The Berwyn Mountains Incident: The Night Wales Shook and the Sky Lit Up

The green ridge of Cadair Berwyn in the Berwyn Mountains, Wales, with a small lake below

About 5 min readOn 23 January 1974, villagers in the Berwyn Mountains of North Wales felt a violent tremor, heard a huge bang, and saw a brilliant light fall to earth. Some said a UFO had crashed. The official explanation — an earthquake and a meteor on the same night — has been argued over ever since.