Size of Object(s)

length = 1 lunar radius

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

approx. 1,000 feet

Shape of Object(s)

triangles and egg

Color of Object(s):

main object: orange-yellow

Full Description & Details

My attention was drawn to a triangular pattern of flashing lights hanging stationary in the sky almost directly overhead. There was absolutely no sound, and only one light was on at a time: red, green, white, red, green, white, etc. Another identical object approached from the west and then stopped dead. To the other witnesses present, I suggested that we were watching military helicopters on night exercises, and that the absence of sound was due to climatic conditions (a reflective layer of cold air, for instance). This idea was greeted with enthusiasm. I then looked around and saw a halo of whitish light over the west tower of Ely cathedral. It was rather like the halo cast by the full moon before it appears on the horizon, but was growing brighter by the second. I called out: "here comes another one", and a yellow-orange glowing egg-shaped object rose slowly over the tower. The object was clearly defined and was not nebulous in any way. The long axis of the object was aligned with its trajectory, small end forwards. Towards the front, about one-third of the way along the object, there was a small ruby-red point of light. As the object passed slowly overhead, the red light switched off (i.e., the entire object became orange-yellow) and then back on again. I watched the object for about twenty minutes until it became a distant dot on the horizon, reddish and flickering due to atmospherics.

Witness Background

Translator: German & French into English. Studied archaeology and Indo-European philology in Germany (Cologne). Degree in Archaeology from a French University (Sorbonne).

Other Comments

The event ocurred while I was at boarding school at Ely, where I was president of the school's astronomical society. I have always been a keen amateur astronomer, and am familiar with many different celestial phenomena, but I have never seen anything like it since. The event occurred in East Anglia, where there are (or were) many RAF/USAF AFBs, such as Bentwaters and Lakenheath.

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