UFO Reports 2009

Occupation
Date Time Town / Village Area (Where Relevant) Description
Air Traffic Control
Jan-09 Not Given Warwick Warwickshire employee An orange glowing object with a red light on the right-hand side.
Jan-09 Not Given Not Given North Yorkshire Very curious. A very bright light, four times that of a star.
Air Traffic Control
Jan-09 Not Given Carterton Oxfordshire employee A very bright constant red light.
been outside the individuals house for some nights and then one
Jan-09 Not Given High Wycombe Buckinghamshire night.
Jan-09 Not Given Sawtry Cambridgeshire A UFO.
A diamond shaped red light came towards him from the sea. Rear
end of diamond was a blue light. It was incredibly hot as it passed
Jan-09 Not Given Porthcawl Mid Glamorgan overhead. No sound.
A silver disc shaped light seen for two minutes. Witness was in his
Jan-09 Not Given Halifax West Yorkshire lounge.
Jan-09 Not Given High Wycombe Buckinghamshire A bright object travelling very fast overhead. Not a plane.
Jan-09 Not Given St Albans Hertfordshire Something lit up the sky. There was smoke in the sky afterwards.
Jan-09 Not Given Colington Edinburgh Lights in the sky.
Jan-09 Not Given Llandudno Clwyd A bright orange light.
01-Jan-09 Not Given Chippenham Wiltshire A UFO.
01-Jan-09 Not Given Streatham Hill London Two bright lights/objects moving through the sky.
01-Jan-09 00:10 Blairgowrie Perthshire Four bright orange lights in a group.
Over my house. It was massive. Unbelievable. The noise was
01-Jan-09 01:30 Not given Not given incredible. I thought we were under nuclear attack.
Five yellow/orange objects in formation. Moving east to west. Slow
02-Jan-09 17:00 Nuneaton Warwickshire but straight flight.
3-4 Jan 09 Not Given Sandbach Cheshire A UFO. An orange/yellow light.
Four or more moving bright solid orange lights. Followed by a further
Haslingdale/ eight identical objects. Rose vertically over the side on the valley.
04-Jan-09 Not Given Rossendale Lancashire Made no sound.
A V shaped formation similar to how birds fly of seven lights. Moved
rapidly across the sky rotated slightly then the lights split up and
vanished. Lights were size and brightness of stars. No noise and no
05-Jan-09 19:00 Malvern Worcestershire visible trails in sky.
06-Jan-09 Not Given Cardigan Cardiganshire Five rather big orange things flew over the witness. He was terrified.

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06-Jan-09 21:00 Northampton Northamptonshire Strange lights. Eleven in total.

A green light with a white light on the outer rim. Flew over the hills
08-Jan-09 04:40 Blackpool Lancashire and disappeared once it passed the motorway.
09-Jan-09 Not Given Exeter Devon An object in the sky over Exeter.
Strange white light, got smaller and turned green. Pulsated in
11-Jan-09 00:10 London W9 Greater London brightness.
Saw a large shape in the sky. It didn't look like a helicopter but
sounded like one and was very loud. It hovered for an hour. Then
12-Jan-09 Not Given Old Coulson Surrey headed towards Caterham.
13-Jan-09 Not Given Leyton London Object that moved quickly through the sky.
13-Jan-09 20:15 High Wycombe Buckinghamshire Strange burning objects in the sky.
14-Jan-09 Not Given Leyton London Object that moved quickly through the sky.
18-Jan-09 Not Given Leyton London Object that moved quickly through the sky.
Air Traffic Control
18-Jan-09 19:44 Lichfield Staffordshire employee A bright yellow light. It vanished for a few seconds then reappeared.

19-Jan-09 Not Given Tarland Aberdeenshire A bright steady light in the sky. It then just moved and disappeared.
A very large ball (looked like a fireball). The object was small, but
23-Jan-09 20:40 Anlaby Hull rather far away

Object had a large light on the front and a smaller red and green
light on either side, as if on the ends of a planes wings. Base was a
23-Jan-09 20:58 Undy Newport perfect square and black in colour. It made a quiet humming sound.
Large ball of light. Light did not diminish. Very strange. Made no
23-Jan-09 21:40 West Cross Swansea sound. Very strange.
Large spherical object, bright orange in colour. Much bigger than
any plane or helicopter. Glowed brightly all over. Was completely
24-Jan-09 23:05 Henleaze Bristol soundless.
Star shaped and very bright, brilliant white. Changing shape. No
25-Jan-09 18:00 Perton West Midlands noise.
An extremely bright blue circular light. After diving down at steep
25-Jan-09 19:00 Livingston West Lothian angle, rising then diving again, it vanished.
25-Jan-09 23:25 Sittingbourne Kent A strange ball of bright orange light. Light faded out.

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A bright oval orange in the sky. Thought at first it was an aircraft on

fire. After five minutes the bright glow petered out and then became
totally black. Lived in the area all her life but had never seen
26-Jan-09 17:15 Northholt Middlesex anything like it before.
Three orange lights in horizontal line above the opposite side of the
hill. Stopped car but saw only four lights, two separate at the top &
two close together at the bottom. Top two rose and disappeared.
26-Jan-09 18:15 Bromley Kent Second two moved higher then also vanished.

26-Jan-09 21:45 Tarring West Sussex Four orange lights. At first mistook them for stars. Faded one by one
Light in the sky. Other lights falling or dripping from it to the ground.
At first thought it was fireworks. Made no noise and was the size of a
28-Jan-09 22:10 Grimsby Lincolnshire helicopter.
We keep getting flown over by aliens galore. They are dropping
germs and we keep getting colds. Please send the RAF or USAF to
29-Jan-09 Not Given Colchester Essex stop them.
Feb-09 Not Given Swadlincote Derbyshire 15 fireballs in the sky. Not aircraft.
Five orange lights high in the sky over the house. Disappeared into
Feb-09 Not Given East Kilbride Lanarkshire the atmosphere
Same as the UFO seen over the House of Commons in February
03-Feb-09 01:00 Not Given Thames Estuary 2008. Matches description The Sun gave.
Bright clear light shooting across sky. There were blue lights almost
03-Feb-09 10:10 West Row Suffolk in line with the clear light. They were evenly spaced.
A dullish orange light low in the sky. Circular in shape with no
defined edge. Surface had texture of the Sun's surface but not as
Newcastle Under bright. It reduced in size as it backed away from the witness. An
04-Feb-09 18:32 Chesterton Lyme aircraft flew in its direction whilst giving it a wide berth.
Six red or orange lights in a large oval shape moving slowly towards
05-Feb-09 Not Given Portslade Sussex Brighton. They made no noise
Series of UFO Sightings. Three orange lights arranged vertically in
05-Feb-09 06:30 Cropwell Bishop Nottinghamshire the sky. No way they could be aircraft. Four sets of them.
06-Feb-09 Not Given Rossendale Lancashire A blue and purple flashing light over the moors for 30 minutes.
A clearly defined, shiny silvery metallic cylinder with rounded ends.
Between Mealrigg Estimated 50ft in length. Small protrusion on upper rear body.
06-Feb-09 17:30 and Langrigg Cumbria Object made no sound nor visible emissions.

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Near Edinburgh White on outer edges. 7-800ft long. Moving very fast from North to
06-Feb-09 20:10 Airport Edinburgh South.
07-Feb-09 Not Given Gorseinon Swansea Strange object seen when he developed photographs he had taken.
Between Norwich Ten orange orbs. Orbs had slightly pulsating orange lights. Not like
07-Feb-09 19:30 and Lenwade Norfolk navigation lights. Made no noised.
Six lights, some red, some orange and some white all travelling in
the same direction. It was either one big object or six single objects.
07-Feb-09 20:05 Not Given Not Given All travelling in the same direction.
A bright orange light travelling very fast from North to South east.
Too large and bright to be a plane. In view for one minute then
07-Feb-09 23:10 Basingstoke Hampshire disappeared behind a cloud. Noticed no noise or tail.
Strange object in the sky. Bright orange in colour with intensity of
07 Feb. 09 22:05 Fowey Cornwall fire. Like a huge hanglider.
08-Feb-09 20:00 Ashingdon Essex Lights in the sky. Definitely not a plane. Very strange.
Five UFOs. Bright round orange lights. Made no noise. Disappeared
08-Feb-09 21:00 Sutton Surrey in direction on London.
A peculiar bright light. The object was spherical shaped like a
satellite. It moved West to East very quickly. Definitely not a
09-Feb-09 Not Given Romsley Shropshire satellite, helicopter or light aircraft.
Bright orange lights continuously going up and down on the horizon.
10-Feb-09 21:00 Not Given Somerset Heading East in the direction of Frome or Wiltshire.
An orange/yellow object moving NW to SE. Followed by three more.
Western-super- No navigation lights and they made no sound. Not that high up.
10-Feb-09 22:45 Mare Somerset Disappeared into the distance quicker than they arrived.
A brightly glowing orange ball. It seemed to be a controlled craft. It
hovered for a couple of minutes then the light seemed to
deliberately fade. It was a few hundred feet up and a quarter of a
13-Feb-09 23:12 Bradford-on-Avon Wiltshire mile from the house.
A bright orange object. The top was rounded like the top of a balloon
and was a brighter orange towards the bottom. It appeared to be
14-Feb-09 20:10 Roxwell Essex stationary.
Witness saw a long light flashing like a laser. Sometimes there were
two lights crossing over. This is the third time they have been seen
15-Feb-09 Not Given Aberford Leeds over six weeks.

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Two orange lights in the sky that hovered over the old hospital site.
The lights were not together but were stationary. They made no
15-Feb-09 00:15 Winwick Warrington Police Officer noise. They then moved off in a southerly direction.
15-Feb-09 06:30 Bennech Anglesey Strange lights seen over the bay.
A bright light that went straight up in the sky above the A12 near
16-Feb-09 19:00 Colchester Essex Colchester.
A dome shaped orange ball of light. It suddenly took off from a field.
It was organic like a jellyfish. Transparent, and you could see its
Greater internal workings. It departed swaying left to right and made a
16-Feb-09 19:19 Leigh Manchester droning noise. 150-200ft in the air.
A ball of light with a few lights inside. It hovered over Gravesend for
19-Feb-09 19:50 Gravesend Kent some 30 minutes. Too static for a helicopter.
Two strange lights behind the clouds that appeared to be playing
with each other, pretending to crash into each other. Then they were
joined by a third light that hovered underneath them, going back and
20-Feb-09 21:45 Bradford West Yorkshire forth.
Five bright orange lights in the sky. One was in the lead the other
four in a loose rectangular formation. Disappeared behind trees then
were seen in a line with long gaps between them. Heard no engine
21-Feb-09 22:45 Arundel West Sussex noise. Headed south for two miles before vanishing.
An object with a white and alternating red lights at an angle. Came
from South East London towards Canary Wharf. It stopped in mid-air
and an alternating sequence of red lights flashed at 180 degrees.
22-Feb-09 Not Given South East London London Lights switched side instantly.
A single object the size of a large car. Silver with flames flickering
22-Feb-09 01:10 Chepstow Gwent from the underside. Then moved up and away.
Object came in trajectory into back garden. It was like the upper part
of an egg, glowing bright orange like hot steel. On bottom it had
something like a root structure. It looked like it was having some
22-Feb-09 19:00 Oxted Surrey trouble but righted itself, and gently flew off.
22-Feb-09 19:30 Swindon Wiltshire 80 bright lights over the top of Queen's Hill in Swindon.
A sizeable, silent, flickering orange light. Difficult to judge height and
speed but much slower than any meteorite and much faster than the
22-Feb-09 19:30 Bedford Bedfordshire prevailing wind which was negligible.
A ball of light in the clouds, moving slowly and falling apart. Had
23-Feb-09 19:17 New Ash Green Kent other white lights coming off it. Made no sound.

