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The Passing of highly respected UFO and Crop Circle Researcher, former British Aerospace Engineer Roy Dutton |
Roy Dutton passed 6th August, 2018 |
Today I received the sad news from colleague David Cayton of the passing on August 6th, 2018 of our mutual friend - well known researcher, Roy Dutton. I give my deepest condolences to Roy's family and friends. All of my memories of Roy are fond ones. Both of us being engineers with deep interest in the UFO subject, as well as crop circles, it was important to research these subjects using approved scientific protocols. He was of the old school and graphs and grounded reasoning was demanded by him to support his views and findings. I first met Roy at a BUFORA lecture he presented in London during 1984. Later he attended one of my own and we commenced a number of research projects together soon after. He was a very easy man to talk to, very intelligent, methodical and an honest man. I liked Roy a lot. He had a good natured dry sense of humor, a prerequisite for our subjects of interest. He will be remembered for his highly credible research and will leave his mark in UFO and crop circle research history. Thinking outside the box is the mark of our best innovative engineers and inventors. That was the true mark of Roy Dutton, formerly of British Aerospace (BAe Systems), Woodford, Cheshire (The old and famous AVRO Company). I am proud and greatly honored to have known Roy. The biggest thank you, should be from all of us for his courage in being so public with his UFO research. There is always a price to pay, especially pre 2000s, for breaking ranks when you are ahead of the curve, which he was. Thank you Roy from the bottom of my heart. - Colin Andrews. . |
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Roy (Camera bag on shoulder) inspecting a crop circle during 1989 - reported by Hampshire Police. Copyright - Colin Andrews.. |
Leonie Starr, Busty Taylor and Roy Dutton. Copyright: Busty Taylor. |
Rest in peace Roy and God bless you for all the work you did for UFO and crop circles research. Busty. |
Updated: 16, August, 2018 |
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I first got to know Roy while we were both working at British Aerospace, Woodford during the mid 1990’s. We both worked in different Departments, I in the Design Engineering Laboratories, Roy initially in the Hawker Siddeley Dynamics branch of the Company. After Dynamics relocated to BAe Hatfield, Roy remained at Woodford and worked in Wind Tunnels and’ Special Projects’ Dept.....a bit hush, hush! While I already had some interest in ufo’s from my previous RAF Service, Roy was instrumental in getting me more seriously active in both UFO’s and the crop circle phenomena. He persuaded me to join BUFORA and the Centre for Crop Circle Studies (CCCS). His numerous Circle photos which he passed around our shared Canteen lunch table really sparked my enthusiasm and keenness to set foot inside a crop formation! This resulted in my 20 years of frequent visits to the fields of Wiltshire, with my good friend and co researcher, Robert Hulse. We are eternally grateful to Roy for setting us on our voyages’ of discovery! It was Roy who also first introduced me to Robert and others with a shared interest! |
Roy was a true mechanical engineer ‘boffin’ and was keen to understand what the mysterious unknown energy was to create the crop plant swirled circles? He designed and built a working model to demonstrate how the plant stems were softly laid down, sweeping incrementally around in curves, without physical damage in the process! He had liaised with an Italian professor on a possible energy source and they came up with a type of focussed gravitational microwave? In my book, Roy was one of the original crop circle pioneers and he never gave up trying to find the correct scientific cause for the non mechanical planked formations. He had presented a number of lectures on the subject over the years, including to the Royal Aeronautical Society (Roy was a Fellow of the RAes) on his pet theory (developed over much of his life) describing how he believed intelligently controlled solid craft could navigate to enter and exit our earthly orbit on certain timed tracks! Vivien and I got to know Roy well, along with his late wife, Marion and they are sorely missed. We extend our sincere condolences to Roy’s son and family. |
A brief personal tribute to Roy T. Dutton, from David Cayton, August 2018. |
Left: Roy & Marion’s visit to us in Stockport, May 2010. |