August 16, 1955πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§Sighting
HistoricalClose Encounter

Bradford, England: Truck driver and son see small hopping figure in skintight black suit

Early on the morning of August 16, 1955, truck driver Ernest Suddards and his 13-year-old son, returning home to Bradford, West Yorkshire, saw in their headlights a 4-foot figure in skintight black clothes hopping along the street; the police found nothing.

Date
August 16, 1955
Location / Country
Type
Sighting

Background

Early in the morning truck driver Ernest Suddards and his 13-year-old son were returning home to Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, when their headlights lit up a small figure in the street. It was 4 feet tall, dressed in skintight black clothes, and hopped forward in a series of jerky movements. A circular, silvery object perforated with holes appeared on the figure's chest just below its throat. It approached the truck, then turned away abruptly into a passage. Suddards alerted the police, but they found nothing. The account follows the entry in George M. Eberhart's chronology UFOs and Intelligence (CUFOS) and the sources cited there; it is not an independent determination by From Beyond Space.