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It was the flashing of a huge object with one normal and two green
lights. It was flying low. Only saw it for four seconds than it vanished
23-Feb-09 22:52 South East London London from sight.
Saw four spaceships that flew over the house into the sky. They had
a bright light that faded and was then gone. They returned to the
24-Feb-09 18:45 Hartlepool Cleveland same spot they had come from.
25-Feb-09 18:30 Oldham Manchester A very bright object that glows red and bright.
Two lights above the cloud with beams of light coming out from
them horizontally. Dotting about like two fireflies. The beams are
coming from the lights, not the ground. Seen to the north. The lights
26-Feb-09 19:15 Malmesbury Wiltshire are very round and flying in a small area.
One white light to the south east that flashes red, green and an off
yellow at about 8-10000ft. Another across central London at 10-
15000ft with the same colours. Objects are identical and 3-4 miles
27-Feb-09 18:15 Central London London apart on the approach path to Heathrow or London City.
Two orange lights over Hayle Estuary moving at the speed of a
27-Feb-09 21:00 Lelant Cornwall helicopter but had no aircraft navigation lights.
27-Feb-09 23:00 Newquay Cornwall Bright orange object travelling west to east across the sky.
A big yellow glow in the sky to the south of Aberdeen. About 2500ft
28-Feb-09 04:30 Portlethen Aberdeenshire high but not aircraft landing lights.
Mary Tavy near
28-Feb-09 21:50 Dartmoor Devon Orange lights in the sky. Like fairy lights. Made no sound
Lights like little stars in a half moon shape. A bright light at the
01-Mar-09 18:45 Bishopsmill Morayshire centre was moving very slightly.
Three very bright orange lights in triangular formation. They were
circular with no tails. Travelling at speed towards the east. Made no
sound. Could not tell height. Visible for 4-5 minutes before fading
01-Mar-09 19:00 Warlingham Surrey away one by one.
A swarm of about 100 flashing white lights, high in the sky moving
from the NE to SE. Very quick and keeping equidistant and of equal
speed. Disappeared about 45 degrees above the horizon. The
01-Mar-09 20:15 West Bridgford Nottingham swarm moved in an arc of 40 degrees in about 10 seconds.
04-Mar-09 22:50 Swindon Wiltshire Various different lights in a star shape.

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Two sphere like objects orange/red in colour. The first object ran
parallel to the witness, dropped then disappeared. The second
05-Mar-09 Not Given Selby North Yorkshire object moved straight across the sky line then disappeared.
07-Mar-09 05:00 Cottingham Humberside An object in the sky changing colour.
A large fireball but with an oblong shape. Thought it was a crashing
airliner but it stopped and hovered. It then came towards Dascar,
stopped and headed in a SE direction towards Bury. It hovered in
08-Mar-09 01:30 Bolton Lancashire the distance for a minute before disappearing.
09-Mar-09 21:15 Hayes Middlesex An object hovering in the sky. The object had bright lights.
An emerald green object that was like a torchlight or a large
grapefruit. It flitted up, down and around outside the landing window.
The beam of light narrowed and it came back as a ball shape. It was
09-Mar-09 23:10 Holland on Sea Essex still for 90 seconds then vanished.
A long cylinder of gold light. It looked like a very bright shooting star.
10-Mar-09 18:15 A3 South of M25 A3 South of M25 Observed it for 3 seconds.
The whole object was glowing like hot metal and there was no
sound. It was travelling at the speed of a fighter or a satellite, from
10-Mar-09 18:50 Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria NW to SE. It looked to be flying quite low.
10-Mar-09 22:10 Spalding Lincolnshire Strange orange lights in the sky.
14-Mar-09 18:50 Bugbrooke Northamptonshire A big bright red ball of fire travelling at a terrific speed.
Two UFOs. Orange globes that moved near together then separated
14-Mar-09 20:15 Flitwick Bedfordshire and very gradually disappeared.
14-Mar-09 20:30 Harlyn Bay Cornwall Five strange orange lights in formation, moving very quickly.
Object was travelling east/southeast. An extremely bright, constant
red/orange light shining down. The shape of the object was obscured
by the light. It made no sound. Cannot determine speed, but was
14-Mar-09 20:40 King's Lynn Norfolk visible for two minutes. May have speeded up.
A bright orange light, the size of a helicopter. It looked like a flame
17-Mar-09 Not Given Croydon London or a flare but made no sound. It was moving very slowly.
The shape of a rectangle. It had a dull green glow with no other
17-Mar-09 00:35 Not Given Not Given lights showing.
A wide pear drop shaped translucent green light with a small tail of
light. Moved in NW direction. Made no noise and vanished after a
17-Mar-09 05:35 Portsmouth Hampshire MoD Guard Service few seconds.
Three orange lights, evenly spaced and moving at the same speed.
17-Mar-09 20:30 Heywood Lancashire Gradually disappeared after five minutes. Heading from SE to NW.

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A red fire ball travelling at extreme speed. It made no sound.

17-Mar-09 21:02 Bromsgrove Worcestershire Heading from Coventry to Leominster.
18-Mar-09 22:00 Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire Two very bright glowing orange lights moving at very high speed.
A constant light travelling West to East. Very erratic, wobbling off
19-Mar-09 Not Given Not Given West Sussex course then just disappeared.
Large bright light seen to the east of Exton, moving south to north at
20-Mar-09 18:50 Exton Rutland high speed- at first mistaken for a planet.
A bright diamond shaped light. Definitely not an aircraft. Faster than
an aircraft. Headed east for one minute before moving upwards and
22-Mar-09 19:55 Newtimber West Sussex disappearing.
Looked like a satellite crashing or a star. It was fairly pacey and then
slowed to a halt. It moved off after 20 seconds and gathered speed.
22-Mar-09 20:00 Adfa Powys It became a dot and vanished.
Four UFOs flying beneath two aircraft. They moved much faster
than the aircraft. Greyish in colour with a dome on top and bottom.
24-Mar-09 05:17 Bridgend Glamorgan Flew over the Waterton Industrial Estate.
A very bright spherical object. Size of a full moon. Yellow/orange in
colour. Object seemed wrapped in a bright glowing cloud of light. It
made no noise. It moved towards Hascombe. Performed a series of
25-Mar-09 20:25 Godalming Surrey erratic moves.
Three objects in the sky. They were circling and dipping in and out
of the clouds. They could have been light sources or just reflecting
light. A possible tail of light at a slight angle away from the direction
27-Mar-09 16:10 Walthamstow London of travel on each of the objects.
A group of very bright orange objects heading NW to SE at a
consistent speed and low altitude. There was a group of 15 followed
by groups of 2-3 and 3-4 over a five minute period. They made no
28-Mar-09 08:45 Torquay Devon noise.
Three bright lights heading in the same direction some 2 minutes
29-Mar-09 20:45 Preston Lancashire apart. The 3rd light disintegrated and spilt up.
A massive orange thing. Going so fast it passed a plane going
04-Apr-09 Not Given Swindon Wiltshire towards RAF Lyneham.

A bright orange ball of fire. It was quite high up in the sky over the
04-Apr-09 00:30 Saddleworth Lancashire house. It was changing colour and disappeared straight into the sky.
04-Apr-09 10:30 Harrogate North Yorkshire It was square with orange lights.

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04-Apr-09 21:02 Abergavenny Gwent Two UFOs.

04-Apr-09 23:15 Leyland Lancashire Object seen for 6-7 minutes.
05-Apr-09 09:00 Swindon Wiltshire Something peculiar.
Very bright white light. Its trail followed it for half an hour heading
06-Apr-09 Not Given Hessel Humberside towards Brough.
08-Apr-09 Not Given Leeds West Yorkshire A ball of fire.
Looked like a squashed balloon and had no wings. Rounder at the
front and pointed at the back. It had no lights at the front but 2-3 at
the back, one red, one red and flashing and one white/green.
08-Apr-09 01:00 Brighton Sussex Witness heard the noise first which grew louder.
09-Apr-09 21:26 Note Given Liverpool Two parallel lights. Red or orange lights in the sky.
A very bright orange glow. Moved about the speed of an airliner,
11-Apr-09 21:35 Ellon Aberdeenshire heading south to north.
11-Apr-09 20:30 Bromley Kent A UFO.
11-Apr-09 21:05 Harrow London A big ball of fire, like a star. It decreased in size over two minutes.
Several orange lights, same colour and brightness of street lights.
11-Apr-09 21:20 Chesterfield Derbyshire Three were close together and the others were in a horizontal line.

A Light. Moved past very slowly then shot off at phenomenal speed.
11-Apr-09 21:40 Goole Humberside It was round but twice it changed into a cone shape. 300-400ft up.
Four glowing objects coming from southwest and then turned north.
12-Apr-09 Not Given Swindon Wiltshire They were glowing duller and brighter, then disappeared.
12-Apr-09 23:10 Linlithgow West Lothian A UFO.
A ball of glowing red light. After 30 seconds the light dimmed slightly
13-Apr-09 Not Given Farnborough Hampshire and then just disappeared.
13-Apr-09 21:00 Moelfre Angelsey Looked like a Chinese lantern.
Two orangey lights in the sky moving towards each other. Then a
ball of light approached the other lights. All three were stationary for
a while before disappearing into the distance. Another light then
13-Apr-09 21:30 Derby Derbyshire hovered where the others had been.
A bright orange light approached at low level and then remained
14-Apr-09 21:45 Strathspey Invernesshire stationary for 10 minutes. Then it turned red.
A round yellow ball. It looked like it had a parachute on top, the
14-Apr-09 22:00 Smalley Derbyshire shape of a helmet.
14-Apr-09 22:45 Wallington Surrey Nine green lights in the sky.

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Two objects, five minutes apart heading East to West. They looked
like orange fiery balls but made no sound. They travelled at the
15-Apr-09 20:30 Dover Kent speed of a plane. They had no tail.
18-Apr-09 22:22 Brandon Suffolk Two yellow objects like giant sparklers heading North to South.
18-Apr-09 Not Given Oswestry Shropshire A UFO.
A orange ball in the sky, travelling very quickly then stopped and
19-Apr-09 10:00 Maghull Merseyside faded away.
An oval shaped glowing red object, in two dimensions. It spun in one
19-Apr-09 20:40 Snodlands Kent direction then reversed and swung in the other.
19-Apr-09 21:23 Not Given Liverpool A UFO Southwest of Liverpool.
Lights rising from the ground into the sky, much like debris from a
fire. However lights were too intense to be a fire. Seen in the
21-Apr-09 21:34 Maidstone Kent direction of the North Downs from Maidstone.
21-Apr-09 22:03 Pendleton Manchester A bright orange object moving at a steady pace.
A bright flaming object, about a quarter of the size of the moon. It
was like a special effect. It was silent and went from horizon to
21-Apr-09 22:55 Brighton Sussex horizon, starting in the North.
Like a large black parachute with nothing suspended from it. It
changed shape and gradually got smaller as it went into the
22-Apr-09 15:10 Basingstoke Hampshire distance. Observed for 10-20 minutes.
A long shaped vehicle with a red light at the front and two gold lights
either side. Hovered above the house and then moved off to the
right at tremendous speed before returning. It then drifted slowly
24-Apr-09 01:22 Harrow London away. It was louder than a plane or helicopter.
25-Apr-09 10:15 Croydon London A bright red light over the house.
Former Air Traffic A large black ball with a light underneath. Travelling South over
25-Apr-09 20:30 Bury St Edmunds Suffolk Controller western Bury St Edmunds at 3000ft at 200 miles an hour.
A black spherical object 12m in diameter. It was 500ft up and
Holmefirth/ travelling at 500 mph. It made no sound. It had a light on but
26-Apr-09 Not Given Huddersfield West Yorkshire switched it off when the witness shone a torch at it.
Two bright lights heading towards the city. Like a white octopus
shaped kite. It was like they were propelled but travelling on their
26-Apr-09 00:50 Hackney London own.

