Ghosts, UFOs and Paranormal Activity

20th September 2024

Our Ref: FOI2024/05872

Request under the Freedom of Information ACT 2000 Ref No: FOI2024/05872   

I write in connection with your request for information received on 22nd August.  I note you seek access to the following information:

I am writing to make a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

I would be grateful if you could provide me with the following information:

1. 1. The number of reported incidents received by your police force from members of the public or your own officers that involve the following terms in their descriptions or classifications:

• • Ghosts
  • Demons
  • Monsters
  • Paranormal phenomena
  • Supernatural entities
  • Poltergeists
  • Apparitions
  • UFO's
  • Aliens
  • Other similar terms associated with paranormal or supernatural activity.

The time period I am requesting covers the past five years, from August 2019 to August 2024

1. 2. For each relevant report, where possible, please include:

The date of the report

A brief description of the incident (redacted to remove personal identifying information)

The location (e.g., city, town) but also in more detail such as train station (e.g. Kings Cross), hospital, police station, school, prison, church, forest, hotel, historic homes, lighthouse, theatre, mosque, library, museum, derelict buildings house, shop, airport, underground, factory, graveyard, morgue - of the reported incident.

Any outcomes or actions taken in response to the report

If the information is available in electronic format, I would prefer to receive it by email in an Excel spreadsheet format.

I understand that you may need to redact certain details for privacy and data protection reasons, and I am happy to accept redacted versions of the reports.

If for any reason this request exceeds the cost limit for FOI requests, please provide as much of the information as possible within the cost limit, focusing on the number of reports and their general descriptions.

I am required by the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (The Act) to handle all requests in a manner that is blind to the identity of the requestor. Any information released in response to a request is regarded as being published and therefore, in the public domain without caveat.

Response - Following enquiries with Cambridgeshire Constabulary please see our response below.

1. The number of reported incidents received by your police force from members of the public or your own officers that contain the required search terms

Recorded between 1st August 2019 and 31st July 2024                                                        

Split by calendar year

It was not possible to get any more detail of the location, eg cemetery etc

The numerical data presented in this response is an un-audited snapshot of un-published data sourced from "live" systems and is subject to the interpretation of the original request by the individual extracting the data.