Margaret Fry
UFO investigator - meet granny Margaret Fry Last updated:
21 July 2007Grandmother of nine Margaret Fry from Abergele is the co-founder of the Welsh Federation of Independent Ufologists.When you think of a UFO investigator your image is probably of Mulder and Scully from TV's X Files, writes Nick Bourne from the Web Team. Well, think again. She decided to help set up the organisation to turn the amateur enthusaist into a seasoned professional of UFO
investigation.By linking up enthusiasts from across Wales, Margaret and her fellow investigators are able to pool their research and cross reference sightings to monitor any links or similiarities between UFO cases.They can undergo training in research and investigation techniques to ensure all work is collated to a particular standard.
But where do they start?
Most enthusiasts watch the local media to see if any reports are carried in the local press. They then follow up the stories and begin their own research. For time-served investigators such as Margaret, whose name is widely known among the local community, they sometimes become the first point of contact when someone wants to report a sighting or a perceived phenomenon. Margaret has been living in North Wales for more than two decades. But she began her hunt for answers to UFO sightings nearly 40 years ago when, as a young mum living with her family in Kent, she had an alien encounter.
Margaret maintains an alien craft landed in her town and was witnessed by many other locals in July 1955. Since then she has investigated thousands of sightings and is a firm believer in alien life. In North Wales she is joined by a group of volunteers from varied, but often professional backgrounds. Among them is a retired police officer and a chemist and between the group they investigate reports of UFOs in North Wales. Their work has become easier over the years with a willingness among the wider public to accept that there might be other life in the universe. And so the calls come in. While people might be willing to consider that aliens exist, few want to speak publicly about their experiences. So sometimes the ufologists many receive the briefest of reports only.
HELP! I've just seen a UFO
Last updated: 06 November 2007From the files of UFO investigator Margaret Fry. Plus, read contributors' own sightings...
Some witnesses are reluctant to give many details when they contact local members of the Welsh Federation of Independent Ufologists. Co-founder Margaret Fry believes people need to tell someone but are reluctant to be identified. Take these brief outlines of cases reported to the UFO investigators:The circular UFO - Monday March 19 2001, 0710 hoursUFO seen from Prestatyn over the skies of Gronant and Talacre.
The caller reported the UFO glowed red and white in colour and was circular in shape and hung motionless in the sky for five minutes before darting off, changing to white in colour.
The silver craft - Friday September 6 2001, 1230 hoursUFO sighted 300ft from the ground over a wooded area at Kimnel Manor, near Abergele. Seen for only a few seconds, it was described by the witness as silver in colour and cigar-shaped. The craft appeared to have dark swirling waves of light or material moving over its body in a clockwise direction.Six UFOs in one hour - Thursday October 18 2001, 2000 hours
Large UFO observed at Prestatyn in the direction towards Abergele. It was star-shaped, green and red in colour, and appeared to be darting back and forth. Then, what appeared to be a halo-shape, appeared under the UFO in a white-grey colour. From nowhere five smaller star-like objects were then seen in the vicinity of the other craft. After an hour, the UFOs vanished. Prestatyn police were informed, but no-one else had reported any sightings.
