Main content
Flying Saucers Over Biggleswade
In the 1950s a UFO hoax is uncovered, whilst a deeper mystery remains.
It's the 1950s and for a few short weeks Biggleswade becomes the flying saucer capital of the world! A UFO hoax is uncovered, whilst two flying saucer sightings a year apart, remain to this day, a mystery. Find out how the hoax and the genuine UFO mystery are intertwined, meet a cast of characters including a working-class engineering hero, and a woman investigating UFOs with her trusty Labrador. In the 1950s things were definitely weird in the wade.
Find photographs and more information at weirdinthewade.blog
Produced and presented by Nat Doig
Theme music by Tess Savigear
And the owl hoot at the start of the episode is a sound clip from BigSoundBank.com
