Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Mark Sokol and Jarod Yates use a metallurgical microscope for closeup analysis of a material sample from the 1983 Llanilar UFO crash in Wales.
The 1983 Llanilar UFO crash, sometimes referred to as "Europe's Roswell," involves claims that a strange, cigar-shaped craft crashed in the Welsh village of Llanilar, near Aberystwyth, on January 9, 1983. Witnesses reported the craft hit trees, scattering "shiny metallic debris" across four fields before departing, with alleged later visits by "men in black" to retrieve material.
Mark Sokol and Jarod Yates use a metallurgical microscope for closeup analysis of a material sample from the 1983 Llanilar UFO crash in Wales.
The 1983 Llanilar UFO crash, sometimes referred to as "Europe's Roswell," involves claims that a strange, cigar-shaped craft crashed in the Welsh village of Llanilar, near Aberystwyth, on January 9, 1983. Witnesses reported the craft hit trees, scattering "shiny metallic debris" across four fields before departing, with alleged later visits by "men in black" to retrieve material.

