The Thing Falling out of the Sky Incident

'Then it came out of the sky like… like some kind of falling out of the sky thing…. And my first thought was something like… ‘Bugger me; something has fallen out of the sky’!'

This scintillating description by bystander and eyewitness, Splunge Cheesestroker, of what later became known as The Thing Falling Out of the Sky Incident tells us all we need to know about that strange event that took place on June 23^rd 1998 in a secluded woodland area just outside the exotic and mysterious West Midlands town of Walsall.

For several years, with so much mystery and secrecy surrounding the thing that had fallen out of the sky in the vicinity of Mr Cheesestroker, people began to suspect there must be some sort of cover-up and conspiracy.

Not long after the incident, the secluded woodland area was subjected to a painstaking search by conspiracy-theorists, alien investigators and paranormal detectives and many other such specialists in hoodwinking the gullible, all searching for an explanation of the mystery of that warm summer evening that could form the basis for a book, lecture tour or, even, a lucrative TV series.

Many investigators, quite naturally, suspected there must be a secret US base operating on British soil, either some place where the American armed forces were conducting covert – and quite possibly illegal – tests of some new ultra-secret weaponry, or were using the area as a forward base in their clandestine contacts with aliens.

The investigators soon dismissed the idea that there could be some kind of secret UK government facility in the area as there was absolutely no record of any UK government employee leaving a briefcase full of secret papers, a laptop, or memory stick contain full details about any such facility on public transport at any time in the recent past.

However, all that could be discovered - by even the most painstaking researchers - was a nearby naturist club, just yards from where Mr Cheesestroker had set up his bird-watching hide that fateful evening. Further investigations revealed that the naturist club had set aside an area for Frisbee games not far from the hide too.

However, most of the UFO investigators found that they became mysteriously hot and confused the closer they got to the Frisbee-playing area of the naturist club, with several of the investigators finding they needed to take a lie down, especially when the Naturist club's Under-30s Ladies Frisbee championship cup reached its later rounds.

Despite staying near the naturist club's Frisbee area – as well as the beach-ball and badminton courts - well into the evening, none of the investigators seemed to notice anything unusual falling out of the sky. However, when interviewed about their experiences that night, none of the investigators was able to speak coherently, with one of them only able to repeat: 'bouncy, bouncy' in a strange far-away voice whilst staring off towards the Naturist Ladies' Under-30 Frisbee champion as she danced around the court to celebrate her victory.

Therefore, it seems that the mystery of that summer night, and just what it was that fell out of the sky in the near vicinity of Mr Cheesestroker may never be solved.