Appearance / Description of Object(s)

A strip of white light, just like a flourescent tube, which changed it's length as I watched it (thinking about it I have sometimes thought this could have been an oval disc viewed from side-on which was twisting on itself, thus appearing to get shorter as it twisted)

Size of Object(s)

About 2-3 inches relative size, hard to say actual size, probably the size of a small jet, but I really couldn't be sure

Description of Area / Surroundings

Rural area, mostly farmland and small villages, but from memory there were 1 or 2 USAF and/or RAF bases nearby, and there was (still is in fact) a large aerial installation a few miles away which I assume was military.

Full Description & Details

I was walking through my school when I glanced up at the sky and saw a bright strip of light (like a flourescent tube) in the sky. It was not moving, and was situated some miles away in a clear area of the sky, although I recall that there were a few clouds around. The strip of light was nowhere near any buildings or planes or anything, but out across open farm land.

As I watched it, it changed length, getting shorter and changing it's angle. After some minutes it started moving without accelerating ie it just shot (if that makes sense) into the sky, at the same angle that it had tilted to, about 15-20 degrees from horizontal and disappeared behind some clouds.

For the last few minutes of my observation I was joined by a school friend, and then (as the bell had gone for the end of what I think was 'morning playtime') a teacher, Mrs Hopkins I think it was, who wanted to know why we weren't in class. They both saw it too.

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

No, not when it moved off at that speed.

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

I was a kid, keen on SF, but I've always been a 'believe it when I see it' kind of person, so this was a big shock.

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