SPACE Newsletter

History

SPACE (Staffordshire Paranormal and Anomalous Events) operated from the English Midlands, where it built a dense network of local investigators and witnesses. The group focused on a region with a long history of reported anomalous activity, from the Cannock Chase woodland encounters to sightings along the M6 corridor. Its newsletter served as the primary record of this activity, circulating among members and allied groups across central England.

The publication covered UFO sightings, close encounters, and broader paranormal phenomena reported throughout Staffordshire and neighbouring counties. SPACE investigators conducted their own field work, interviewing witnesses and visiting sites shortly after reported events. This ground-level approach gave the newsletter an immediacy that larger, more polished journals could not match. Raw witness accounts appeared alongside investigator notes and case analyses.

Regional UFO groups like SPACE formed the backbone of British ufology during the 1980s and 1990s. While national organisations such as BUFORA set editorial standards and coordinated policy, groups like SPACE did the unglamorous work of logging every local sighting, chasing down every phone call, and maintaining the relationships with local witnesses that kept reports flowing in.