Ipswich Man, Martlesham

I am very pro the idea of alien visitation, I would love it. What I hate is a bunch of lay hysteria caused by a few charlatans writing books, encouraging people to interpret things they can't immediately recognise as an alien spaceship. A UFO is just that - something unidentified.

James McGowan, Ipswich

Sometime back in the late 70s I was with a group of friends late in the evening in Castle Hill rec in Ipswich when we watched two bright objects high in the night sky. They were heading towards each other then they suddenly changed course and move away from each other and that was that. We thought it must be planes on night excise (as Wattisham & Bentwaters were still operational then). The incident was seen by others and reported in the local Evening Star. Wattisham and Bentwaters said there were no planes in the area that night, so were they UFOs???

Will S, Ipswich

For over 2000 years strange things in the sky have been reported and documented. If you accept that only one person in all that time was telling the truth then U.F.O's do exist.

Plumb Out, Bedfordshire

There's no such thing. You're all insane

Miss Sceptical, Bunwell

I think UFO's do exist!! They must do somewhere, maybe out in another galaxy far away. But hey like they said in the film CONTACT; "If it is just us, it certainly is a waste of space..." and maybe they're just like us, wondering if there's anyone else out there.

Jemma, Ipswich

I saw a UFO about 12 years ago over the fields in Acton near Sudbury, I was a young teenager at the time. It came across about the same height as a balloon would be. It was orange and circular and made no noise but I was quite scared. I told my mum and dad about it the next day but they didn't believe me. I still cant work out what it was. My mum suggested it was a balloon but it was silent and it had a constant glow. If some one could exaplin this to me in conventional terms I would be greatful.

Abbie Thoms, Ipswich

I believe that ufo exist, how can they not exist with all that space????

The man, Seattle

This year I have decided that the only Unidentified Flying Objects have found their way in the back of the goal behind Sereni or Marshall down Portman Road.

Colin Hunt, Norwich

In reference to the last post: Your friend Oliver may be an alien, but it sounds to me like he may have "Gone Banobo" or reached a constant state of satisfation. The thing moving about in his garden is merely his old self. He was more than likely abducted by aliens and they taught him of Banoboism.:0)

His Queen, Norfolk

I believe my friend is from another planet his name is Oliver Gardiner. He lives on elmcroft road in Ipswich and he has this thing in his garden. I've seen it move and sometimes its not there and there's big black burned circles on the floor so Ithink he's an alien.

Kieren Lewis, Ipswich

On Christmas eve of 2001, my husband and i went for a drive, we saw a UFO hovering above us, it was circular with red,white and blue lights around the edges of the craft. Quite amazing!

His Queen, Norfolk

My friend is from another planet his name is Oliver Gardiner, he lives on elmcroft road in Ipswich. Once he showed me his real form and it was the uglyest thing I have ever seen. He even gave me a ride in his spaceship. He said he comes from a place called Beta Pictoris.

Stuart, Ipswich

I've come to the conclusion that we must be doing somthing terribly wrong what with all these UFO's arriving and then shooting off into space again. They don't even bother to say hello! I mean, they are not even visitors, more like passers by! They take a quick peek and no sooner have done so they feel the need to get the hell out of here again!

Her King, Norfolk

Last night I think I saw a ufo an alien spacecraft fly above my house. It was shaped like a pryamid, it was amazing. After 10 minutes it shot away into space.

Nick Mann, Ipswich

With reference to ET visiting: If you believe in ET then maybe the following could be of some use. What makes you think ET would help an ape descended life form at this stage in its civilisation? I mean, what have we done for the apes so far? I'll tell you what we've done, we have without regard helped ourselves to the natural resources of which it would base itself in. ;)

Her King, Norfolk

Aliens exist, it would be impossible for all stories to be a lie. Nuff said.

Daniel Partridge, Ipswich

With reference to Richard Davies reply to Mark Murphy, that something fell off something. I was metal detecting a couple of years ago at Gedgrave near Orford castle,I found an unusual object that I believe, fell off that UFO. It is a metal hollow cube with a circular aperture in each side, inside is a perfect sphere with no way in or out but free to move within the cube.  Has anyone a better idea?       

Ken Willcox, Great Bealings

I am still investigating my UFO experience in 1982 which has been very well publicised via many forms of the media. If anyone in or around the Sudbury area saw anything in late sept/oct 1982 I would love to hear from them. Anything you saw or wish to tell me will be treated in the strictest confidence. All I want is answers as to what happened to me on that evening.

Ros Reynolds, Little Clacton

I sure hope we can find life and new places to live in space. At the rate we are overpopulating, polluting,and ruining this vibrant planet next generations will no doubt need extraterrestrial help to find room to roam.

