Welsh UFO sightings from 1656. For sightings from other years please click HERE . 1656, night Cardiganshire Robert Burton's History of the Principality of Wales , first published in 1695, recounted the tale of a man whose bedroom was visited by various little beings in 1656. Here is the passage in question from the 1730 second edition: The account of this event, along with other strange occurrences in Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Cardiganshire, came from letters written to Mr. B. by John Lewis, Esq, a Justice of Peace at Glankerrig near Aberystwyth. Burton claimed it was confirmed "by divers persons of good quality and reputation." FAIRIES COMING INTO THE BEDROOM OF A HOUSE NEAR ABERYSTWYTH. A man and his family being all in bed, he being awake about midnight, perceived by a light entering the little room where he lay, and about a dozen in the shapes of men, and two or three women with small children in their arms follow