In 1975, Swiss national Billy Meier claimed he had travelled on a beamship through space with extraterrestrial friends. He stated he had been in contact with these extraterrestrials telepathically since the age of five and that they allowed him to take photographs and videos of their spacecraft.

Around 3:00 am on 26 December 1980, a security patrol near RAF Woodbridge spotted descending lights. Serviceman Jim Penniston documented the craft for 45 minutes in a notebook.