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A spherical object with a red flashing light underneath. It was

stationary in the sky for 10 minutes and then just faded away. It had
26-Apr-09 18:15 Regents Park London made no movement at all.
Single small white orb shortly joined by two others. Changed into a
dull flat circular shape. They were hovering over Central London at
15-20,000 ft but not blown by the wind. Objects disappeared but one
26-Apr-09 18:30 Central London London reappeared for five minutes.
Looked like a star or satellite. Saw three within 20 minutes. Came
from the south. Its speed increased and then slowed down. Finally
26-Apr-09 22:05 Grimsby Lincolnshire headed east over the North Sea.
A big bright orange light. It turned white and then disappeared very
28-Apr-09 Not Given Tywyn Gwynedd quickly. It made no noise.
28-Apr-09 21:48 Ferrers Essex A sighting.
Two orange lights flying in a parallel formation in an arc. One slowed
and went behind the other then they both gradually faded away. Far
too fast to be aircraft. They had no flashing lights and made no
29-Apr-09 23:10 Nottingham Nottinghamshire sound.
A very small white light with no flashing lights or smoke trail.
Headed north then did a sharp turn to the east and then was just
29-Apr-09 23:44 Caterham Surrey gone.
A bright green light that whizzed about the sky for an hour. It was
30-Apr-09 20:30 Sutton Surrey very fast and a few planes got in its way.
Saw orange lights that looked like flames. They were heading South
to North towards Preston. Police said it was the open rear of an
02-May-09 21:36 Chorley Lancashire aircraft undertaking parachute training.
Six very bright orange lights flying in formation passed by in 15
02-May-09 21:50 Upper Norwood London minutes. Heading from Upper Norwood towards Crystal Palace.
Initially one then five pitch black hot air balloon shaped objects with
02-May-09 22:00 Burbage Wiltshire continual flames underneath.
A large bright yellow object hovering in the sky. Too bright to be an
aircraft and the wrong colour. It didn't move for ages and then
02-May-09 23:00 Long Eaton Nottinghamshire disappeared in the blink of an eye.
A slow moving, silent, orangey/red light. Does not think it was a
02-May-09 23:30 Buckhurst Hill Essex helicopter or aircraft. Flew at same height as a helicopter.

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Six bright white & orange lights, two single and two in two object
formation. Lower and faster than a satellite. Witness contacted local
02-May-09 23:55 Southampton Hampshire police who had no other reports.
Two bright orangey/red lights moving towards Durham/Tees Valley
03-May-09 Not Given Darlington County Durham Airport. The objects flew steady, level and straight.
A shiny black flying cylinder, 20-30ft long at about 4700ft which was
200ft above the pilots aircraft. Although the pilot sighted the object.
03-May-09 15:50 Otmoor Oxfordshire Pilot Air Traffic Control forwarded details to the UFO Desk.
Seven orange orbs that suddenly disappeared. They were on a
North-South trajectory. Witness contacted Cardiff Air Traffic Control
03-May-09 21:30 Ammanford Dyfed Pilot who had nothing on radar.
Nine bright orange lights moving at slow speed and at 2000ft. They
04-May-09 00:20 Barton near A6 Lancashire made no sound.
05-May-09 22:10 Roade Northampton An orange flash and a loud bang.
Three bright small lights very close together travelling in a straight
line. They were flashing rapidly but made no noise and looked like
they were on fire but clearly were not. Speed of 100-150mph at
07-May-09 22:25 High Peak Derbyshire 1000ft. Came back eight minutes later.
A UFO over the witnesses house. It was at 30,000ft and he has seen
09-May-09 17:55 St Helens Merseyside it before.
A diamond shaped orange light. If you held out your hand it would
have been the size of a 20p coin. It was totally silent. The object
carried on in the distance and then another one appeared and
09-May-09 22:00 Harlow Essex followed the same path.
Four big lights in a line formation. Two dropped down and the other
09-May-09 22:10 Northwich Cheshire two moved off quickly into the distance.
09-May-09 22:50 Central London London Twenty orange balls heading north.
Like a star, but jumping all over the sky. It was 70 degrees above
the horizon. It was a blue/white colour and occasionally red and left
11-May-09 Not Given Tomintoul Banffshire a light trail.
11-May-09 21:38 Southampton Hampshire A very bright light. It made no sound but was very low.
A bright orange light. Too bright for a Chinese lantern. The light
looked electrical not a flame. Travelled in a straight line at a steady
speed. Travelled East to West with the wind. Made no noise. It was
14-May-09 22:00 Nenthead Cumbria about the size of a quarter moon.

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Four flaming balloons that disappeared over the horizon fairly

16-May-09 Not Given Brandon Suffolk quickly. Was not very high.
A strange blue light near the Cardington Hangers. Flew straight past
16-May-09 00:20 Bedford Bedfordshire the witness.
8-10 bright red lights. They were hovering. They moved
independently into the distance and disappeared when a light aircraft
16-May-09 21:50 Petts Wood Kent appeared.
Seven bright orange lights in the sky. Silent. Travelling towards the
16-May-09 22:00 Deeside Flintshire Wirral.
19-May-09 10:00 Redruth Cornwall A big bright light. Came from west Cornwall towards Plymouth.
19-May-09 21:30 Bexhill-on-Sea East Sussex A series of orange balls of fire.
An ellipse shaped object the size of a commercial plane. It was on
fire. It glowed bright orange. It moved South East to North and then
returned and hovered for at least a minute. Moved further away at
19-May-09 22:15 Long Eaton Nottingham supersonic speed.
21-May-09 Not Given Not Given Not Given A very bright blue light flew behind the house.
Very strange circular objects without definite shape. They stayed
21-May-09 23:40 King's Lynn Norfolk around for about five minutes. They were 8-9 of them.
Ten orange lights in a line with intermittent gaps. They made no
23-May-09 22:00 Penzance Cornwall sound and flew at helicopter height.
A big bright light. Thought it was a helicopter at first. Within seconds
followed by three others and then a further three. Flew low but made
23-May-09 22:10 Dudley West Midlands no sound.
23-May-09 22:10 Bodium East Sussex A strange sighting.
23-May-09 23:00 Hove East Sussex A very big red light moving slowly. It then faded away.
An orange light travelling from the south. It was followed by two
more orange lights on the same path, then five more and then two
23-May-09 23:00 Winsford Cheshire more. They made no noise but were at the height of a helicopter.
24-May-09 00:00 Llandaff City Cardiff Seven bright red lights.
A white object with a silver beam coming from it, over Pugneys
Country Park. It looked square but changed shape as it moved
about. Witness saw it through binoculars. An aircraft flew very close
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Three objects like fireballs falling to earth. They were glowing and
orange. There was one large object and two smaller ones which
converged together and rose into the atmosphere until they faded
24-May-09 22:15 Solihull West Midlands away.
25-May-09 12:00 Swansea West Glamorgan Three small yellow orbs travelling quite slow.
A UFO. It was a "glowing ball of something or other". Definitely not a
25-May-09 23:00 Bracknell Berkshire plane.
30-May-09 Not Given Spilsby Lincolnshire A sighting.
A bright circular amber light, the size of a 2p coin. It was moving
very slowly in a straight line but once it flew over the witnesses
house it accelerated away very very quickly into the distance. It
30-May-09 02:47 Folkestone Kent made no noise and left no vapour trail.
Two clusters of bright lights. They were stationary for a while then
the first group of 15 headed towards Woodbridge followed by the
Tunstall to Butley second cluster of 6-7 lights. They were very high up. They made no
30-May-09 22:30 Road Suffolk sound.
Three distinct sets of green, orange and white lights. Don't match
any constellation and are in the wrong place. Static to the eye but
30-May-09 23:30 Ballynahinch County Down with binoculars are moving at speed and at random.
Was watching shooting stars when the witness saw two bright
luminous orange objects like birds or swans. Does not think they
31-May-09 00:30 Chapel-en-le-Frith Derbyshire were birds as they moved too fast.
Jun-09 22:00 Eltham London Black shaped square object.
Two objects seen. Photograph taken in June a week after the
Jun-09 Not Given Baswich Stafford mystery hot air balloon search.
Saw a long greyish tube in the sky, when driving home along the
Jun-09 16:00 Rowley Regis West Midlands A4031.
02-Jun-09 22:50 Chesterfield Derbyshire A sighting.
06-Jun-09 Not Given Lewes East Sussex Eleven bright star like objects heading North East.
Air Traffic Bright orange lights. A single light followed by a group of three and
07-Jun-09 00:15 Ripon North Yorkshire Controller then another single light. On a North East to South West track.

Different coloured pulsating lights. Police checked with Air Traffic

09-Jun-09 Not Given Bradford West Yorkshire Control who said they had nothing. Police suspect Chinese lanterns.
Initially two UFOs increasing to six. Bright orange. Last four were
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A very bright orange circular shape. Got smaller as it moved away.

13-Jun-09 Not Given Porthcawl Mid Glamorgan Moving South West to South.
14-Jun-09 Not Given Cardiff South Glamorgon A UFO.
Black disc shaped objects hovering over crop circles near Barbury
14-Jun-09 19:30 Wroughton Wiltshire Castle. They cast shadows on the ground.
Two huge lights chasing each other like cat and mouse. It was
broken cloud and the lights would never leave the clouds, just go to
the edge. It looked like a strong light was coming from above the
18-Jun-09 23:20 Stevenage Hertfordshire clouds. They both shot off to the North.
A large orange glowing ball in the sky. It was stationary and not very
20-Jun-09 Not Given Angmering West Sussex high up.
20-Jun-09 Not Given Abingdon Oxfordshire A UFO.
Two objects the size of light aircraft but perfectly spherical and
glowing bright orange. They were solid and made no sound. They
20-Jun-09 22:00 Chelmsford Essex headed NW to SE.
11-12 objects in the sky. Witness thinks they may be Chinese
20-Jun-09 22:45 Not Given Norfolk lanterns.
Ten orange lights moving at a sedate pace West to East. Went from
20-Jun-09 23:30 Angmering West Sussex horizon to horizon in two minutes.
50-100 objects moving together in the same direction. They were
21-Jun-09 21:45 Not Given On the A3 helicopter sized but made no noise.
23-Jun-09 19:06 Hull Humberside A light at about 1000ft. It split in two and flew away.
A circular object, metallic in colour. It was following a plane. It shot
downwards several times and then back up again to the same level
23-Jun-09 19:09 Rotherham South Yorkshire as the plane.
A bright circle of fire travelling South Westerly. It was only a few
hundred feet up moving silently across the sky at 30mph and then
24-Jun-09 22:05 Swansea Bay West Glamorgan after four minutes, vanished.
Looked like a highly lit aeroplane with wings. It was heading NNW to
SSE. It was visible for 20 seconds then changed direction quickly
25-Jun-09 01:00 Minehead Somerset and dropped out of the sky or disappeared.
Witness was watching two helicopters (one a Chinook) coming from
the Edinburgh area when she saw an orb shaped object through her
binoculars glistening in the sun. The orb was quite high above the
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Three orange lights south of Bridport coming from the east. They
were the size of a two thirds moon. Moved away to the West rapidly
25-Jun-09 23:00 Bridport Dorset diminishing.
26-Jun-09 22:20 Chesterfield Derbyshire Twelve bright lights in the sky. Moving slowly.
Object approached from the direction of Doncaster. It was a bright
orange ball in the sky. It kept a level flight path then stopped. It then
zigzagged a few times before shooting off at tremendous speed,
26-Jun-09 22:25 Rotherham South Yorkshire vanishing in a few seconds.
Six round brilliant objects in pairs, apart from the last two which were
26-Jun-09 22:35 Moreton-in-Marsh
Welwyn Garden Gloucestershire in line. Travelling South to East.
26-Jun-09 22:45 City Hertfordshire A UFO.
An orange light. Light(s) travelled in formation like a mis-shaped
27-Jun-09 22:45 Swindon Wiltshire diamond. There were 12-13 of them. They travelled left to right.
Red objects moving slowly. They were not high and were silent.
27-Jun-09 Not Given Hope Valley Derbyshire Might have been going over Bakewell.
Nine objects like golden globes. They hovered for a bit and were
27-Jun-09 00:05 Bow London joined by three others before shooting off.
Two orange balls of light travelling North in parallel to each other.
Then a further ball of light was seen, heading North. The lights made
27-Jun-09 22:30 Looe Cornwall no noise. They faded and then disappeared.
Two brown objects like balls of fire. Appeared to be in convoy
27-Jun-09 22:45 Redruth Cornwall heading towards Portreath.
Four UFOs flying North. They were silent. A plane was flying in the
27-Jun-09 23:20 Stafford Staffordshire opposite direction.

