Close Encounter On The Road To Solva

from Something Strange Came Out Of The Skies by Spurious Transients

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Composed by G L Wilson

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“I was walking home towards Solva after having spent the evening with my girlfriend and the time was around 9pm. There was some scattered cloud about but some stars were visible. I’d reached Hendre Bridge and looking up I noticed a pear-shaped object in the sky. It was glowing and had an orange ring around it. I stopped by a mate's to tell them about what I'd seen, but they thought I was messing about and sent me on my way.

“Another half mile further on and about half an hour later, I was continuing my journey home when I felt that something didn’t seem right. Stopping at a gate, I realised I could no longer see the airfield lights from RAF Brawdy. As I looked across the field I saw that what had been blocking out the lights was a large black shape on the ground. It was pretty big, it took up a good bit of the field. Maybe about 20 feet high by 30 to 40 feet across. I could just see the top of it against the horizon like a dome, and it had a faint light on the outside of it.

“As I stood there watching, I decided to light a cigarette. At that moment I heard a noise from my extreme right that sort of sounded like someone walking on leaves, and turning about I saw a figure, a tall man, had come up beside me. And… I just felt afraid.

“I noticed it had very high cheekbones, and it had a suit on that looked transparent but wasn’t. I can’t explain that. There was a thing in its mouth. It was like the breathing apparatus that divers have. I didn’t notice any hair so it may have had a helmet on. And there were large eyes. I think I would describe them as a fish’s eyes.

“I'm afraid my reaction was to take a swing at it and then leg it.”

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from Something Strange Came Out Of The Skies, released January 4, 2021
Rufus Pearce: Eyewitness voice
Gavin Lloyd Wilson: Synths, Beats, Samples

Produced by Gavin Lloyd Wilson
Mastered by Fran Ashcroft

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