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minutes." Hill's description fits in with a pattern of events that had been occurring around the village of Warminster for some time. The man insisted that: "There was a definite impression of something pressing down on me relentlessly. It there'd been a trench or ditch handy, I'd have jumped into it with pleasure and relief." Other citizens of Warminster had described similar things happening to them. But along with this strange kind of force, that seemed to hammer down out of the sky, other things were occurring which were just as unexplainable. Rev. P. Graham Phillips, the vicar of Heytesbury, a small community near Warminster, observed a strange object in the sky over south Warminster. His wife and three children all observed it, and the vicar described it: "It was a brightly glowing cigar-shaped object, and it remained in the sky for over 20 Altogether, 17 people reported sighting the object from various parts of Warminster. Harold Horlock, a factory security guard, and his wife, Dora, described it as "twin, red hot pokers in the dark sky, separated by a black space and hanging downward." The people of Warminster, England have been plagued by strange occurrences ever since Christmas day of 1964. Since then, a weird force has stalked the usually quiet town, and strange lights have been seen in the sky. They have termed whatever is causing the strange phenomena, "the Thing." More than one observer has commented that there may be a connection between the sightings of UFO's in the sky overhead and the strange force which comes over individuals of the town. The UFO's were not seen before the force began "dropping" in on the town. The force is invariably described as descending from above. And other UFO's when passing overhead have been known to cause the motors of vehicles to stall, just as William Hill's did before he was hit with the mysterious force. But whether the events are connected or not, both the sightings and the manifestations of the strange force continue to occur. A 19-year-old resident of Warminster, Eric Payne, was returning home after a date with his girl. Mist rose off the marshland to greet him.