Up to 20 orange and red glowing lights. They appeared to be in

formation and under some form of control. They came from the
Eastern horizon. They moved upwards, were then stationary, moved
27-Jun-09 23:59 Pulborough West Sussex side to side and then disappeared upwards. Seen for 20 minutes.
A roundish glowing shape. Flying at a steady speed with no noise. It
30-Jun-09 02:41 Hayes Middlesex was a clear night. Filmed it but the camera died.
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Seemed like a rather large disc or round in appearance. It was dark

in colour but bounced sunlight off its surface. It was floating or
bobbing up and down. Other aircraft were at the same altitude and
01-Jul-09 18:45 Swansea West Glamorgan could be heard, the object made no noise.
02-Jul-09 00:30 Queens Park London Two UFOs.
Several sightings over the period. A bright orb that travelled in a
straight line. As a helicopter approached it the orb slowed down and
vanished. Helicopter reacted as if pilot was startled. Saw several
29 Jun-2 Jul 09 16:00 Harlow Essex other orbs, but the main one was half the size.
A bright orange light seen through the tree line. It turned and cleared
the tree line. The other side of the object appeared to be a large
Ex-test engineer for rectangle shape of fire red/orange. It was silent. The object slowly
02-Jul-09 22:20 Blackwood Gwent Hawker Siddley climbed in the direction of Gloucester.
Two very bright orange lights that appeared to get closer to the car
then just hung in the sky. Five minutes later a second bright orange
light with red glow seen then disappeared. A third light then hung in
03-Jul-09 11:15 Cawood Yorkshire the sky and disappeared after five minutes.
Six bright orange/red lights in formation. They climbed like balloons
and made no sound. A sphere like a balloon appeared at the side
03-Jul-09 22:45 Sheffield South Yorkshire and then another.
04-Jul-09 22:30 Bideford on Avon Warwickshire A round orange light.
A bright yellowy orange object, travelling SE to NW in a straight line.
04-Jul-09 23:00 Teignmouth Devon It made no noise. At a 50 degree angle of elevation.
Eight alien aircraft seen just above helicopter height travelling SW
to NE. There was a humming sound. They looked like they were
04-Jul-09 23:30 Lichfield Staffordshire "eyeing the place up".
12-15 objects. Not like normal fixed wing aircraft, more like bright
orange lights. Moving West at indeterminate height. Objects entered
04-Jul-09 Not Given West Grinstead West Sussex Part-Time Pilot cloud then turned around.
A red light followed by 7 others. They came from the West, flew
04-Jul-09 00:15 Brighton Sussex overhead and disappeared. Definitely not aircraft.
Some 30 orange lights heading from Birmingham Airport towards
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Three very bright orange lights. Fairly large and moving much faster
than an aircrfat. They disappeared. Then two lights appeared from
05-Jul-09 Not Given Not Given Not Given the South. The lights appeared co-ordinated. They were not aircraft.
A dormant blue light which changed colour many times over the
hour it was witnessed. At first it was moving steadily and then it
Stratford upon stopped in mid air. Then started moving from left to right. A white
05-Jul-09 01:35 Avon Warwickshire beam could be seen shining down from it. It had red lights.
Two objects, one with a brighter light. The second one was behind it
and had a dimmer light. No navigation lights. Not normal. Reluctant
05-Jul-09 02:00 Peterborough Cambridgeshire to say it was a UFO - perhaps it is a plane.
05-Jul-09 14:32 Bedford Bedfordshire A UFO. Witness photographed it.
Five orange bright lights. Half a mile distance between each one.
07-Jul-09 22:25 Pagham West Sussex Took photos.
Fast, shiny discs. Lower and faster than a plane, not a plane or
10-Jul-09 00:20 Northampton Northamptonshire helicopter. Sphere, brilliant light.
Two sightings. First at 12:30 (bright light), second at 01:30 (flashing
10-Jul-09 00:30 Glasgow Strathclyde green).
10-Jul-09 12:15 Finaghy Belfast Observed fifty golden balls moving slowly SSE.
Having a BBQ with some friends when saw an orange fireball about
to crash two gardens away, but on checking it was now high in the
sky about half mile away. 3-5 minutes later another object appeared
11-Jul-09 20:00 Palmers Green London then a third spherical object with a leg protruding.
12-Jul-09 Not Given Oswestry Shropshire A UFO.
Ball of light. No noise. Bright light, rising behind a fence, went up
12-Jul-09 01:07 Perivale Middlesex into the sky.
12-Jul-09 01:39 Stoke on Trent Staffordshire Huge red light, moving through sky.
12-Jul-09 10:30 London Greater London A UFO.
12-Jul-09 23:16 Shrewsbury Shropshire No description provided.
A large bright silver/white ball/sphere. Moving slowly W to E. the
object was much bigger and brighter than an aircraft. It appeared to
stop still several times as it went into the distance. The light did not
13-Jul-09 23:01 Worthing West Sussex dim as it moved further away.
Very bright, very big, not a satellite, not a plane, stationary. Light
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Bright star, went from bright yellow to bright red. Did not look like a
14-Jul-09 01:00 Taunton Somerset shooting star or plane. Moved no more than 2-3 feet.
14-Jul-09 23:39 Woking Surrey A UFO.
A round white object. Not like a ball. Very bright but not casting a
beam of light. It was rising vertically. The higher it went the smaller it
became. It started the size of a pound coin and ended as a pin head.
15-Jul-09 22:40 Not Given Not Given Witness observed the object for two minutes.
A very bright white light like a star. It moved south then double
backed on itself and was joined by another light. The lights danced
round each other then split and moved off in different directions. The
15-Jul-09 23:30 Trimley St Mary Suffolk light suddenly disappeared.
Weston Super
16-Jul-09 00:15 Mare Somerset A UFO.
A ball of light the size of a small car, 26 metres above the ground. It
pulsated every 5-8 seconds but then shot off. Definitely not an
17-Jul-09 22:00 Westonbirt Gloucestershire aircraft or a Chinese Lantern.
A bright orange light, which hovered in one place. It became more
18-Jul-09 01:50 Cheshunt Herts pink, than red and then it disappeared.
A metallic aircraft shaped like a missile. One quarter was white,
Weston Super another green/blue and another red. Was circling. It had no wings
18-Jul-09 02:35 Mare Somerset and was moving diagonally. It made a sound like a motorbike.
18-Jul-09 09:45 Not Given Lincolnshire Saw an object like a ball of fire.
18-Jul-09 22:00 Rotherham Yorkshire Has a video of UFO on his mobile phone.
An orb like object at 120 degrees from North. Orange in colour
moving in a NE direction. Visible for 10 minutes. It had no aircraft
18-Jul-09 22:23 Littleborough Lancashire Has pilot's licence type navigation lights.
Three bright orange lights, not flashing. Very big, high up, set
equally apart. Reported it to RAF Northolt. Never saw anything like
18-Jul-09 22:30 Ruislip Middlesex this before.
A UFO of orangey/red colour. It hovered and moved slightly in the
18-Jul-09 22:35 River Severn Gloucestershire direction of Stroud, then suddenly dropped downwards.
19-Jul-09 Not Given London Greater London 10-15 circular objects.
A bright, reddish light travelling W to E, below cloud level. It made
no sound. It was moving in a straight line but too slow to be a
19-Jul-09 01:22 Newport Gwent meteorite. It had no navigation type lights.

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10-12 bright orange objects, silent. Has a photo of them saved on

19-Jul-09 09:01 Not Given Not Given his mobile.
19-Jul-09 14:58 Leigh Lancashire A UFO.
19-Jul-09 22:30 Sheffield Yorkshire Six yellow lights, stationary at first then moved off.
Four-five orange lights, fluctuating lights. Lives under flight path of
Donnington airfield. Objects moved in a line. Lights faded. Returned
19-Jul-09 22:55 Nottingham Nottinghamshire Ex-police 10 minutes later.
Video footage in Cornwall near an Air Station (possibly Culdrose).
19-Jul-09 23:00 Not Given Cornwall Five minute sighting.
Large round object. Two planes flew round it. Could be something
23-Jul-09 12:48 Hitchin Hertfordshire natural, such as an eclipse.
Light seen in sky also above this was a large round shape which
24-Jul-09 Not Given Ashburton Devon looked rocky and was blue and pink in colour.
15 to 20 orange and red lights looked as though they were coming
24-Jul-09 10:03 Newmarket Suffolk down to land but then went over head and 'went out'.
Saw through the clouds flashing pale blue lights odd shapes but
mostly circles. Movement continued for 25 minutes. A small red light
was on outside parameter of blue lights which
disappeared/amalgamated into one large blue light which speedily
24-Jul-09 11:00 Edinburgh Scotland disappeared.
24-Jul-09 23:20 Barking Essex Bright, oval shaped object with red and green lights. No noise.
24-Jul-09 23:57 Bradford Yorkshire Large balloon shape, with 'shimmer fire' effect underneath it.
UFO seen with another one circling it. There was one main light and
25-Jul-09 Not Given Downham Market Norfolk no sound.
Big and very bright red/yellow/orange ball seen flying past backend
of garden, just under cloud cover. Then went through cloud cover
25-Jul-09 09:57 Kettering Northamptonshire and lit cloud cover up.
Orange light, with 'some sort of flame' in the sky. Moved from
driveway to over the front of the house. Then changed direction
towards Wallgrave, direction changed again towards Reading then
25-Jul-09 10:22 Twyford Berkshire back in the direction of Wallgrave.
Fifteen red/orangey lights in sky, which gradually started fading out
25-Jul-09 10:45 Bury St Edmunds Suffolk and then disappearing.
Six orange, with fire around, UFOs in formation (One behind the
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Six orange/white lights, lying astern. Thought they were aircraft

