At the end of 2024, Stuart realised the 60th Anniversary of the Warminster Mystery was close. He decided to set up this conference. He will be hosting throughout the day and speaking at the end.

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Stuart has been a well-known figure in the Crop Circle phenomenon for over three decades. He was the Co-Founder of the renowned Crop Circle Connector website. He has presented and produced seven documentaries on the phenomenon since 2003, and spoken at International conferences. 

Steve Wills is a Wiltshire-based researcher who has had an interest in all things high-strange since the age of 13, when he discovered his father's paranormal/UFO book and magazine collection. He has thoroughly researched the famous Warminster UFO phenomenon, made famous in the mid-1960s and known for many years as an active hotspot.  He's worked with retired CID police officer John Hanson on various projects, including a special Wiltshire edition of the Haunted Skies books, where he interviewed many UFO encounter eyewitnesses. He has also written pieces for the Curious Fortean  magazine and helped the late Timothy Green Beckley update UFO Prophecy by Arthur Shuttlewood.

John Hanson is a retired West Midlands police officer. He became involved in UFO investigations in the late 90s after police officers were directed to a reported UFO seen over Birmingham. John has written over  20 books under the Haunted Skies banner. He and his partner Shirley Edwards run what is probably the largest and most informative  UFO archive in the UK

Maria is a Master Dowser and the UK’s leading authority on earth energies and ley lines that were skilfully incorporated into megalithic sites. Maria is an international speaker and an accomplished author of many books on sacred sites, dowsing, lost civilisations and past life astrology. She discovered and photographed a long-lost civilisation that had elongated skulls and a ‘mythical’ appearance. She runs EsotericCollege.com a site that offers certificated courses on holistic subjects and teaches advance dowsing techniques that are not taught anywhere else in the world.  

The conference day will incorporate music from C.E.IV  (featuring their track Cradle Hill) and there will be an interview with the Band's founder member, Brian McMullan Jr.

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C E IV (pronounced ‘see ee four’) are an alternative / ambient rock band. They formed in Glasgow, Scotland in the winter of 1983/1984, born out of the band members' common interests in music and the UFO and alien phenomena.

The band based their name on the late Dr. J. Allen Hynek’s terminology categorising UFO case reports.  A 'Close Encounter of the Fourth Kind', or CE4, being the abduction of a human, by alien or unknown entities.

The founding and core members were Brian McMullan senior (guitar, vocals) and Brian McMullan junior (drums, keyboards, backing vocals). Brian Snr sadly passed away in March 2022. They were a father and son partnership passionate about the music and the subject matter and were equally involved in the writing of music and lyrics, as well as the recording and production of their albums in their home studio.

The strong interest in UFOs heavily influenced song writing from the band's inception and continues to this day with several projects underway in 2025.

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The band, all keen ufologists, have released a number of albums and singles under their own label, including Abduction (1988), Visions (1992), One Dream (1995), Cradle Hill (Come Touch The Sky) (2009). The band have performed at various venues throughout the UK, from local clubs in Glasgow in the early days, through to large international UFO conferences. and have more recently written music for events, podcasts and other projects.

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contact@ceiv.co.uk
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Steve Rider has had a lifelong interest in ghosts, ufology, cryptozoology, ancient sites and all things paranormal. In 1991 he joined the first paranormal group in the Southampton area and helped found Southern Paranormal Investigations (SPI).  As a member of the Southampton UFO Group (SUFOG) he became an investigator, conference organiser and speaker; he founded the group’s paranormal team and was a speaker at the Leeds International UFO Conference in 2002.

During his time with SUFOG, he worked with a lecturer at Totton College near Southampton, to help create a college course on Ufology. As a result of that, he appeared on Channel 4’s ‘The Big Breakfast’ in the late 1990’s and has been involved in filming for other TV productions.

In 2011 he helped found South Coast Paranormal (SCP) - a small team who conducted investigations on the south coast of England, where the public would be invited to join as part of an experience-based investigation.  After moving to Devon, Steve became involved with the Centre for Fortean Zoology (CFZ), speaking at two ‘Weird Weekends’.

In 2013 Steve became a fully accredited Investigator, after attaining distinctions in both the Basic and Advanced level of The British Investigators Training Course in Anomalous Phenomena (which were offered by MAPIT & SEP).

Steve is also able to tap into his intuitive side, as a member of a mediumship circle, and is a trained Reiki practitioner and IET (Integrated Energy Therapy) healer. He currently resides in Street in Somerset, where he recently spoke at the Cryptid Conference UK. Victoria Park Community Centre Bridgwater