"This is the first of a ground-breaking new series compiled by former Police Officer John Hanson and his partner Dawn Holloway, together with David Sankey, a veteran UFO researcher and artist. The multi-part series covers British UFO sightings from 1940 to the present day. This first volume deals with UFO reports from 1940-1959; nineteen tumultuous years during which Britain won a war, lost an empire, buried a king, crowned a queen, and saw a new breed of consumer prosperity rise from the ashes of post-war austerity. People who have followed the UFO subject in any depth will not be surpised to discover that the UFOs encountered during these two decades follow the socio-political changes of the people who witnessed them to a remarkable degree. Haunted Skies is the most ambitious series of books ever attempted in the history of ufology, and will - no doubt - provide a new benchmark in the quality of such publications".

Haunted Skies Volume One

Politics & Social Sciences

Holloway, Dawn Marina

Hanson, John Fsg

Social Sciences

Fortean Words

"This is the second of a ground-breaking new series compiled by former Police Officer John Hanson and his partner Dawn Holloway, with illustrations by David Sankey, and Wayne Mason. The multi-part series covers British UFO sightings from 1940 to the present day. This second volume deals with UFO reports from 1960-65; half a decade during which the world changed beyond all recognition. People who have followed the UFO subject in any depth will not be surpised to discover that the UFOs encountered during these years follow the socio-political changes of the people who witnessed them to a remarkable degree. Haunted Skies is the most ambitious series of books ever attempted in the history of ufology, and will - no doubt - provide a new benchmark in the quality of such publications".

Haunted Skies Volume Two

Holloway, Dawn

"This is the fourth of a ground-breaking series compiled by former Police Officer John Hanson and his partner Dawn Holloway. The multi-part series covers British UFO sightings from 1940 to the present day. This volume deals with UFO reports from 1968-1971. What years they were! The Beatles spearheaded an era of social change which was unprecedented in British history. People who have followed the UFO subject in any depth will not be surpised to discover that the UFOs encountered during these years follow the socio-political changes of the people who witnessed them to a remarkable degree. Haunted Skies is the most ambitious series of books ever attempted in the history of ufology, and will - no doubt - provide a new benchmark in the quality of such publications".

Haunted Skies Volume Four

History

World

"This is the fifth of a ground-breaking series compiled by former Police Officer John Hanson and his partner Dawn Holloway. The multi-part series covers British UFO sightings from 1940 to the present day. This volume deals with UFO reports from 1972-1975. What years they were! The Beatles spearheaded an era of social change which was unprecedented in British history. People who have followed the UFO subject in any depth will not be surpised to discover that the UFOs encountered during these years follow the socio-political changes of the people who witnessed them to a remarkable degree. Haunted Skies is the most ambitious series of books ever attempted in the history of ufology, and will - no doubt - provide a new benchmark in the quality of such publications".

Haunted Skies Volume Five

In 1958 Gavin Gibbons wrote a children's science-fiction novel By Space Ship to the Moon, which featured a UFO landing on Moel Sych in the Berwyn Mountains of North Wales. Sixteen years later, in a surreal case of life imitating art, those very same mountains would again be the focus for a story involving a downed UFO. But this time, some said, the story was for real

UFO Down: The Berwyn Mountain UFO Crash

Roberts, Andy

"Fortean authors are a rare and vanishing breed. They often write about a wide range of peculiar and arcane subjects, and in 2010 Fortean Words started a series of books anthologising those writers we believe to be the most important Forteans writing today. Each of the authors we chose didn't let us down; the books which they presented us contain a rich and heavy brew and are often not for the faint hearted. But who said anything in life was going to be easy, eh? Enter at your peril, but when you do - - enjoy!" Jonathan Downes, March 2010

Space Girl Dead on Spaghetti Junction

Nicholas Redfern

In the modern era, the narrative of Robin Hood's death is increasingly one of the least familiar aspects of the outlaw's legend. Whilst the icon of Robin himself still shines brightly in the psyche of this nation and many others, his story has always been adapted to reflect the dominant concerns and modes of transmission of the era. It is all too commonly assumed that as Robin Hood is a legendary hero in the vein of King Arthur or Finn MacCooill, there must be numerous sites that claim to be his final resting place. Yet this is not the case. Kirklees Priory in Yorkshire is the only place that has been repeatedly associated with the outlaw's grave, in terms of both documentary sources and material remains, over several hundred years. Studying Kirklees and the various legends to have grown up around it allows us an insight into the reciprocal relationship between people and place. Of particular interest is the extent to which the state of Robin Hood's grave in the modern era and all the associated disputes have determined the interpretation of the paranormal phenomena witnessed in the vicinity of the site today. In this regard, it is a study in modern myth-making.

Grave Concerns: The Follies and Folklore of Robin Hood's Final Resting Place

Roberts, Kai

Europe

UFO Warminster: Cradle of Contact

Dewey, Steve

Goodman, Kevin

Human heads have an enduring fascination. Believed to be Celtic, the carved Hexham Heads have cast a spell over all who have come into contact with them. Others have made examples in their image and those held by the author on this book cover are two such. On the left a replica created by the man who claimed to have made them in the 1950s. The other being made just ahead of a boy and his brother unearthing the subjects of this book. Since learning of the Hexham Heads and acquiring these 'archaic' facsimiles, Paul Screeton has spent forty years following what has been a QUEST FOR THE HEXHAM HEADS

Quest for the Hexham Heads

Screeton, Paul

This book is as important as a piece of socio-cultural documentation as it is an endearing slice of humanity. The Spiritual Baptist faith is a syncretic Afro-American religion which combines elements of traditional African religion with Christianity. Despite the African influences, Spiritual Baptists consider themselves to be Christians. The Baptist faith was brought to Trinidad by the "Merikens", former American slaves who were recruited by the British to fight, as the Corps of Colonial Marines, against the Americans during the War of 1812. After the end of the war, these ex-slaves were settled in Trinidad. In the 1940s and '50s, large numbers of West Indians emigrated to Europe, and Spiritual Baptists brought their church with them. Author Roy Kerridge spent time with members of these churches to produce this peculiar, but heartwarming book.

The Spiritual Baptist Church

Religion & Spirituality

KERRIDGE, Roy

Worship & Devotion

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