navigation lights but were evenly spaced out. No noise but moved
Professional with speed of a passing helicopter. Changed into a 'hammer head'
25-Jul-09 11:00 Plymouth Devon Photographer shape.
Six or seven bright lights which were in the sky for approximately 10
minutes. They were spaced out and one by flew away and
25-Jul-09 11:00 Dumfries Scotland disappeared very quickly.
Three orange lights high in the sky over the sea. There was an
explosion and the centre light then dropped into the sea. No sound
25-Jul-09 11:25 Goring by Sea West Sussex heard from the lights.
Seven bright orange lights in a straight line. Only two lights were in
view at any time. As the last two came a white moon ball flew over
at double the speed of the orange lights. Thirty minutes later six
25-Jul-09 11:30 Doncaster Yorkshire white balls in a triangle formation were seen.
25-Jul-09 12:10 Newquay Cornwall Triangular shaped object.
Three huge orange lights. First and second objects moving at speed
of an aircraft. Third object moving much faster as if trying to catch
25-Jul-09 22:30 Coningsby Lincolnshire up.
Two bright orange lights, three to four minutes a part and no sound
25-Jul-09 22:45 Barnsley South Yorkshire heard. Lights then went into clouds.
Five, really bright orange flame ball type objects seen flying across
the sky, moving irregularly. One moving faster than a plane and one
zig-zagged down towards the ground then reappeared after the other
25-Jul-09 23:39 Rochdale Lancashire four had moved across the sky and had gone.
First saw three orange objects. Forty minutes later, looking North
saw an orange glowing object travelling slowly from SW to NE. It
26-Jul-09 00:20 Hoddesdon Hertfordshire was at an angle to the ground of about 30-40 deg.
A bright orange light travelling in a straight line from Brighton
26-Jul-09 21:30 Brighton East Sussex Centre. Which then passed over the house.
Saw an orange, yellow object in the sky, with the shape similar to a
28-Jul-09 09:30 Bromley Kent hot air balloon.
31-Jul-09 Not Given Not Given Jersey Air Traffic Control Has a UFO report in their office.
Three bright orange lights and one dimmer one. Faded after being
31-Jul-09 Not Given Peterborough Cambridgeshire static.
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Went to get cat off wall, saw UFO higher than eye level, bright
31-Jul-09 21:30 Bedford Bedfordshire orange object, not plane shaped, no engine noise.
01-Aug-09 00:00 Chigwell Essex Just reported a sighting. No other details.
01-Aug-09 03:42 Preston Lancashire Police Bright object in sky, very large.
01-Aug-09 10:00 Croydon Greater London 60-70 lights, suddenly disappearing.
New Mills, High Nine bright orange circular shapes glide across sky. Sighting lasted
01-Aug-09 10:30 Peak Derbyshire a couple of minutes.
Clusters of UFOs, orange lights in distance. Zoomed off when they
01-Aug-09 12:13 Upminster Essex got closer, big and round.
01-Aug-09 21:58 South Glenrothes Fife Large orange ball of flame. Lasted 20 seconds.
Lights moving slowly. One light lead a group of five, with one light
01-Aug-09 22:30 Elgin Moray acting as tail ender.
01-Aug-09 22:57 Michell Coldon Police 17 UFO's above village. Red and green lights, no sound.
01-Aug-09 23:20 York Yorkshire Orange lights in sky.
02-Aug-09 Not Given Not Given Nottinghamshire Looked like aeroplane on fire.
02-Aug-09 Not Given Not Given Not Given Scary sighting.
Orange point of light in the sky. No haze or smoke visible around
02-Aug-09 00:22 Shirley Croydon the object. Object was flickering slightly. Lasted about 60 secs.
02-Aug-09 04:00 Preston Lancashire Bright light.
Retired merchant Saw glider like objects in the sky. Flying around in an anti-clockwise
02-Aug-09 14:00 Hauxton Cambridgeshire seaman direction.

Red object, looked like a clod, went over the roof and vanished. No
02-Aug-09 21:30 Not Given Not Given noise/engine. Big orange colour lower than a plane. Gliding straight.
Large orange glow in sky, moving slowly than disappeared.
02-Aug-09 21:45 Aylesford Kent Reappeared after five minutes. Knows a bit about astronomy.
02-Aug-09 21:45 Kingsbridge Devon Low bright light.
Saw orange ball in distance, no flashing lights, no engine noise. Left
04-Aug-09 00:15 Woburn Sands Buckinghamshire suddenly.
Large oval craft seen, very low and could not make out any
distinguishing features. It had on it a number of red, orange and
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A bright white fire ball, size of a football flew into the kitchen and
landed in a plastic carrier bag on the table, immediately disappeared
04-Aug-09 09:50 Poole Dorset but seemed to cause almost blinding white, sheet lightening.
Saw an orange light rising from the SE - looked like the tail from a
rocket launch like when the shuttle goes up. Object then moved
north before disappearing behind clouds. Happened three times over
04-Aug-09 10:00 Brighton East Sussex a period of 30 minutes. Third time bright flash.
04-Aug-09 22:30 Seaford East Sussex Large bright light. Looked like a ball of fire or a hot air balloon.
Saw four strange orange lights in the sky following each other.
Lights then just disappeared. Lights then seen again moving across
the night sky. Went inside and saw the same lights in a three prong
05-Aug-09 Not Given Mitcham Surrey triangle.
Saw six moving orange balls, glowing. They were following each
06-Aug-09 00:30 Hassocks East Sussex other. One minute between them. There was no noise.
Orb shape, glowing on underside only. Orange colour. Orange faded
06-Aug-09 21:25 Chester Cheshire and object looked like a black shadow.
06-Aug-09 22:00 Eastcote Middlesex Big circular orange lights.
07-Aug-09 10:00 Cardiff Wales Unusual lights above Cardiff travelling silently.
Six balloons of fire over Ullswater. These UFOs moved at different
07-Aug-09 22:00 Ullswater Lake District speeds to each other and in different directions before burning out.
07-Aug-09 22:00 Cardiff South Glamorgon Unusual lights travelling silently from West to East.
Six to seven bright orange lights, moving down Wirral peninsula
from Birkenhead to Ellesmere Port. No noise. Saw a second UFO
07-Aug-09 22:00 Barnston Merseyside five minutes later.
07-Aug-09 22:09 Wirral Merseyside Eight orange, non-flashing lights, made no sound. Round shapes.
Four wavering lights, hovering, taken on a video camera and
07-Aug-09 22:18 Coningsby Lincolnshire photographed.
07-Aug-09 23:24 Nuneaton Staffs Five to six objects.
Two yellow lights one above the other in the sky. On arriving home
five minutes later watched the lights disappear behind a narrow
07-Aug-09 22:45 Newport Shropshire Retired RAF cloud bank.
Two sightings observed. One in summer 2008 single bright
yellow/white light moving fast. Second sighting in daylight single
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Bright orange bulb. Stayed for 10 minutes, came towards him like a
08-Aug-09 00:05 East Kilbride Lanarkshire tornado then disappeared.
08-Aug-09 09:40 Saltcoats Ayrshire Very large bright light, no sound.
Bright orange object which looked as though it was on fire. Moving
at a steady pace, slowed then gained altitude slowly and
disappeared into the clouds. Sighting lasted 2-3 minutes. Object
08-Aug-09 09:45 Stockport Cheshire was similar to a hot air balloon but had no outline or shape.
Bright light form the northwest - lights went out, turned towards the
08-Aug-09 20:45 Not Given Not Given south.
Saw a very bright orange ball shaped object in the sky. No noise
from object. Went to get mobiles to take pictures and videos but
08-Aug-09 22:00 Bradford Yorkshire object had just vanished.
08-Aug-09 22:50 Northampton Northamptonshire Lights coming towards me. 40-50 lights.
09-Aug-09 13:30 Huddersfield Yorkshire One object seen in the sky in the day time.
09-Aug-09 17:16 Not Given Not Given Report received from "Psychic Control Centre", ref: PO255401.
Report on behalf of her sister, who said she saw a UFO at Holborn
10-Aug-09 17:15 London Greater London Station.
Bright red orange ball, no sound, moved faster than an aircraft.
10-Aug-09 22:13 Northampton Northamptonshire Could not find a camera in time to take photos.
UFO visible for 6 -7 second. Changed direction by approx 60 degs
downward towards the horizon before disappearing. Object was a
dull brown colour, with a magnitude of 3.5 to 5 and resembled a
11-Aug-09 10:46 Rayleigh Essex slightly luminous brown paper bag. No sound was heard.
Amateur Saw a meteor shower which contained something he could not
11-Aug-09 23:00 Thorpe-le-Soken Essex astronomer explain.
Bright light shone through the window. Saw three lights size of a
basket ball moving up/down and rotating on own axis. Seemed to
12-Aug-09 23:03 Morfa Nefyn Pwllheli loose power after 30 seconds and vanished.
13-Aug-09 16:30 Preston Lancashire Dog wanted to go out, went out and I saw a UFO.
No flashing lights, orange looking object. Looked like it was
hovering, flew towards observer's car and faded slowly into the
15-Aug-09 20:00 Billericay Essex distance.
Pair of "lanterns" directly overhead, slightly faster than a plane,
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One light, joined by another, hovering over the village. No noise.

One light no longer there, the other disappeared. Like a lightbulb
16-Aug-09 23:00 Westmuir Moray with an orange top
Very bright light, stops and spins slowly, moves right and left, as if
looking for something or taking photos, long beams of light. No
17-Aug-09 03:30 Langport Somerset sound.
17-Aug-09 21:19 Newport Gwent Bright orange light, definitely not a plane.
17-Aug-09 21:25 Altrincham Lancashire Two bright orange lights. Witnessed for about five minutes.
Emitting a large bright orange light much larger than normal lights
on a plane/helicopter, travelling in an arc with no sound. After 10
mins light became dimmer and appeared to gain height, light now
17-Aug-09 23:00 Wythall Birmingham size as normal aircraft light and disappeared.
A bright orange object. Above cloud level. Travelling at a high rate
of knots. Came inland from the coast over Exmouth and headed off
19-Aug-09 Not Given Exmouth Devon towards Woodbury and Taunton.
Was carrying a camera, as is her usual practice, saw a pinpoint, a
19-Aug-09 21:00 Northampton Northamptonshire silver dot that was clearly a UFO.
Three red lights in the shape of a triangle with the nose moving
19-Aug-09 23:44 Withington Lancashire forward, not a usual aircraft, suspect it was a UFO.
20-Aug-09 11:45 Cliftonville Kent Three orange orbs and two red orbs.
20-Aug-09 14:00 Herne Bay Kent Wish to report a UFO.
Circular shape in with a mixture of stars, one was getting brighter
and then dimmer and disappearing for a short number of minutes.
Another red light hovered around the object. Camera on phone
20-Aug-09 23:00 Shebbear Devon would not pick anything up.
22-Aug-09 Not Given Chesterfield Derbyshire Lights in sky.
22-Aug-09 Not Given Mansfield Nottinghamshire Saw a UFO - can you call me back.
22-Aug-09 Not Given Not Given Not Given Saw something strange. Can you phone me back.
22-Aug-09 13:40 Not Given Not Given Five orange globe balls.
22-Aug-09 16:56 Not Given Not Given UFO at the back of the sky
22-Aug-09 20:35 Harpenden Hertfordshire Tall and thin, like a pencil, square, blue black.
Saw 40 flickering orange lights from kitchen window. They made no
noise and moved round to the side window of the house and
22-Aug-09 20:55 Northampton Northamptonshire disappeared behind a cloud. Watched them for 5-10 minutes.
22-Aug-09 22:00 Stevenage Hertfordshire Two orbs, flickering lights, sliding across the sky.