So please, ET call home and invite your friends to visit, our part of England and Earth is a great tourist location.

Mandy, Orford

On August 31st, 1980 at 10.40 pm., I, along with my wife and daughter saw a gigantic triangular shaped object fly
over our home. The underside of the objects perimeter was lit by evenly spaced brilliant blueish white lights.

Underslung and at the rear was a pulsating orange/yellow light, which could be seen when the object approached and from the back as it dissappeared into the distance. There was no sound as passed slowly overhead and because it was low and so big, I felt as though I could reach up and touch it.

I saw this object over the Henley Road area, a friend saw it over Kesgrave and someone I met in 1991, saw it over Norwich Road (near Tooks Bakery). I have seen and heard Vulcan bombers, but this thing was much larger and conclude that anything that can fly that low and not make a sound or that slow and not drop out of the sky is either some top secret plane or not of this world!!!!!

Anonymous

I am a firm believer in the existence of extra terrestrial life. I can never claim to have seen one or heard of any totally concrete proof but its just really arrogant of us as a species to think that we are the only 'intelligent' life form in existence. With all those millions upon millions of stars and planets out there, there has to be life.

Graham, Sudbury

Four or five years ago I saw a very strange purple ball of light moving across the night sky in a very weird way near Framlingham. I just dismissed it as a fast moving aircraft even though it did seem to change direction too suddenly. I didn't tell anyone else about it for ages and now I suppose I'll never know what it was.

Paul, Woodbridge

I was walking along one night back from a banquet with Lord and Lady Foster of Manor Wood, and I saw a bright light appear not 100metres away in the sky. For some reason I was attracted towards this light, I couldn't help it, it was almost as if I was zombiefied. I got there, and I can't remember much else, except now I am left with a scar across my right buttock, that could only be described as some sort of alien tattoo. I am very shaken 'til this very day, and have lost some of my prestige due to this event, and people not believing.

John Penning Smythe, Norwich

Yes, life beyond the Earth must exist since we are in no position to prove otherwise. We live as one of the Earth's many life forms - a fact, so how could we discount any potential life somewhere else in space. We Earthy humans seem to have an distasteful arrogance or self appointed high status about our importance in the our big picture. I suspect our big picture is a mere speck upon the canvas of space.

Not that long ago in the Earth's history, educated humans "knew" or where sincerely convinced the world was flat and one could sail right off the edge into the abyss. With no tangible proof by any scientific standard of our modern day many still believe in one form or another of a God. As religion aids some to focus or understand this strained notion, seeking UFOs or evidence of life beyond Earth is a similar process to understand yet another notion which can not be proved, yet should not be fully discounted.

The popular show The X-Files coined two great phrases "trust no one" and "the truth is out there". Combine these two principles and you get - seek your own truth, don't bank on someone else's version of any notion pro or con no matter what their so-called expert status is since they are only a human like yourself. Happy UFO hunting!

Tommy Alexander, Wangford

The biggest UFO incident in the United Kingdom occurred in our county. RAF Bentwaters / Woodbridge was a busy US Air Force military post when several serving members witnessed close up UFO activity. The whole affair was covered up.

Years later the incident still comes up in books or interviews about that December night. How strange the US military built up this base with millions of dollars to prepare for the new top of line F15 fighter jets, then on short notice closed Bentwaters base and diverted all F15s to RAF Lakenheath, which had no pre-build up or infrastructure investment for the new F15 mission.

Why such a radical turnaround? Did the confirmed UFO incident or others not released to the public shake US confidence to use Bentwaters base? Why else would so much money be wasted with a hasty change of plans. I wonder, what haven't we been told. Could our region be a UFO magnet?

Mr. N Wilson, Lakenheath, Suffolk

I have never been fortunate to have seen anything in the skies around Suffolk despite living here for around 25 years, that said I do believe that alien life is already here. At the end of the day can you trust any government to tell the truth about a matter which is the biggest story of all time after all they lie to us every day about simple things like taxes, so politicians have no credibility in this matter.

The other big loser in this story, if it were to ever get out would be the church, it could torpedo some of our most profound teachings in regards to the bible. The truth is out there but it's up to people to get to it because there are figures in authority with a great deal to lose who will stop at nothing to deny everything.

Richard, Brandon

How can we be the only intelligent life. I believe that UFOs exist.

Alex Thomas

As a life-time researcher into the UFO phenomenon and the author of two books (UFO Quest and UFO Visitation) on the subject I find the sceptic's explanations on the Rendlesham incidents bizarre to say the least. Something, which comes under the umbrella of UFO-related matters, definitely happened at Rendlesham which was not of this world. Strange events have been going on there ever since as I know from personal experience. The sceptics were not there but they cheerfully call those who were liars and fools.                      

Alan Watts