There IS life out there... I know, I’ve seen it
Meet Britain’s top E.T. investigator
Eye on the sky ... Malcolm doesn't miss a trick when it comes to unearthly matters
MALCOLM ROBINSON knows a thing or two about aliens.
By day he works in advertising sales but, as darkness falls, the 56-year-old travels up and down the country investigating UFO sightings.
He has helped more than 300 people come to terms with alien encounters, written three books and founded Strange Phenomena Investigations (SPI) — a team of the UK’s top extraterrestrial hunters.
Even the police call on him to assist with ET reports.
Malcolm, who lives in Hastings, East Sussex, confirms: “Police all over the UK contact me after reported UFO sightings. On any case, after we speak to the witness, we find out if any other members of the public have called in.
“Then, we check with the local and national airports to find out if there is any air traffic in the sky at the time, followed by the MoD to see if any air exercises are ongoing.
“In more than 40 years of research, no one has tried to pull the wool over my eyes — people just want answers.
“The vast majority of reports can be explained and I’ll admit that a lot of UFO sightings are absolute nonsense ... but the small five per cent is fascinating. This is what we’re trying to get a grip on.”
Malcolm remembers one such case very clearly.
It was 1992 and pals Colin Wright and Garry Wood had an unforgettable journey.
He says: “I noticed that Garry’s hands were shaking as he talked to me.
“The 30-year-old and his friend believed that, while driving on the A70 near Edinburgh, they had been abducted by aliens.
“They were on their way to visit a friend but as they looked out of the windscreen, hovering above the road was an enormous black, shiny disc-like craft. Garry spoke of a silver shimmery curtain of sparkly light which covered the vehicle.
“Suddenly, both men were catapulted into total, inky blackness — they couldn’t see or hear each other.
“What appeared to be seconds later, the men remembered waking up in the car. The vehicle was shuddering violently.
“They arrived at their friend’s house 90 minutes late. The journey should have taken just 30 minutes.
“Strange images of ‘The Greys’ — a small childlike person with a large pear-shaped head and black eyes — appeared to them in their dreams and the men found scars on their bodies.
“I put them under hypnotic regression and took them back to that night and a total UFO abduction scenario unfolded.”
The men recalled how they were taken on board the ship, stripped and examined by alien creatures.
Malcolm, who doesn’t charge for his services, adds: “I listened to Garry and interviewed both men separately, their stories matched.
“I believed them too, because the men didn’t want publicity.
“They just wanted someone to listen to them.”
One of Malcolm's UFO sighting forms, filled in by an elderly man
Malcolm was an investigator on a UFO landing case in Scotland — the only UK case of its kind where police forensic teams were present.
But there was a time when Malcolm, who lives with his partner Carole Peck, 60, didn’t believe in the paranormal.
He actually set out to prove that ghosts and aliens weren’t real before countless sightings proved impossible to ignore.
Malcolm, a father of three, says: “As a child growing up in Scotland, I held this deep fascination for all things weird and wonderful. But I thought there must be a rational explanation.
“After one of Scotland’s biggest UFO incidents, where a forestry worker claimed to have been assaulted by two devices that dropped down from an object, I founded the (SPI) society in 1979.
“Forensic teams investigated his story and concluded it was the real deal.
“I spoke to police officers and scientists and they were baffled. After speaking to the witness, I knew he was telling the truth.
“This was when my views on UFOs started to change.”
Malcolm says he spotted his first UFO when he was 14, seeing a large white egg-shaped object 200 yards overhead.
Since then, he has experienced five UFO sightings, including seeing a pipe-shaped craft over Skegness, a column of light over Loch Ness and a black ball on East Hill near his Hastings home.
His most recent sighting happened in 2013 when he saw a white sphere of light over the Irish Sea during a visit to Blackpool.
The sphere was just off the coast, 40 foot in diameter, luminous and totally silent.
He says: “On my files I have first-hand accounts of people seeing strange white lights, cigar-shaped and triangular craft, huge domes and blue orbs.
“I’ve spoken to hundreds of witnesses, been on skywatches and witnessed strange things in the sky — and I’m totally convinced, because of the evidence, that we are dealing with something non-human.”
Malcolm’s advice for anyone who believes they have spotted an alien is to speak out.
He says: “It’s fascinating. We shouldn’t laugh at UFO sightings just because they sound ridiculous.
“If you had a horrible abduction experience, who would you turn to? You’re afraid of the police laughing, or the doctor thinking you’re making it up. I’m sure there are hundreds more people who’ve had UFO abduction experiences but don’t know where to turn.
“I’d love to hear from them to try and give them that understanding.”
Additional reporting: MONICA CAFFERKY
Britain’s close encounters
‘Circular object’
A red flying object spotted in Scotland
MALCOLM recalls a case just 18 months ago where two friends were taking photos of the petrochemical plant at Grangemouth, near Falkirk, in Scotland.
At around 10.45pm they noticed a red, circular object in the sky that was flying towards them. The UFO stopped overhead and then descended.
The pair managed to take two pictures before the UFO vanished as quickly as it had appeared.
‘Metallic craft’
A disc-shaped craft which disappeared rapidly
ANOTHER incident Malcolm investigated occurred in February 1994, when a disc-shaped metallic craft hovered at around 200ft over the Craigluscar reservoir, in Fife, again in Scotland.
It stayed in view for about 15 minutes, and was captured on film, before flying off at a “phenomenal speed”.
Following checks with airports and police, Malcolm confirmed that there was no known traffic in the sky at the time.
‘A zig-zag motion’
IN February, 43-year-old housewife Jane was walking her dog at 7.45pm in Newton Abbot, Devon, when she saw a triangular-shaped object in the sky.
The UFO was jet black, shiny and about 60-85 foot long. It floated above her for 35 seconds or so then moved in a zig-zag motion before dematerialising.
The distressed mum reported the incident to local police, who put her in touch with Malcolm.
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