◆ CASE FILEThe facts, corroborated
The Norwich Telescope Saucer
On the evening of 7 October 1953 Norwich amateur astronomer F. W. Potter followed a domed object through his refracting telescope for nearly four minutes and drew a craft that looked almost exactly like George Adamski's famous saucer photograph, only upside down. The account survives in pages from two 1950s saucer books that turned up in a CIA photo-analysis file. This is the record of what was reported, not a verdict on what crossed the Norwich sky.
◆ THE SHORT VERSION
- The Norwich Telescope Saucer is a reported UAP case in Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom, 7 October 1953, about 7.15 pm.
- A Norwich amateur astronomer followed a domed object through his refracting telescope for nearly four minutes and drew a craft with a red glow in a hollow underneath.
- His sketch, printed beside George Adamski's saucer photograph, matched it almost exactly, and he insisted his telescope had shown it upside down.
- His wife backed his account, and other Norwich residents came forward to corroborate him, according to 1950s saucer books.
- Sceptics at the time noted that Adamski's photograph had been in the papers the week before and that Potter's brother had reported lights three weeks earlier.
- For this case Fractured Realities holds 1 distinct source and 2 distinct claimants on its resolved list.
- The archive grades it L3 · MULTI-SOURCE — multiple independent sources attest to it.
Counts are resolved totals of what sources say, computed 2026-10-03; the reported details above are claims in the record, not findings. A record of reports, not a verdict on what happened.
EVENT DATE
7 October 1953, about 7.15 pm
LOCATION
Norwich, Norfolk · United Kingdom
COORDS
52.63°N 1.29°E
INDEPENDENCE
L3 · MULTI-SOURCE
SOURCES
1 distinct
CLAIMANTS
2
STATUS
Known from released government records
NUMBERS COMPUTED 2026-10-03 · RESOLVED COUNTS, NOT A VERDICT
