It began at 10 o’clock on the clear, frosty night of 15 February 1957 as 19-year-old Gwynneth Fitton was walking home along an unlit country lane near Wardle, high on the Pennine moors. Suddenly, her attention was drawn to a bright light moving between two hills near the cottage where she lived with her parents. As she watched, it moved towards her and she could see the object was circular with a dome. Suspended below it was a light which switched from white to red at intervals. "The Thing," stopped dead at rooftop height and Gwynneth ran to alert her mother, Dorothy, who on seeing the object cried out: "Good God!