LIVERPOOL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY CONTEMPLATES UNIDENTIFIED ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA

This year, Liverpool Astronomical Society celebrates 145 years of astronomy on Merseyside and can report a great turnout for the first monthly meeting of the year.

Held on 16 January 2026, at the Quaker Meeting House in Liverpool City Centre, the meeting featured a talk by former Society President, Mr Steve Southern. Entitled What are UAPs?, he discussed the interesting topic of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, covering a wide range of subjects and discoveries. In particular, he highlighted how our technology and engineering has improved our knowledge of the Earth, Solar System, our local Galaxy, and the wider Universe. It is interesting to contemplate that the period between the first Wright Brothers powered flight and the first human stepping on the Moon was less than seventy years. So, what will we discover during the next seventy to hundred years?

Besides the talk, congratulations go to Steve Tomkinson who was the winner of the raffle. His prize was an impressive, framed display of Apollo mission patches, kindly donated by LAS Librarian Anne Smith. Future Monthly meetings begin at 7pm on the third Friday of the month. Phil Williams and Gerard Gilligan