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Around eight yellow balls of light floating slowly in the night sky,
slowly disappearing. Then one or two more would appear 500 to 800
ft and follow same line of flight. This happened for around two
22-Aug-09 22:20 Gerrards Cross Buckinghamshire minutes.
23-Aug-09 21:00 Skegness Lincolnshire Large orange light with no noise.
24-Aug-09 Not Given Derby Derbyshire Saw a UFO.

Bright orange lights, lasted for two minutes, went out, than four
24-Aug-09 00:00 Tunbridge Wells Kent more. Could have been a meteorological balloon. A very bright light.
Three lights in formation, forming an isosceles triangle. Two lights
visible at first, then joined by a third. Light lasted for 2-3 minutes. No
24-Aug-09 03:30 Swindon Wiltshire sound.
24-Aug-09 05:30 Lewes East Sussex Report of a UFO.
A large orange fireball burning for 35 seconds. No noise from object
24-Aug-09 21:45 Hersham Surrey which reduced in size until nothing over the duration of its flight.
24-Aug-09 23:30 Glasgow Strathclyde Strange lights over G62 0TD. Two big white lights.
25-Aug-09 21:45 Derby Derbyshire Seven aircraft over Derby.
25-Aug-09 23:00 Shebbear Devon It got brighter and dimmer
27-Aug-09 20:15 Not Given East Anglia Came over top of field - red- flew very quickly like a shooting star.
Round shape - lightening then darkening with a dark shape behind it.
27-Aug-09 20:30 Dronfield Derbyshire No engine noise.

27-Aug-20 21:29 Manor Park London Saw a bright light heading towards Essex - bright light standing still.
Orange ball going in a straight line. No visible trail. No smoke or
28-Aug-09 21:30 Not Given Not Given noise. Appeared to be getting smaller burning itself up.
29-Aug-09 Not Given Sark Guernsey Saw what looked like a flying log, blue with a white edge.
Terrestrials seen coming from King's Lynn towards Swaffham,
29-Aug-09 Not Given Kings Lynn Norfolk Norfolk.
29-Aug-09 05:20 Gloucester Gloucestershire Saw a sighting in Gloucester.
29-Aug-09 05:20 Gloucester Gloucestershire Two UFOs flying overhead.
29-Aug-09 06:40 Bearsdsen Glasgow Has video of UFO with no sound.
Two glowing sphere/domed -shaped objects followed each in South
East direction. Completely silent and not flashing at all, as you
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One object rising in the sky. Semi circle outline. Flames glowing
orange/red. Flickering round the edge. At first thought it was a
29-Aug-09 21:09 Plymouth Devon firework, then it disappeared.
29-Aug-09 21:35 Yeovil Somerset Seven lights over Yeovil. No noise.
Orange lights following each other in same direction. No noise, no
flashing lights, same trajectory. In vicinity of Lyneham radar. Some
29-Aug-09 21:40 Lyneham Wiltshire lights disappeared.
Stratford-upon- Saw lights, moved into view from right to left, then stop and form a
29-Aug-09 21:47 Avon Warwickshire pattern before pulsing and fading out their bright orange lights.
29-Aug-09 22:05 Telford Shropshire Twenty-two lights. No noise, same speed.
Saw strange lights in the sky, in three's then one, then two's, then
29-Aug-09 22:05 Smethwick West Midlands three's - Fifteen in all.
Red fire like ball . Glow was constant. It was travelling at a constant
speed West to East. Also watched it through binoculars and it
appeared as a red circle with dots around the circle. In 10 o'clock
30-Aug-09 09:14 Blakeney Norfolk position and watched it for 4-5 mins.
Saw eight orange single lights in the sky. Lights were very clear,
single bright orange spot, which travelled at constant speed slowly
higher into the eastern atmosphere. At first four lights in close
30-Aug-09 12:10 Petts Wood Kent proximity followed by four more with approx one minute.
Approx 10 orange lights flying over. First eight were going at a
steady, slow rate, three of which merged into a triangle formation,
separated then disappeared. Two others appeared about a minute or
31-Aug-09 Not Given Ashingdon Heights Essex so travelling faster and disappeared at same area of sky.
Saw a vertical cylinder, silvery colour and underneath was a great
31-Aug-09 17:00 Not Given Thames Estuary bright yellow, fiery glow. Watched the object for about 20 minutes.
31-Aug-09 21:45 Twickenham Middlesex Ball of fire in the sky.
Sep-09 Not Given Penarth South Wales Very bright object above the sun.
Six bright orange lights - not flashing - silent. After a few minutes
Sep-09 Not Given Catford London there was another one.
Saw a very bright light - looking south to right of the moon. It was
Sep-09 21:00 Sherborne Dorset very large. There were four or five bright lights.
Moving very fast SE to North and watched object for about 10
01-Sep-09 11:00 Inverness Scotland seconds. Thought at first it was a star or a plane.

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Brilliant and dazzling pure white horizontal ring of light. It appeared

to be perfectly still in the sky above the houses and was totally
02-Sep-09 00:46 Filey Yorkshire silent. Object was hovering over the Belle Vue Crescent area.
02-Sep-09 11:00 Leeds Yorkshire Low flying object. Nine orange lights, no sound.
Eight, orange UFOs, shone brightly, travelling at speed, low in the
sky. Objects came across one by one with approx 20 seconds
Greater between them. They stopped over the reservoir changed direction at
04-Sep-09 23:15 Ashton Under Lyne Manchester approx 90 deg angle towards Holmfirth. No noise.
Semi-circle of light, golden orange, moved off towards the east. No
05-Sep-09 21:40 Not Given Kent noise heard.
Saw 25 to 30 bright orange lights in the sky - Flying in a triangular
05-Sep-09 21:45 Oakwood Essex shape.
05-Sep-09 22:00 Frome Somerset Fifteen to twenty bright vertical line going slowly - no noise.
Saw three UFOs which appeared to be composed of fiery orange
06-Sep-09 22:35 East Kilbride South Lanarkshire light and a symmetrical vertical diamond shape. No sound.
Pink and red dome with a bright yellow light underneath. For about
08-Sep-09 Not Given Diss Norfolk 30 seconds.
08-Sep-09 20:00 RAF Valley Anglesey Two round balls were in the sky chasing each other.
Thirty orange globes, in four waves, travelling at a constant speed.
May have been lanterns of some kind but they would have been 1-2
09-Sep-09 20:30 Epsom Surrey Metres in diameter.
Saw Orange flamed lights, in formation slowly and silently across
09-Sep-09 21:15 Old Bilsthorpe Nottinghamshire the night sky.
Black sphere. Bobbing about half a mile away . Covered with a
phospherous chemical cloud. It goes light grey. Flash of lightening
then re-appears. Some of the clouds light up. Various sightings
09-Sep-09 21:20 Tooting London 20:30 and 12:15.
10-Sep-09 21:00 South Hinksey Oxford Saw a UFO it was not a plane it disappeared very quickly.
An intense, bright white light seen between the flight path of Gatwick
10-Sep-09 21:05 Godalming Surrey and Heathrow.
10-Sep-09 22:50 Norwich Norfolk Just a sighting.
White fixed wing object. Flying over a field, East Street, Charles
Barn. It was squared off with something behind it - no cockpit- silent
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Saw over the roof of their house orange/gold round circle about the
size of a beach ball moving from behind the house going sideways
across the roof and down the road. As it moved down the road it
11-Sep-09 20:45 Not Given Not Given
Ashton-under- change to a smaller light with no fiery glow.
12-Sep-09 00:15 Cockbrook Lyme Twelve circles.
Three blazing gold orbs in a diagonal line in the sky. No sound.
Remained static approx one minute before moving slowly together
to form a shape like Orion's Belt and then into a small triangle. Two
12-Sep-09 11:23 Belfast Northern Ireland lights further out faded and disappeared then third too.
Seven silent objects emitting a bright orange light. One group of
RN Air Traffic three and then singles. Travelled at about 100 knots then turned
13-Sep-09 20:25 Shepton Mallet Somerset Control right.
Seven objects. One group of three, followed by one group of four.
12-Sep-09 20:40 Grantham Lincolnshire Orange, large no distinct shape. Bright, no noise.
Saw bright orange red light in the sky. The light took several
minutes before it began to dim. Its path was straight and steady,
12-Sep-09 20:45 St Ives Cornwall indicating perhaps powered flight.
12-Sep-09 20:50 Mansfield Nottingham Strange red and orange object in the sky.
Saw an extremely bright star like light in sky. Continued flying then
started to climb vertically no change in speed the dimmed and
17-Sep-09 21:40 Findon Valley West Sussex Ex-pilot disappeared to a faint light.
19-Sep-09 19:40 Bromley Kent A bright orange light moving across the sky no noise.
Saw an object in sky like a fireball. It burnt pretty brightly, then would
burn out a little then appear to burn brightly again before
19-Sep-09 22:00 New Forest Hampshire extinguishing about thirty seconds later.
Six to eight red lights moving across the skyline. Red spheres with a
white centre. Eventually passed over the house from back to the
19-Sep-09 22:00 Sheepridge Huddersfield front.
Saw an orange light in the distance. It came nearer and eventually
disappeared into cloud overhead but before it did saw other similar
lights appearing in the distance. They were travelling at regular
19-Sep-09 21:45 Carluke Lanarkshire intervals.
Saw three consecutive passes of single, bright yellowish lights.
19-Sep-09 20:15 Watford Hertfordshire Moving approximately three minutes apart on the same orbit.

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Three objects, like bright orange tennis balls stuck together flying
19-Sep-09 20:15 Betws Dyfed Journalist across the sky.
Object was similar to an egg shape and was amber in colour and
appeared to be hovering over field's before disappearing. Five
minutes later two objects appeared in same area, then disappeared
19-Sep-09 20:19 Anglesy North Wales and reappeared over the Meni Straits.
19-Sep-09 20:20 Burnley Lancashire Orange light in sky.
Series of 30 or more orange lights which then disappeared after
19-Sep-09 21:01 West Wickham Kent Pilot moving at speed.
Saw four lights travelling together. One veered off heading East.
Three remained in a triangle formation. Two disappeared into the
horizon and one light went overhead. Looked like a red fireball no
19-Sep-09 21:35 Arbroath Angus sound.
Saw eight to ten lights in the sky. First appeared like very bright
fireworks which are fired vertically into the sky. In no particular
pattern stayed at same flight level, no engine sound. Picked up
19-Sep-09 22:02 Not Given Lanarkshire speed and disappeared. Lasted about five minutes.
Forty to fifty orange lights following the same trajectory with more
19-Sep-09 23:30 Letchlade Gloucestershire lights coming over.
Two orbs in the sky. Lead aircraft stopped dead in mid air then
backtracked for a second or two before rising directly vertical approx
200-500m then stopping. As lead craft came within 50m of other
20-Sep-09 18:45 Mulbarton Norfolk craft both headed off into the distance.
Two orange lights travelling over Harpley village and did not flicker
or flash. Distance between the lights was approx 10m and 60ft
above ground and there was no sound. Turned car around but it had
20-Sep-09 19:45 Harpley Norfolk disappeared.
A red/orange light passed over head. Looked like a gaseous, golfball
20-Sep-09 20:00 Bristol Bristol with a red rotating light, rotating clockwise inside it.
Six strange lights flew low no sound of engines with orange, red and
20-Sep-09 21:00 Moreton-in-Marsh Gloucestershire
West other colours.
20-Sep-09 23:30 Clydebank Dunbartonshire Saw five orange lights in the sky in a line.
A very unusual object flew across the sky. The object was a cone
shape with a circular top. It had an orangey/red light in the middle
21-Sep-09 20:55 Kenilworth Warwickshire and an outer see-through red/pink layer.

