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“Mike Dash”

Stories16

The Kersey time-slip: three naval cadets walk into a silent medieval village (1957)

October 1957 · Kersey, Babergh district, Suffolk

Paranormal · Other · 32 sources

18Thinly documented

The Nechtansmere Battle Vision, Letham, Angus (1950)

January 2, 1950 · Near Dunnichen Hill, outside Letham, Angus, Scotland

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 21 sources

17Thinly documented

The British Phantom Airship ("Scareship") Wave of 1909

March 23, 1909 · England, Wales and Ireland (Peterborough, East Anglia, Birmingham, Cardiff and Caerphilly, Belfast, Kingstown)

UAP · Cigar · 36 sources

48Partially documented

The Everton Spring-heeled Jack scare in William Henry Street, Liverpool (1904)

September 20, 1904 · William Henry Street, Everton, Liverpool

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 18 sources

14Thinly documented

Spring-heeled Jack in William Henry Street, Everton, Liverpool (1904)

September 1904 · William Henry Street, Everton, Liverpool

Cryptid · Creature · 21 sources

15Thinly documented

Mystery Airship Wave of 1896 and 1897

November 17, 1896 · Sacramento, California, then Northern California, the Midwest and Texas

UAP · Cigar · 45 sources

41Partially documented

The Dundee Ghost Scare: Blackness Quarry's "Big Black Man" and "Springheels" (1882-83)

c. 1883 · Blackness Quarry, the Hilltown and north-east Dundee, Scotland

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 14 sources

17Thinly documented

Spring-heeled Jack shot at by a mob at Newport Arch, Lincoln (1877)

c. 1877 · Newport Arch, Lincoln, Lincolnshire

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 20 sources

16Thinly documented

Spring-heeled Jack at the Aldershot Sentry Posts

March 1877 · Aldershot Camp (North Camp and South Camp), Aldershot, Hampshire, England

Cryptid · Creature · 12 sources

21Thinly documented

The Aldershot Sentry "Ghost": Spring-heeled Jack at North Camp, 1877

March 1877 · North Camp, Aldershot Camp, Hampshire, England

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 16 sources

18Thinly documented

The Peckham Ghost scare: a leaping white figure in south London, 1872

November 10, 1872 · Peckham and Dulwich, south London

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 13 sources

20Thinly documented

The Devil's Footprints, Devon 1855

February 8, 1855 · Exe Estuary, south-east Devon (Topsham, Lympstone, Exmouth, Dawlish, Teignmouth and over 30 places)

Paranormal · Other · 22 sources

33Partially documented

Lucy Scales and Spring-heeled Jack, Green Dragon Alley, Limehouse

February 28, 1838 · Green Dragon Alley, off Narrow Street, Limehouse, East London

Cryptid · Creature · 23 sources

27Thinly documented

Jane Alsop and Spring-heeled Jack: the Bear-bind Lane attack

February 19, 1838 · Bear-bind Lane, between Bow and Old Ford, East London

Cryptid · Creature · 25 sources

20Thinly documented

Spring-heeled Jack and the "Suburban Ghost" scare, London, 1837 to 1838

October 1837 · London suburbs: Clapham Common, Peckham, Old Ford (Bow) and Limehouse

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 23 sources

26Thinly documented

The Benbecula Mermaid: Stoned at Grimnis, Buried at Nunton (c. 1830)

c. 1830 · Grimnis and Cuile (Culla Bay), Nunton, Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources

25Thinly documented

Names5

Mike Dash Person · 14 stories
A Fortean historian and writer, Mike Dash turns up across the archive as the careful voice in the debate.
Peter Haining Person · 5 stories
An author whose books sit behind many retellings of the Spring-heeled Jack legend.
Dash Person · 4 stories
Mike Dash is a researcher and writer whose work runs through the archive's Spring-heeled Jack cases.
Hilary Evans Person · 4 stories
A researcher whose observations surface across several of the archive's strangest cases.
News of the World Organisation · 3 stories
A London newspaper that kept turning up when the uncanny made headlines.

Documents5

342 HS1-416511228 319.1 Flying Discs 1949 Official release

U.S. Department of War· 1950-01-09· 143 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 44 …HF___HFSC 2 DASH E DASH 8 PD ATTN MIKE CHARLIE ITEM ABLE XRAY OBOE DASH THREE PD FOL MSG…
Package compiled for FAA managers Document

FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 122 pages

…0239:58 RCCC Ya, this is one dash two again. On sane other equipnent here we have canfinned…
/specialCollection/nwcda4/92/AERODYNAMIC VOL. 19 (OPERATIONS)/AERODYNAMIC VOL. 19 (OPERATIONS)_0140.pdf FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 88 pages

…Ito ate * dash iraftea, eat dimmed SatiEr SECRET thins until niAnight (iiee Awn V). War in the awning…
DOE-UAP-D004 PDF mirror Document

Newsweek· 2026-07-10· 25 pages

…had hem,! a sound, so I think that Mike probably hen.rd the samll! c~tc blaat as…
Los Alamos Conference on Aerial Phenomena, 1949 (DOE-UAP-D004) Document

Department of War, PURSUE Release 04· 2026-07-10· 25 pages

…had hem,! a sound, so I think that Mike probably hen.rd the samll! c~tc blaat as…