Summer solstice experience—something odd over Glastonbury Tor, 21st June 1997

I've never posted about this before because honestly I thought I'd dreamed it, but a mate sent me a documentary last week about heightened activity around solstices and I had to share. This happened 27 years ago now, but I remember it clear as anything.

Summer solstice 1997. I was 19, camping with two mates near Glastonbury Tor. We'd gone for the whole spiritual vibe - bit of meditation, bit of cider, you know. Around 3am, the three of us wake up simultaneously (all at the same time, no alarms set) and there's this humming sound that seemed to come from everywhere. Not unpleasant, almost musical. We walked to the edge of the field and saw a triangular light formation hovering about 200 feet above the Tor, absolutely motionless. Watched it for maybe five minutes. Then it just... switched off. No sound, no movement, just gone.

When we compared notes the next morning, we all remembered slightly different things - I swear it was there for five minutes, my mate Dave said ten, and Linda couldn't remember the colour properly. Which I now know is a classic abduction symptom. I don't remember being inside anything, but there's about ninety minutes I can't properly account for.

Has anyone else had time discrepancies alongside summer solstice activity? I'm not saying aliens, I'm just asking questions.

Time loss around solstices is very documented. The veil between worlds is thinner during astronomical events - this is standard occultism, not just UFO stuff. Your nervous systems probably synced up as a group, which is why you all woke simultaneously. The entities (whatever they are) tend to be more active when the sun's at extreme angles.

Sorry mate but this screams mass hysteria. Three drunk lads at a spiritual hotspot seeing lights in the sky at 3am after they've all been meditating? Of course your memories don't match - you were all slightly off your heads. The ninety minutes you can't account for is probably just sleep. Memory gaps after being woken suddenly are completely normal.

I swear it was there for five minutes, my mate Dave said ten, and Linda couldn't remember the colour properly.

This inconsistency is actually what makes it more credible to me. If you'd all reported identical details down to the second, that would be the real red flag - suggests you'd fabricated the story together. The variations you're describing are exactly what you'd expect from genuine witnesses trying to recall something unusual and disorienting.

Did you ever ring up Glastonbury Tor visitor centre or post about it online at the time? There might be corroborating reports from other people in the area that night. If multiple unconnected groups saw the same thing, that's pretty compelling.

Mate, you need to get hypnotic regression done. That ninety minutes could be crucial. There's a practitioner in Somerset who specialises in UFO cases - let me dig out her details. The gaps in memory around solstice encounters often contain the most important information.