Appearance / Description of Object(s)

(Classical ufo shape, though i had no knowledge of such things at the time/year of sighting). Had a row of small oval fussy unclear windows along the upper dome. All object dull grey in colour. Totally silent. no lights anywhere. Was totally still in the sky (till it sped away)

Size of Object(s)

If arm held against object: two feet either side of hand. object about 15 feet diameter.

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

60-80 feet (or even a lot less) away; height about 50 feet.

Description of Area / Surroundings

Rural area, Village edge, hills and fields. Miles away golf-ball radar group in a valley

Full Description & Details

Lived in a hostel in the countryside at the time (1958-9). Summer night (about 3 am) clear starry sky. Warm and calm. Room mate woke me and said what's that out there. We both had a view (uncurtained) out of long french-style windows, first floor of a large hostel-mansion in very large garden area, trees bushes lawn riverlet etc.)

I got out of bed sleepily and went to the window and stood there looking into the sky from the angle at which my room mate had looked. I did not see anything. I instinctively looked to the other side (my right hand) and there in the sky,just above the garden's chestnut tree was this object (ufo as I learnt thirty years later!). It was just above the tree stationary, no sound, no lights.

I stared at it, to try to see into one of the oval-shaped windows that decorated the upper dome but I couldn't see through. Being a teenager I had good eyesight and the ufo was only about fifty feet vision distance away from where I was standing. Suddenly, in the blinking of my eye it sped away toward the distant hills, but above their horizon, still in the sky. It had a slight curve trajectory. I held it in my sight, seeing a slight puff trail of pink smoke-like stuff following I which disappeared after a couple of seconds. I stared hard at the object (which really was only a speck of light now and for all the time was a light speck from the moment it sped off!). I stared till I could not see it and only saw the stars about the higher sky.

I felt sad that it had gone, like a cat that had lost its plaything mouse down a drain grille!

I wondered (years later) why - if it was - it was observing us in the bed room; it had awoken my room mate and had moved from one side of our view to the other. I wonder if it/occupants saw me standing in full view at the window looking at it.

Oddly enough, many years later, I visited a friend in the north east of England. He happened to introduce me to a friend of his and we seemed to recognise (or she recognise me). We talked and it turned out that she lived in the same village at the time which i did and she used to see us orphan teenagers walking past and up to the main school each morning. She told me of colourful lights she and her family used to see over the local common land (in the sky). I told her about the ufo I had seen.

Can sighting be explained as any conventional man-made or natural object?

None of the above.

Witness Background

In orphanages till teenager trained as a printer. Had several different style occupations till studied for English degree at age 38. Married then had two sons. Divorced much later. Managerial work during marriage.

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

Never knew anything about ufos before the sighting. Never read anything before the sighting. Only in very recent years have read a bit - and watched some of the x-files episodes.

Other Comments

Still very curious by the disparity between distance and speed of travel and the visual aspect of this in relationship to the ufo I saw.

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