Higgypop founder Steve Higgins has spent years exploring the worlds of ghosts, gadgets and belief, but now he’s turned his gaze skyward again. His new book, ‘My UFO Youth: A Road Trip Through Britain’s UFO History’, is out today in paperback and hard cover from Amazon, or as an ebook for Kindle.
To celebrate its release, we’ve put together a special UFO trivia quiz. From Roswell to Rendlesham, crop circles to cosmic mysteries, test how much you really know about the world’s most famous sightings, cases and investigators. Whether you’re a seasoned skywatcher or just curious about what might be out there, see how you score – then grab your copy of the book to uncover even more stories from Steve’s journey through Britain’s UFO history.
1. Kenneth Arnold’s famous sighting took place over which US state?
2. The so-called „Face on Mars” that fascinated 1990s UFO fans was first photographed by which NASA mission?
3. The Rendlesham Forest Incident, often called „Britain’s Roswell,” took place in which year?
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4. Nick Pope gets an honourable mention in ‘My UFO Youth’, but which department within the MOD did he work in?
5. In the Roswell case, later explanations linked the debris to which Cold War project?
6. What shape was the UFO reportedly seen by US Navy pilots during the 2004 USS Nimitz encounter?
7. Steve’s „Mulder-esque crusade for the truth” mentioned in the book refers to a character from which 1990s TV series?
8. In his new book, Steve writes about skywatching from which well-known UFO hotspot in Wiltshire?
9. Bonnybridge is often described as the UFO capital of which country?
10. According to ‘My UFO Youth’, Doug Bower and Dave Chorley became famous for what revelation in the 1990s?
11. The 1996 „Oliver’s Castle” video appeared to show what otherworldly event?
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12. What simple tools do human circlemakers use to create crop circles?
13. One of the more mystical explanations links crop circles to what supposed energy system?
14. What’s the name of the canalside pub near Honeystreet that’s famous among crop-circle enthusiasts for its UFO-themed décor and ceiling mural?
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15. The „Warminster Thing” involved reports of what kind of phenomena in the 1960s?
16. When did the first reported events of The Warminster Thing occur?
17. Which pop star has reportedly spent a night on a hill in Warminster looking for UFOs?
18. In which year did the Broad Haven schoolchildren report a silver object near their school?
19. Which of these nearby US-run air bases are central to the Rendlesham story?
20. The senior officer who made an on-scene audio recording during the Rendlesham incident was who?
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