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July 1976. Oakenholt, Clwyd Wales, UK

THE SUNDERLAND FAMILY ENCOUNTERS- Part 1 Jenny Randles & Paul Whetnall Another UFOIN report. Classification data: July 1976 Oakenholt, Clwyd, N. Wales CE3 A, Psycho, TR Level A

THIS is, potentially, a most important case. Already it has been the subject of a 48-page report by the authors (on which this account is based). Further work is inevitable, and UFOIN is planning this (with the assistance of Peter Warrington, who is to use his talents for site analysis). The story revolves around numerous events in a little Welsh village a few miles from the English border, and 11/2 miles east of Flint. Principally these are two close encounters of the third kind, which are said to have happened independently to a young brother and sister (although within a short space of time and distance). Associated with these are many subsequent events, including three other close encounters. Primarily these occurred to other members of the same family (including adults), but there are also events involving a girl who was an original CE3 witness. The story is as fascinating as it is complex, and we can do little more here than provide a survey of the major points. Indeed new events are said to be occuring continually, even this report should only be regarded as a statement of the current position. Synopsis In July 1976, it is claimed, both Gaynor Sunderland (then 9) and her brother Darren (then 8) had encounters with landed UFOs and occupants within less than a mile of each other, and their home in the village of Oakenholt in the Welsh county of Clwyd. These stories were not related to their parents until March 1978, from which point an investigation has been under way. Since that time it has been learned that Gaynor daims several other LITS encounters (before and after the CE3), and her experiences have continued during the course of the investigation (including a CE1 with animal inter-ference). Apparently she has also had psychic exper-iences, and believes that more is yet to corne! Damen, however, daims no further sightings, but his parents (particularly Mrs. Marion Sunderland) do daim encounters, two of which must be regarded as CE1 incidents (involving psychological and electro¬magnetic effects). In addition, other stories of strange phenomena have been recorded in the immediate area during the course of the investigation. Location Oakenholt is surrounded by farmland and is close to the Clwyd coast. The estuary of the River Dee is immediately adjacent, while to the south, in the direction of the sites of the main encounters, is a ridge of hills which rise in places to 1000 feet. To the east is the industrial and steel town of Shotton and the border with England overlooked by the ancient city of Chester. Much of the immediate area is rural and sparsely populated, and abounds with local tradition. Wat's Dyke passes by to the SSW, in the direction of the main incidents, and within a mile or so of them (see sketch map of area). The Trigger In March 1978 there was considerable publicity in the United Kingdom for the imminent release of the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind. One day Mrs. Marion Sunderland (in her thirties, a mother with five children) was reading a story about it in the local newspaper; she had no more than a general knowledge of the subject. Damen, then aged 10, asked her what a "close encounter of the third kind" was, and she told him to the best of her ability. He then announced quietly that he might have had one of these, and proceeded slowly, and in bits and pieces, to tell his mother of an experience he claimed had occurred in July 1976. At this moment Gaynor, then 11, was out playing. She came in briefly at one point and heard her brother talking. She ridiculed him, which was apparently uncharacteristic, and made jibes about "little green men." Then she went out again. She heard only a few moments of Darren's story. A while later she returned indoors and waited until Darren had gone out and she could be alone with her mother. She then told her, sheepishly, that she had had an experience (in July 1976), and this she related in detail. She said that she had been afraid to tell anyone about it because she knew it would. not be believed, and because she had also had a deep inner feeling that she should not tell. However, when Damen was telling his story, she got a "picture in her head" that now was the tirne to tell her mother. Mrs. Sunderland was unsure what to do. She had dismissed Darren's story as imagination, but she knew Gaynor to be totally unimaginative and certainly not prone to telling lies. Also, despite the fact that at

no point had the two children bee together alone, there were consistencies in their staries (most notably the date). Puzzled, she immediately called Darren back, separated them, and queried them both in detail independently, and obtained drawings. The consistencies made her most intrigued, plus the fact that bath were so matter-of-fact about things, and insistent that the story not be told to anyone in the area because they did not wish to be laughed at. Darren's story He daims that mid-afternoon on a sunny day, just after the school holidays had begun mid¬July 1976) he was walking down a fairly quiet lane known as Coed-On Road. His attention was attracted to a glint of silver in a field, and he went to the road¬side to have a Gloser look. In the field was an abject on four tall legs. Basic¬ally it consisted of an elongated silver "oblong"

with a kind of tailpiece associated with aeroplanes at one end. On top was a large round dame the surface of which was made up of tiny square windows. There was a kind of periscope atop this, and a coloured cross in the centre of the dame. On the silver rirn (the "oblong") there was a central line of black "writing" and a row of small windows on the edge opposite to that with the tailfin. Emerging from the "ship" and reaching towards the ground were five or six wires. These were attached ta blue bulbs on top of pales about 3 feet high. There were also five or six "men" who were walking around "like cripples" and seemingly very angry. They carried "guns" that had masses of buttons on them, including a blue one which when pressed released a red ray. They seemed to be attempting to destroy the bulbs, but to no avait. This fuelled their anger. They were jumping up and down apparently with rage.

