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What became known as the Warminster UFO Flap took place in the middle of the 1960's.
The decade of peace and love was in full swing, Beatlemania had started to take hold, and satellites that could be seen with the naked eye were roaming the globe.More importantly, the infinite possibilities of space and the cosmos were beginning to take hold of people across the globe. For the first time, people were beginning to believe that there might be someone out there, and rapidly advancing space travel ignited the imagination of millions. In the sleepy town of Warminster, things were changing too. Indeed for many years after the UFO Flap, things took a long time to get back to normality. In his book the Warminster Mystery, Arthur Shuttlewood, described in great detail the unprecedented flurry of sightings in the town.  Furthermore, he had no doubt that the objects were of alien origin. In another of his books, Warnings From Flying Friends, he states: "I have conclude that these machines are not of this earth." Woven into the tapestry of the decade, perhaps the developments in Warminster were not so weird after all. |
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