On 18 November 1957, Mrs Cynthia Appleton of Aston, Birmingham, England claims to see the “materialisation” of a man in her up-stairs sitting room. This was the first in a series of alleged encounters.

This incident is Case 84 in Isaac Koi's "Top 100" article,  since it was referred to in 33 of the books covered by that article.

This incident has also featured in a list of cases produced jointly by British ufologists Dave Clarke and Andy Roberts for the Fortean Times in 2007 as part of a survey of various researchers of the ten cases from 1947 onwards that interested them the most.

 

 

 

The Movie “The Blob” was directed by Irwin S Yeaworth and starred Steve McQueen.

 

 

 

 

On 9 December 1957, an article in the Scarborough Evening News features an object allegedly found on Silpho Moor. The Silpho Moor object has been linked by some researchers to UFOs.

 

 

During 1958, theoretical work begins on Project Orion, which considered the feasibility of constructing a nuclear-pulse rocket powered by nuclear fission, using nuclear bombs for propulsion