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Six orange orbs floating in an arc in the sky. All following the same
22-Sep-09 22:30 Earlsdon Coventry trajectory and faded at similar points in the sky.
Saw an object which was round, yellowish colour. Had a clear view
24-Sep-09 02:12 Bradford Yorkshire of the sighting for about two-three minutes.
Fifteen to twenty very bright orange lights travelling about a mile
24-Sep-09 21:55 Not Given Not Given Ex-RAF apart and in perfectly straight line.
Large orange light, stopped for several minutes and then
24-Sep-09 23:40 Hednesford Staffordshire disappeared.
25-Sep-09 20:45 Long Melford Suffolk Pulsating/shimmering object flashing red, blue and green.
26-Sep-09 12:00 High Peak Derbyshire Eight orange lights over top of house.
Two orange balls of light. One ball of light was leading with the other
26-Sep-09 19:22 Chatham Kent two behind it. No sound of any engines.
Three separate orange lights with no sound, hovered for approx 40
26-Sep-09 20:00 Tattershall Lincolnshire minutes then blanked out of sight.
26-Sep-09 20:50 Ditton Kent Three bright orange/red lights, followed by another three.
26-Sep-09 21:22 Peterborough Not Given Loads of lights coming over the village, gaining height very quickly.
26-Sep-09 21:30 Cradley Heath West Midlands Seven lights.
26-Sep-09 21:50 Formby Lancashire Large luminous, pulsating object changed colour and shape.
Two bright orange objects. One from south at ferocious speed, then
26-Sep-09 22:00 Grangemouth Stirlingshire dead halt with others. Not man-made, no sound.
Five UFOs, two miles to the North East of Gatwick. They all shot up
26-Sep-09 22:15 nr Gatwick Airport Sussex in the sky and disappeared one by one.
Orange object in sky getting higher and higher looked like a plastic
bag with a flame in the middle. Round and glowing. Stopped in the
26-Sep-09 22:30 Letchworth Hertfordshire middle of the sky and disappeared.
Two orange/red dots in the sky. Seemed to be still but slowly moved
adjacent to one another. One then disappeared followed about a
26-Sep-09 22:30 Farncombe Surrey minute later by the other.
Saw three orange lights, then as they rounded a corner saw five in
26-Sep-09 22:32 Matlock Derbyshire formation. No noise.
27-Sep-09 11:15 Deal Kent Silver object in sky over Deal.
Could not see a defined shape but no noise, no rear, port or
starboard lights. Two coned lights (yellow and white) flickering
27-Sep-09 19:40 Lincoln Lincolnshire randomly. Finally disappeared into cloud.

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Saw two UFOs. Looked like balls of fire. As they approached RAF
Northolt the fireball went out. However, the craft was still visible and
27-Sep-09 20:40 Northolt Middlesex RAF was in the shape of a jelly fish dome.
A perfect rectangle the length of car but 3 ft wide. Started swaying
27-Sep-09 21:15 Maghull Liverpool then swooped like a bird. Witness followed it through the town.
29-Sep-09 20:10 Connah's Quay Flintshire Bright orange light, 1cm deep, joined by a second light, no sound.
01-Oct-09 Not Given Chippenham Wiltshire Lights not sure what number.
Very sharp turn in jet stream, very sharp for an aircraft and very high
01-Oct-09 Not Given M1 South up like a usual Airliner height.
02-Oct-09 20:45 Hastings East Sussex Saw eight oranges lights on an oblong shaped object, no noise.
03-Oct-09 Not Given Woking Surrey Eight lights at intervals, slowly flying.
03-Oct-09 Not Given Not Given Kent Little moon thing.

Two bright objects. Disk shaped with red light that goes orange and
then back. On one of them the light went on and off and then they
03-Oct-09 21:50 Hove East Sussex both went out. It looked like there was only one light on the ship.
04-Oct-09 Not Given Not Given South Pennines Bright orange lights in the sky.
04-Oct-09 Not Given Stonehaven Aberdeenshire White and red lights moved around.
04-Oct-09 Not Given Chipping Sodbury Bristol Ball of fire shot across the sky over her house.
Two orange glows, travelling quite fast, one in front of the other.
Turned sharply and formed what appeared to be a triangular or
04-Oct-09 19:25 Halesowen West Midlands arrow shape.
Fire in the sky, orange, moving slowly, hovered, the flames went out
04-Oct-09 19:45 Tiptree Essex and it was 45 degrees from the ground.
Incredibly bright light in sky, at first light was white but changed to
bright orange. Appeared to be big and pulsating and followed him.
04-Oct-09 20:30 Pudsey Leeds Light shot across sky then disappeared.
05-Oct-09 Not Given Cardiff South Glamorgon Two objects seen in sky.
05-Oct-09 Not Given Not Given Sussex Two bright lights hovered, then turned north and headed inland.
Red and Green lights in sky with twinkles underneath, 3-4 minutes
hovering, shot up and came back down, and hovered then shot off.
08-Oct-09 01:55 Luton Bedfordshire Funny noises on mobile phone recorded.
Three red/orange lights in the shape of a triangle. Moved silently
08-Oct-09 23:00 Southgate London with an exhaust type object coming from it.
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10-Oct-09 12:20 Widnes Cheshire Fourteen objects one every minute, no sound.
Observed three objects in sky for about 10 minutes. Appeared
stationary and then disappeared behind clouds. Changed shape
10-Oct-09 18:00 Willsbridge Bristol from cigar to round. Were red or white in colour.
Four lights moving around the sky, moving in a formation for over
10-Nov-09 18:00 Glasgow Pollock an hour.
10-Oct-09 19:10 Huddersfield West Yorkshire Bright orange light travelling slowly.
Bright orange glow top of Rabbie Brae, hovered near Victoria
10-Oct-09 20:12 Kirkcaldy Fife Hospital and went up to the sky.
10-Oct-09 20:45 Edinburgh Midlothian Two objects, no sound. One object three weeks ago.
10-Oct-09 23:10 Beaumaris Anglesey Two triangular orange lights, about 10 seconds apart.
Nine red lights over the North Sea in a V formation - disappeared
10-Oct-09 23:15 Aberdeen Aberdeenshire then came back and was there for some time.
11-Oct-09 14:39 Crosby Liverpool Triangle shape, with an orange ball in the middle, no noise.
11-Oct-09 19:45 Gilberdyke East Yorkshire 14 balls of light, no formation, no noise.
11-Oct-09 22:00 Not Given Wigan White arrow shaped with green lights, moving slowly.
12-Oct-09 Not Given Reservoir London Objects seen to land in the reservoir.
12-Oct-09 20:35 Plymouth Dorset Orange light, round shape, solid in the middle and straight.
13-Oct-09 10:00 Birchington Kent Bright lights moving closer.
Orange lights front and back with white lights chasing sounded like
16-Oct-09 00:25 Kirkaldy Fife fireworks but no flashes.
Strange cluster of objects at high altitude flying close together
16-Oct-09 15:00 Saffron Walden Essex towards London.
16-Oct-09 19:00 Gargrave Skipton Three red and orange lights, no noise.

16-Oct-09 19:25 Shah Delf area Nr Oldham Slow pulsing orange light, three lots of lights slow speed and silent.
Seven orange and red lights, not moving, no shape, disappeared
16-Oct-09 20:20 March Cambridgeshire one after another.
Light, size of a star erratic movements, looped then went out of
16-Oct-09 22:30 West Drayton Middlesex sight, reappeared and did futher loop.
Fourteen objects, yellowey orangey colour. Then saw another 8-9.
No sound. Not on same flight trajectory. States it could be chinese
17-Oct-09 18:45 Leith Edinburgh lanterns.
17-Oct-09 19:15 Not Given Not Given Approx 24 objects.
17-Oct-09 21:00 Stockton on Tees Cleveland Large orange burning object.

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Twenty-five lights red and orange with vapour trail, disappearing into
17-Oct-09 22:45 Orpington Kent blue green colours, spinning.
17-Oct-09 23:35 Enfield London No details given.
Two orange glowing lights in sky high above Warburton Toll Bridge -
17-Oct-09 23:50 Warburton Cheshire strange shape like a no 7, fuzzy and close together. No sound.
Three orange lights appeared then disappeared behind clouds.
18-Oct-09 Not Given A81 to Strathblane Further orange light and disappeared again.
Orange yellow bright light travelled fast across sky, followed by
another within 30 secs and repeated around ten times. Three balls of
18-Oct-09 19:00 Gee Cross Cheshire light - one on top, two either side. No sound.
18-Oct-09 20:25 West Ealing London Orange object moving across the sky, flickering.
Two Orange lights, no noise, one disappeared, one static hovered
18-Oct-09 22:30 Not Given Merseyside then went away came back and went away again.
Object wasn’t flashing, moved across below cloud then dropped
18-Oct-09 22:34 Not Given Not Given down to the ground then disappeared.
19-Oct-09 21:00 Alton Staffordshire Strange light activity, and lots of helicopters, unusual for the area.

21-Oct-09 12:12 Flookburgh Cumbria Strange object in the sky over the sea, far away so difficult to define.
22-Oct-09 19:35 Whitehaven Cumbria Two orange balls. No sound. No strobe lights.
Glowing object like aircraft on fire from low down over the town
23-Oct-09 19:04 Rotherham South Yorkshire centre rising fast straight up in a straight line across town.
23-Oct-09 21:30 Leverton Boston Two to four dancing lights with no density to them.
Metallic ball in the sky chased by fast jet then helicopter from
23-Oct-09 22:06 Yeovil Somerset Yeovilton.
Bright orangey red light lit from one end to the other, no noise,
23-Oct-09 23:38 Brigstock Northamptonshire approx 40 - 50 feet long.
Like a flying bonfire, or similar to a plane on fire, too dark for a
26-Oct-09 17:15 Eastbourne Brighton balloon.
Three bright orange objects, hovered for five minutes, before
ascending straight up into the sky. Strangely shaped. Another at
26-Oct-09 17:35 Kirkby Liverpool 17:52 & on 9 Oct at 20:00.
Red and orange lights high in the sky moving slowly, numerous
26-Oct-09 17:46 Bolton Lancashire sightings over several weeks.
26-Oct-09 20:30 Malton Yorkshire Strange lights in the sky.
27-Oct-09 19:40 Hamilton Lanarkshire Two fiery red flame like objects hovered about then disappeared.

