Encounter · 1978

North Yorkshire Police A629 Sighting
Documented report. Unresolved object.

On December 12, 1978, at approximately 4:30 AM, Police Sergeant Tony Dodd and Police Constable Alan Dale of North Yorkshire Police were driving on the A629 near Cononley when they observed a glowing object illuminating the area 100 feet ahead.

1978Cononley, North Yorkshire, UKEvidence-led case fileEncounter

CATEGORY CONTEXT, NOT INCIDENT PHOTOGRAPH. Yorkshire road, used as location context only.

01 / why this case matters

Why This Case Matters

This case matters because it is a documented encounter event whose object identity remains unresolved.

02 / the case

What is documented.

Documented

03 / what is debated

What remains contested.

Debated

The identity of the object

Debated

The adequacy of the conventional explanation

04 / what remains unverified

Beyond the record.

Unverified

Extraterrestrial origin

Unverified

Any claim stronger than the record supports

05 / what the record establishes

Keep the layers apart.

Record element

What it supports

What it does not settle

Witness report

A documented report exists.

The objective identity of the object.

Official investigation

That the case was investigated where documented.

That an extraordinary cause was proven.

Conventional reading

That a conventional explanation exists where documented.

That the conventional explanation closes the case.

06 / source room

Follow the paperwork.
Keep the claims apart.

Sources are kept in separate layers: official and contemporary material is documented; secondary UFO literature is treated as debated, not as primary evidence.

secondaryWikipedia: UFO sightings in the United Kingdom

Secondary / debated material.

governmentUK National Archives UFO files

Documented source.

contemporarySgt Tony Dodd testimony