Darren's alleged sighting, based on his sketches LEFT: The "UFO" RIGHT: "Man" and "gun"; "animal"

The men were about 4' 10" tall and were like human beings, except that they had angular bodies and just a few wisps of hair sticking up. They wore mottled silver tops and green trousers (not unlike clothing worn in certain series of Star Trek? JR and PW). One of the men seemed so annoyed that he went up to a bulb and hit it with the butt of the gun. It went out and the rest suddenly looked overjoyed and started to do the same. All but one bulb was extin-guished and they simply left that one on. A central ramp came down from the ship and suddenly a bizarre creature moved down this. It was not unlike a dinosaur, with a green body and red neck. In place of ears it had long floppy cheeks. One man made a growl, and with a sad expression the animal turned around and went back up into the craft. The next phase of the observation concerned a human-like man, with pink face and much hair. He also had five fingers (unlike the other entities who had four). He appeared inside the dorne and seemed to have trouble manipulating some controls. He was wearing a white 'T' shirt. Then he glanced at a picture on the inner wall of the craft, which according to Darren somewhat resembled the man who lived next door. The human-like person smiled, and disap-peared behind the wall. A curious feature that Darren noted was that inside the craft everything appeared smaller. He saw the entities walking past the windows but these were only about 3 feet tall. When they came down the ramp they seemingly "grew." The observation ended, he claims, when at one point all the "men" briefly looked the other way and he ran from his hiding place behind a larnp-post. That night from his bedroom, Darren states he saw the ship leave with only the cross illuminated. Gaynor's story Gaynor was riding her bicycle along a different part of Coed-On Road. It was a Saturday and hot and sunny. The time was about 1.50 p.m. (BST). The area where she was riding was quite secluded, and she descended a hill towards a field which was below the level of the roadway. Suddenly a glint of silver caught her eye. She got off her bike and laid it on the grass by a hedge, peering downwards into the field through a gap. In the field she saw an object which, she says, appeared to her like a silvery cigar. It was about 35 feet long and 10 feet high. Along the base was a narrow rim and on top a dull red box. Three rectang-ular windows were seen along the side (with a fourth partly visible round the right hand edge). These were all different shades of yellow blending into one another. Gaynor's first thought was that she was looking at something from a carnival, or from a parade and, fascinated, she decided to watch. The thing was only a few yards in front of her (maybe about 20 yards) and she saw a dark shadow pass across one window. Assuming that there were rnen in it, and that they would frighten her off if she revealed herself, she stayed hidden, captivated by the strange object. . By now she was lying on her stomach with her feet in the air, peering through the hedge. After a few minutes a strange "man" appeared from round the side and it was only then that she realised that this was something really unusual and she began to con-sider that the object might be "from space." The "man" was humanoid, about 5' 5" tall, but UFO allegedly seen by Gaynor on the ground very thin and angular in the body. He walked jerkily, in sidesteps, and his knee joints were three quarters of the way up his leg. His elbows, too, were pointed and his face was long, thin, and terribly pale. As he came closer, and remained in view for several minutes, she obtained an excellent detailed view. His eyes were very large and round. They were white with a tiny pink "dot" in the middle. The nose was squat and flat and the mouth just a slit with many white teeth. Only a few sandy wisps of hair were visible. The hands consisted of three very pointed fingers and a 'wobbly' thumb. The entity was wearing a one-piece silver suit. At no point did Gaynor see any zippers or fasteners, and it stretched from neck to feet, covering even the hands. The boots were silver but had thick black soles (like boots worn by divers). On the head was a round helmet which was siIvery at the rear — in fact a continuation of the suit — and had a "glass bubble" at the front. Connected to this, from the side, was a transparent tube. This fitted into a white, heart-shaped object on the back that Gaynor assumed was breathing apparatus. The "man" was carrying a gun, which was very simple. It was in the shape of a letter `L' held by the bottorn. This instrument was creamy coloured and had a half moon button on top. The entity was pointing the gun at the ground and pressing the button, whereupon a "wavy" red ray was emitted, "slower than a light being switched on." Immeditely a hole the size of a cup forrned in the ground, and he bent stiffly to feel it. He walked around the front of the craft making about six holes in all and feeling