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27-Oct-09 21:10 Chesterfield Derbyshire Bright orange spheres, got smaller the further away they went.
Lights in the sky, no object. Orbs with trails following, moving in a
circular direction. Four orbs, two following the other two reaching a
27-Oct-09 23:10 Barlborough Derbyshire point then repeating the sequence.
Two glowing crosses 50 metres apart silent, more 5 to 6 minutes
28-Oct-09 Not Given Alvaston Derbyshire later, intelligent craft.
28-Oct-09 Not Given Derby Derbyshire Journalist No description provided.
28-Oct-09 17:50 Evesham Worcestershire Airborne craft with non-conform lighting, steady strong orange.
28-Oct-09 19:20 Warbleton East Sussex 10-12 orange lights in a row with no sound.
28-Oct-09 19:30 Bensford Staffordshire One orange light not flashing, three in a triangle formation.
28-Oct-09 20:00 Charnock Richard Lancashire Ten flaming balls of fire.
Three to four silent aircraft three leading one trailing, bright red
28-Oct-09 21:10 Salcombe Devon lights.
Bright orange glow arched over him appeared for 15 seconds then
28-Oct-09 21:18 Hampton Court SW London went upwards.
29-Oct-09 Not Given Norwich Norfolk Large orange ball no noise or flashing.
30-Oct-09 17:47 Great Barr Birmingham Really bright light jellyfish shaped object.
Orange red sphere giving off light moved up into the clouds without
31-Oct-09 Not Given Maesteg Bridgend making any noise.
Large spherical ball looked like it was on fire, small objects dropped
31-Oct-09 17:35 Netherton Liverpool from it, then flew away.
Bright orange glow triangular shape, very bright, flew up into the sky,
31-Oct-09 18:25 Leicester Leicestershire silent.
Bright burning white light, continued at steady pace glowing bright
orange and visible in distance, could have been firework, but
31-Oct-09 19:30 Huddersfield West Yorkshire possibly not.
31-Oct-09 19:49 Diss Norfolk No UFO details left.
Strange orange shape in the sky, pulsating top half less bright,
31-Oct-09 20:00 Birmingham West Midlands silent.
31-Oct-09 20:20 Llynfi Valley Mid-Glamorgan Orange oval UFO passing by.
Cylindrical shape, flying low, silent, two large red navigation lights
31-Oct-09 20:30 Winchburgh West Lothian on body, flashing red strobe lights, then disappeared from view.
31-Oct-09 20:52 Derby Derbyshire Circular with yellow and white lights.
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Six objects, five large red balls, no lights moving steadily one behind
31-Oct-09 22:45 Norton Canes Cannock the other, for 10-15 minutes. Sixth twice as big.
Five large round orange balls of lights in a formation: two front, one
31-Oct-09 23:15 Hove Sussex middle, two at the back, no sound.
Three UFOs sun bright orange looked like flames and had sort of
wings. First two were 2-3 miles apart, later one 10 miles to rear all
31-Oct-09 23:15 Bosham Chichester going to the right no sound.
31-Oct-09 23:15 Not Given Not Given Orange light no noise, appeared for around 8 minutes.
31-Oct-09 23:58 Gravesend Kent Yellow assorted lights much brighter than an average star.
01-Nov-09 01:46 Glasgow Strathclyde Large orange object.

01-Nov-09 12:31 Humberston NE Lincs Six lights in S shape misty sky ground clear, gradually disappeared.
01-Nov-09 17:44 Beckenham Greater London Three orange objects, then four more joined them.
01-Nov-09 19:35 Leeds Orange circular lights very fast going West to Leeds centre.
01-Nov-09 19:40 Matlock Derbyshire Very bright light in the sky changing to green, no noise.
02-Nov-09 23:20 Kensal Green London Police Sgt No description provided.
Clear and bright object long bluish white light with narrow tail, fast,
03-Nov-09 16:15 Bristol Avon gradual descent.
A single object full of lights approximately the same size as 10
planes, the object made no noise. Lights were seen to dim and
change colour with some turning off. Object was described as a
03-Nov-09 19:20 Clacton Essex straight line of lights with a "U" shape attached underneath.
03-Nov-09 19:10 Pontefract West Yorkshire Like a balloon or lantern, hollow with bright orange light inside.
03-Nov-09 21:03 Tipton West Midlands Bright red light with no engine noise, glowed brightly then faded.
Bright white light blinking on and off every 2-3 seconds, stayed for 2-
04-Nov-09 18:45 Cannock Staffordshire 4 minutes then disappeared.
UFO reported, definitely not a firework, third time he has seen a
05-Nov-09 Not Given Not Given Not Given UFO but first time he has reported it.
05-Nov-09 Not Given Peterlee NE England 12 orange lights silent but moving fast.
Ball of fire moving across the sky, white hot at one end, moving for
05-Nov-09 Not Given Featherstone West Yorkshire too long to be a firework.
Bright orange light moving fast across the sky appeared lots of times
05-Nov-09 Not Given Bolton Lancashire and moved in directions that cannot be explained.
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Silent, off red, blood orange colour and entire sphere emitted light.
No spotlights. Light remained constant and didn’t flicker. Saw for
05-Nov-09 19:34 Pontarddulais Swansea four minutes.
21-22 high flying objects shining red at even intervals for around 15
05-Nov-09 19:45 Newton Grange Mid Lothian minutes.
05-Nov-09 23:55 Burwarton Bridgnorth Big orange ball moving slowly.
Amber glowing ball quarter of the size of the moons diameter,
05-Nov-09 18:30 Stockport Not Given dimmed to nothing then vanished.
Four UFOs, three close together one behind, bright red glow around
05-Nov-09 18:35 Bourne Lincolnshire a light with glow on the bottom no noise was close.
Large triangle structure with red light in each corner, red with fire in
05-Nov-09 20:10 Leigh Lancashire the middle.
06-Nov-09 Not Given Crawley East Sussex Orange lights in sky moving slowly then fading away.
06-Nov-09 18:00 Ironbridge Shropshire Eight sightings not chinese lanterns saw one more a week later.
Formation of six bright orange lights in the sky, one minute behind
were two more, then one more the last was much bigger and
06-Nov-09 23:00 Heckmondwike West Yorkshire brighter.
07-Nov-09 Not Given Not Given Not Given Two bright orange lights.
07-Nov-09 Not Given Not Given South Africa Flat object in sky moving at rate of knots, looked strange.
Saw several very bright lights flying and drifting quickly and silently
up in the sky. They were bright, flickering, tiny white, green and light
red lights. I counted at least 10-15, some seemed to be drifting in
07-Nov-09 08:45 Central London London groups and others separately.
Two orange glowing orbs silent travelling in a straight line not
travelling fast and in tandem. Disappeared over Moseley area. Not
07-Nov-09 18:50 South Birmingham West Midlands fireworks.
Four slow moving round orange lights, completely silent, seemed to
07-Nov-09 19:20 Colchester Essex turn white and were pulsing.
07-Nov-09 20:00 Not Given Not Given Six orange lights not fireworks.
07-Nov-09 20:30 Tring Hertfordshire Reddish amber bright object flying across sky.
07-Nov-09 21:00 Cusworth Doncaster Saw UFO definitely not chinese lanterns.
07-Nov-09 21:35 Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire Two red and bright lights but not glowing.

Orange sphere 30 degrees above eastern horizon speed substantial,

07-Nov-09 21:59 Peterborough Cambridgeshire Ex-RN Cdr no noise no normal navigation lights just eerie orange glow.

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No details given. Two separate messages left asking to be

07-Nov-09 22:00 Peterborough Cambridgeshire contacted.
Up to 20 individual orange lights, static for 15 seconds before tilting
07-Nov-09 22:00 Callander Perthshire then moved off.
Two UFOs bright orange lights appeared from nowhere, faster than
07-Nov-09 23:30 Gillingham Kent a plane.
08-Nov-09 00:10 Oswestry Shropshire Orange light not a firework.
08-Nov-09 18:10 Porthcawl Mid-Glamorgan No description provided.
08-Nov-09 19:00 Ipswich Suffolk No description provided.
Two orange lights moving slowly south. No sound, not jet
afterburners, not helicopters as they did not flash. Wrong colour for
08-Nov-09 19:12 Telford Shropshire distress rockets.
Fiery ball, no flashing lights, variable speeds, disappeared into a
08-Nov-09 19:15 Maidenhead Berkshire star, was red and burning
Three lights in sky 5 x 3 groups of disc shapes in a triangle
08-Nov-09 20:00 Leicester Leicestershire formation.
09-Nov-09 15:55 Port Talbot Bryn Valley Orange yellow UFO no contrails, no hazard lights flashing.
Orange ball shape going across the sky on a flight path. Silent. So
09-Nov-09 17:10 Whitley Bay Tyne & Wear concerned called 999.
Red and orange sphere half the size of the moon, no noise, but bits
were falling off it, tracked it for 20 seconds, saw a plane four
09-Nov-09 19:23 Plympton Devon minutes later which might have seen it.
10-Nov-09 17:00 Nottingham West Bridgford Seven orangish orbs floating over house in formation.
Four lights moving around in a circle over and over again for more
10-Nov-09 18:00 Glasgow Pollock than an hour.
11-Nov-09 17:30 Glasgow Glasgow A kaleidoscope effect of lights above the building.
Very bright yellow in the centre surrounded by orange outer edge, a
fat boomerang on its side with a fire glow inside. Totally silent and
11-Nov-09 20:45 Edenbridge Kent 30-40 ft across.
Two very bright, large lights, one higher than the other. The lower
one then disappeared and reappeared above the higher one, they
swapped sides and then evened out to same level. They
12-Nov-09 20:30 Northumberland Northumberland disappeared when a planed came into view.
Large bright white light, no trailing light ray groundwards, so not a
police helicopter or aircraft heading for Mildenhall. And no sound or
14-Nov-09 06:55 Haddenham Cambridgeshire vibration.

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Bright light hovering in the sky, three parts, one was red appeared
14-Nov-09 18:05 Shrewsbury Shropshire for 45 minutes before it disappeared.
Seven to eight bright orange flame lights in the sky, not plane or
14-Nov-09 23:30 Ellesmere Port Wirral helicopter, no noise and moved fast, then disappeared.
Tiny speck of light over Southampton direction. Seen twice by
binoculars. N/NE explosion and bang, but not thunder lightening or
15-Nov-09 02:00 Milford On Sea Hampshire firework, lasted 30 seconds.
Two small red lights moving across the sky like fighter jets, but not a
16-Nov-09 20:00 Not Given North Yorkshire fighter jet, reappeared again an hour later.
19-Nov-09 Not Given Rumney Cardiff Four lights whirling about above the nature reserve.
19-Nov-09 22:20 Hollerton Bradford Small ball of fire.
A mushroom shape light (like a balloon blowing in the wind) being
tracked by three brightly lit aircraft, saw approx 6-7 mushroom
20-Nov-09 23:20 Cattleford Yorkshire shapes and four aircraft. Couldn't hear any engines.
Saw a bright red and orange object there was no noise or boom.
22-Nov-09 00:00 Farnham Surrey Believe it was a probably a meteor.
Ten unidentified lights in the sky appeared for five minutes one after
25-Nov-09 19:15 Long Marston Yorkshire the other.
Saw a very large bright orange ball of fire travelling over woodland.
There was no sound. In size would have been 20 to 30 times bigger
25-Nov-09 21:20 Doncaster Yorkshire than a jumbo jet.
Two orange large circular objects crossing the sky equal distance
apart, uniform speed, not shimmering, larger than a plane, half a
26-Nov-09 21:50 Wymondham Norfolk metre in diameter.
28-Nov-09 01:55 Blackline Hill Northamptonshire Lights in the sky going up and down for the last half hour.
Very bright orange light in the sky always around 9pm, has appeared
four times recently, not a plane and no other explanation other than
28-Nov-09 21:00 Witney Oxfordshire UFO.
Two orange lights moving slowly over Wilmslow veered off in a
29-Nov-09 00:25 Hill Green Cheshire different direction. No noise and flashing flights not aircraft.
Strange orange light coming from the North, clear night, no port and
starboard indicators, translucent halo, lasted 1 min 20 secs, constant
30-Nov-09 19:40 Wilnecote Staffordshire speed, straight line.

Note: As of the 1 December 2009 the Departments policy on UFO's changed, beyond this date UFO sighting reports are no longer recorded or
investigated by the MOD.

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