The first results from the National Folklore Survey reveals data on a range of extraordinary experiences and beliefs
The results of the first National Folklore Survey for England have revealed more than four million people say they have seen ‘something in the sky they could not explain’.
It also found that almost one third of those surveyed, aged 16-75, say they believe the existence of extraterrestrials has been covered up by governments.
Millions of people also report close encounters with ghosts, angels and other inexplicable phenomena. But one in five have never told anyone else about the strange things they have seen or experienced.
Read all about it on my Substack blog….
David Clarke is Associate Professor in the Department of Media Arts and Communication at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. He teaches media law and his research specialism is contemporary legend. Previously he worked as a journalist for The Sheffield Star and Yorkshire Post and spent four years working as a Press Officer in local government. His PhD in Folklore and was completed at the National Centre for English Cultural Tradition, University of Sheffield, in 1999. From 2008-13 he acted as consultant and curator of the MoD UFO files project with The National Archives. His books include The Angel of Mons (2004) and How UFOs Conquered the World: the history of a modern myth (2015). In 2018 he co-founded the Centre for Contemporary Legend at Sheffield Hallam University. This blog covers his twin research interests in journalism and folklore. The views expressed in the contents are entirely his own.
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Is it time for an update, or better yet, a second volume of “How UFOs Conquered the World”?