a height of about 8,000 – 10,000 feet”. Visibility was excellent and the object was observed for some three or four minutes.

[[Alan Rawlinson]], Hon. Secretary of [[MUFORG]], telephoned Mr Campbell to request an interview. Unfortunately, Mr Campbell declined to be interviewed, but said he was willing to answer queries by telephone. He said that the object appeared to be hovering at first, moving up and down for about two minutes, then it moved off, moving against the wind. It appeared to change colour from greyish to reddish.