Based on Gaynor's sketches of the humanoid each one. In each case the soil had just melted away, leaving no grass, just a hole. Gaynor had now been watching for 10-15 minutes, and she was uncomfortable and frightened., She moved her leg slightly and it caught on the hedge, making a noise. Unfortunately at this point the entity was only about 10 feet from her, and he appeared to hear the sound. He did not turn his body, which was side on, but moved his_ eyes towards her. At this she felt very cold inside and went momentarily dizzy. She says that she "knew" that he was seeing inside her mind and that because she was only a child he realised she could not hurt them. He went about his business of making holes, occasionally looking at her — when on each occasion she felt the cold and the dizziness. Then a kind of whimpering noise — high pitched and not unlike a dog crying — came from the direction of the craft.' Both Gaynor and the "man" looked to see a flap coming down on the extreme left hand edge. This, seemingly, was moulded into the sides, and left no gap when it was down. In shape it was not unlike a banana. A hand, similar to the first, appeared from within and -waved up and down. In response the man moved his foot from side to side and then walked stiffly over to the flap. He climbed on the rim and went "into" the flap. The murmuring occurred again. Then he came down and walked around the back of the ship and was not seen again. A few moments after this another figure came from around the right hand side.•Gaynor feels this was a woman, as, she appeared to have "a bit of shape." She was very similar to the man, wearing exactly the same clothes, but was only about 5' 2" tall. She had a long, jagged knife "stuck" to her side (there was no belt). She proceeded to go to each hole and scrape this knife in them. A noise was heard, but the knife always came out clean. Several times the woman looked directly at Gaynor and she again felt dizzy and cold. Indeed she said she sensed the woman was angry at her presence and was more antipathetic towards her Chan the man had been. After a total period which Gaynor estimated from her watch as 30 minutes, there was again a whimpering sound, slightly lower in pitch this time, and the woman at the same time looked up towards the sun. She then proceeded towards the lump, which lowered as she got doser. She walked up it, and as she did so Gaynor noted the box on top of the cigar pulsing deep red. Seizing her opportunity she fled, gashing her knee quite badly on the hedge in her panic (lier mother recalls the gash). She went only a few yards and realised she had left lier bicycle. In agonies of indéc¬ision she went back for it, but did not jump on immediately. She ran off down the road with it. As she went she heard a faint humming noise. Glancing back she saw the leaves on the trees surrounding the field trembling as she. smelt a slight "burning." Ten she saw the "cigar" angle upwards into the sky, accelerating into the one and only cloud thatwas in the otherwise clear sky. lt disappeared into Gaynor's UFO on take off this (which was not large) revealing its underside as it climbed. This consisted of a circle of lights or buttons. Gaynor cycled home at a fast pace, but even so took several minutes. She stared upwards several times but did not see the UFO emerge from the cloud. In a turrnoil she rode around her house for several minutes until, dizzy, she went indoors and reported the accident (omitting to mention anything at ail about her experience). The next day, as if partly to convince herself that it had really happened, she returned to the field. Her eider brother went with her (not Darren). She

found an oval patch of grass where the object had been and this was tinged with silver. The holes were no longer there, but their presence was detectable due to the grass being somewhat greener and fresher ("like after it had rained") at these points. She did not say anything to her brother, nor did she dare venture further into the field to look at the far side of the oval patch. Investigation The case was originally discovered by a Mr. Terry Bais, a local investigator. This was following a radio phone-in programme in which he took part for Radio City (Liverpool). Mrs. Sunderland telephoned with brief details, omitting any names or locations and afterwards filled out a BUFORA Ri report forrn and sent a detailed statement of Gaynor's sighting to him. This w-as in ApriI 1978. Mrs Sunderland had requested further.contact to relate Darren's story, but Mr. Bellis did not take the case further. Nor did he transmit information to any-one else involved in local investigation. In August, however, he gave details of the case (again minus names and locations) to the Liverpool Post, who featured a story on it as part of a UFO series. This was picked up by UFOIN and eventually (thanks to the help of Martin Keatman — a UFOIN member who was in contact with Mr. Beliis) a copy of the prelim-inary report was obtained. Paul Whetnall followed this up with an immediate on-site investigation, and consiclerable further contact with the participants took place when it became known that the case was so complex. The family consists of Mr. Frederick Sunderland (aged 36), a former car factory worker who at the time of writing (April 1979) is unemployed. He is a practical man who is highly sceptical of UF0s. He has tended to dismiss Darren's story as fancifui, and has also considered Gaynor to have been "dreaming." However, his attitude has slowly changed and the events of the investigation, plus a personal sighting

