Appearance / Description of Object(s)

They looked EXACTLY the same as the 2 items on the link below and were holding pretty much the same formation. Remarkable really - this image is pretty much exactly what I saw. http://www.ufoevidence.org/photographs/section/recent/photo352.htm

Size of Object(s)

See image

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

100 - 200ft altitude. About quarter of a mile from my position on the road.

Description of Area / Surroundings

Rural, just south of the 'city' of Ripon ( I put the word city in inverted commas because it's by far the smallest city in Britain and it's very rural, way out in the countryside ). The nearest military base is Dishforth airfield, where the British Army Air Corps have helicopters including AH-64 Longbow Apaches, Westland Lynxes and various other types. Also close by is RAF Leeming which houses a squadron of Tornado F3 fighter aircraft. However, these bases are very rarely used at the weekend. The squadron at the RAF base currently provide the South of England 'QRA' (Quick Reaction Alert) intercept facility and so can operate 24/7, but they declare 3 aircraft at a time for this service and they are then detached to an RAF base further south (RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire) where they fulfil this role from, so RAF Leeming is actually fairly quiet - even moreso at weekends. The Army base, which is much nearer the location where I saw the objects is more likely to be active at the weekends, but again I've researched activity here on this date and it was very inactive - closed up, with the only activity that day being the local gliding club, which wrapped up their activities by late afternoon / early evening (6pm). I researched this quite a lot!

Full Description & Details

2 metallic objects holding a fixed position at about 100ft - 200ft in the air. I was driving at the time on a notoriously dangerous and busy 'A' road and couldn't stop, but me and my girlfriend observed them for about 15 seconds before the road bent 90 degrees to the right. The objects were very distinct and very obvious - other drivers could easily have seen them as the weather was very good. It was about 7.30pm and the light was still good. The sun was not far off setting and the obects were reflecting the sunlight making them even more obvious.

The road I was on was the A61, heading south from Ripon to Harrogate. I was at the 90 degree right hand bend at the village of Wormald Green. Google Earth / Google Maps coordinates: 54 05 02.02" N 1 31 18.27" W

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

No, I really don't. They bore no real resemblance to aircraft (civvy or military - I'm pretty clued up on aircraft) and the fact they were hovering ruled out anything other than helicopters, which they looked nothing like and had no moving parts.

Witness Background

Self employed marketeer.

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

I'm an open book on these things. Not much knowledge, but I'm intrigued and read the odd bit about them on the web.

Other Comments

Non

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