In one of the strangest UFO sightings ever reported by law enforcement, two police officers in Devon, England claimed they witnessed a mysterious “Flying Cross” object moving silently through the night sky on October 24, 1967. According to reports from the time, the officers described the object as having an unusual cross-like shape with glowing lights and no visible means of propulsion. The sighting quickly became one of Britain’s most debated UFO encounters — and decades later, it’s making headlines again.
Interest in the case exploded after internet users compared the 1967 sketches and descriptions to strange craft featured in recently declassified Pentagon UFO footage released by the U.S. military. Some Reddit users insist the similarities are impossible to ignore, arguing that the Devon object resembles unidentified craft seen in the famous “Gimbal” and “GoFast” Navy videos. Others believe the comparison is exaggerated and claim the old sighting may have been caused by atmospheric distortions, aircraft lights, or optical illusions.
What makes the Devon incident especially intriguing is that trained police officers — not civilians — filed the original report. Witnesses said the object appeared to hover silently before suddenly accelerating away at incredible speed. No conventional aircraft at the time could reportedly perform such maneuvers.
Online debates continue to rage across UFO forums and social media. Supporters of the extraterrestrial theory point to the consistency of similar sightings across decades, while skeptics argue that human perception can easily be fooled under unusual nighttime conditions.
The Pentagon has acknowledged that some UFO cases remain unexplained, but officials have never confirmed any extraterrestrial connection. Still, the eerie resemblance between a 1967 “Flying Cross” and modern UFO footage has fueled fresh speculation that humanity may have been observing the same mysterious phenomenon for far longer than anyone realized.