Above: Gaynor lodking at a fiole in the hedge at approximately the pos-ition from which, lying down, she vvatched the UFO and the humanoid. Left: The view from the point where the domed object is said to have stood, looking tovvards the gap in hedgerow, by which Gaynor was lying prone (Gaynor is just visible in our picture).

(see later), have now convinced him of the validity of at least Gaynor's experience. His wife Marion (of similar age) is now very inttrested in UFOs, but appears only to have picked up knowledge since the children's stories fired her enthusiasm. She also seems to have pursued this interest for genuine reasons of wanting to know what had happened to them all and why. Her knowledge is still moderate, but the invest¬igators are aware of the possibility that she may have unconsciously had some influence on the testimonies. However, we do have comparison accounts from Gaynor dating from April 1978 to February 1979 and there is no indication of such influence. Of the Pive children, Gaynor's and Darren's accounts have already been noted, The only other child old enough to have been involved with the observing of the phenomena is Carl (the eldest... now 14). He was party to one of the subsequent encounters. The investigators found Darren a fairly typical 11-vear-old boy. with normal interests for that age. His sense of draina, and his imagination, were noticeable, and quite clearly he injected both into his story. For example, when he was describing his running away he likened himself to the "Bionic Man." He also took great relish in comparing one of the entities with the man next door (a fact that will no doubt be of interest of psychologist readers!). We also noted how on several occasions he tried to show how his story was like that of his sister, in at least one major instance, citing a comment ("the entities had pink faces") as identical, whereas in fact it was totally contrary to Gaynor's consistent story ("they had very pale faces with white eyes containing a tiny pink dot"). The investigators consider these factors, plus the very real inconsistency of Darren's story over the months of investigation, as significant. As for Gaynor she was very different. Instantly likeable, she bas a noticeable shyness when she first meçts anyone. Her interests are again somewhat typical, ice skating and music being prominent. She does watch TV programmes such as Dr. Who (a pop-ular British science fiction series), but not in any abnormal amount, and she displays no extraordinary interest or knowledge in the UFO phenomenon. At school she is well-liked and popular. Her work has dramaticaliy improved since 1976, the time of her initial CE3. She is now very proficient at languages, speaking Welsh and French well, and has a growing command of sciences, particularly life sciences. Indeed she was so lucid and helpful in ber descript¬ions that the investigators invariably had the feel that they were dealing with a girl who was well advanced from her age. It should be noted that at several places in the investigation contradictions of minor points were introduced into Gaynor's testimony (a standard investigational play). Never once was she ensnared, and she corrected the investigators in a tactful and straightforward way that said a lot for her basic honesty. This was not only attested to by family and friends, but was apparent also to the invest¬igators. Hypnosis While the investigators felt no need whatsoever fur the use of hypnosis, they did not prevent its use under the auspices of Mr. Joe Keeton — a qualified hypnotherapist recommended by the Liverpool Post. There was no indication of a time¬Iapse, nor suspicion of an abdtiction or hidden memories. The story we had obtained was highly detailed and had remained consistent, even in very minor points, throughout our investigation of Gaynor. However, there were doubts about Darren's testimony. Consequentiy, when the newspaper people said they would [ike to try the experiment, and the witnesses agreed, we went along with this. The re¬gression took place late in February 1979 (well after our investigations of all major points was complete). Darren and Gaynor were both wiIling to be hypnot¬ised, and both were told that under hypnosis there was no way that they could lie. The truth would out — whatever it was. This, of course is erroneous but the point is that they believed it. Gaynor sub¬mitted willingly to hypnosis, and was a reasonable (not exceptional) subject. She said, the night before, that she was looking forward to the hypnosis because although she "knew" her story was real, so many people doubted her that she sometimes wondered if she could have just dreamt it. She was willing to accept whatever transpired. Mrs. Sunderland, too, said that she would be happy to find it ail explained as a dream, if it could be. Fsr mai 1979

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