The Military and UFO's in Warminster

Warminster is a town in Wiltshire. Its name mostmade. Today the only remaining sections of this
likely comes from the Were river that runsonce grand structure are the south wall of the
through town as its original name waschancel, the central tower and the south porch.
Wereminster. The changing of the name occurredThe church still holds services and is part of the
sometime during the early 10th century. TheCley Hill team ministry.
town original was an iron age hill fort that wasThe town of Warminster has many military
constructed during the Saxon period. Today theconnections as many troops were stationed in the
iron age fort site is a conservation area.surrounding area during World War II. The Land
The town did not become very prosperous untilwarfare Center and the Salisbury Plain training
the wool trade became important. The prosperityarea is based in Warminster. This area has a
from wool created many beautiful buildingsBattle group and Royal Artillery live firing ranges.
including Salisbury Cathedral and the MinisterThe Headquarters Infantry is also based in the
Church of Saint Denys. Besides wool Warminstertown.
was rich due to the corn market. Many of theWarminster became of great interesting the
warehouses and stores still standing are from the1960s and 1970s due to numerous UFO sightings.
corn market days. Today the surrounding cornToday this sighting is labeled as the "Thing"
fields are famous for UFO sightings and cropbecause it not only is an unidentified object but
circles.also an unidentified sound. There is a great book
The Minister of St Denys church is a magnificententitled the Warminster Mystery that describes
building that was built sometime during the 1100s.the UFO. The first sightings were in 1961 and
It has since been remodeled with several additionssince then over 200 sightings have been recorded.