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3D model Narrated

“BBC Archive”

Stories3

Nellie Dodd's Half-Man, Half-Sheep Creature (the Hexham Heads)

c. 1971 · Rede Avenue, Hexham, Northumberland, England

United Kingdom

Cryptid · Creature · 24 sources

13Thinly documented

The Hexham Heads poltergeist and wolf-man apparitions

1971 · 3 Rede Avenue, Hexham, Northumberland, and Dr Anne Ross's home, Southampton

United Kingdom

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 21 sources

23Thinly documented

The Shooters Hill "cheetah": a golden big cat and a 126-officer hunt at Oxleas Wood

July 18, 1963 · Shooters Hill and Oxleas Wood, near Woolwich and Eltham, south-east London

United Kingdom

Cryptid · Creature · 11 sources

26Thinly documented

Names3

Colin Wilson Person · 5 stories
A writer drawn again and again to the poltergeist.
Richard Wiseman Person · 5 stories
A psychologist, and a recurring sceptical voice in the archive's ghost cases.
Nationwide Programme · 3 stories
A BBC1 programme that kept turning up where the strange stories were.

Documents11 · see all

Program Summary -- Par 90- 002 FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1992-09-01· 2 pages

…RUDKFV FBIS VIENNA AU RUDKMKB FBIS LONDON UK BBC RUDMNOP NAVOPINTCEN SUITLAND MD MAD-821R RUDMNSC NAVTECHINTCEN WASHINGTON…
UFO research guide Document

The National Archives· 13 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 11 …AIR 2/19119 and AIR 2/19117 contains papers relating to the MoD's involvement in two BBC TV productions…
- p. 13 …The National Archives, 2008 Letter „Opinion on Flying Discs‟ sent by Twining to the Brigadier General Schulgen, Commanding General of…
UFO research guide, August 2011 Document

The National Archives· 2011-08· 15 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 12 …AIR 2/19119 and AIR 2/19117 contains papers relating to the MoD's involvement in two BBC TV productions…
- p. 14 …The National Archives, 2009 (due for release, September 2009). • Coates, Tim (editor). UFOs in the House of Lords 1979. London…
UFO files briefing guide Document

The National Archives· 15 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 12 …DEFE 24/1943/1, transferred to The National Archives during 2008, contains a collection of letters sent to the MoD…
- p. 15 …Clarke, David. „Opening the UFO files‟ BBC History Magazine vol 6/8 (August 2005), 43-46. Haines, Gerald K. „A…
Unidentified Flying Objects research guide Document

The National Archives· 15 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 12 …DEFE 24/1943/1, transferred to The National Archives during 2008, contains a collection of letters sent to the MoD…
- p. 15 …The National Archives, 2008 • Letter ‘Opinion on Flying Discs’ sent by Twining to the Brigadier General Schulgen, Commanding General of…
The UFO files extract Document

The National Archives· 22 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 22 …He has a long-standing interest in UFOs and other aerial phenomena, and has worked with the National Archives in…