Can you solve UFO mystery?
A STARGAZER who photographed a 'glowing orb' moving slowly
over the city is appealing for the public's help to identify
-
Ufo
the object.
Chris Edwards, aged 43, of Plymstock, said he was awed to
see an 'unidentified flying object' high above Staddiscombe on
Sunday evening.
The part-time magician wants to hear from anyone else who
saw what he calls an 'unusually bright white light' in the sky
that night.
Chris said he had stepped outside his Greenacres home for a
cigarette at 10.30pm when he spotted the 'orb'.
“I enjoy stargazing, and usually have a cigarette at this
time of night in the same place,” he said. “I haven't noticed
this object before. It was unusually bright, like a glowing
orb. Not like a star, planet or plane. It wasn't just twinkling
like a star, it looked like a small sun with a glare coming off
it and was so bright you couldn't see any other stars.
“It was white, even though it looks green in the
pictures.
He said the light looked as though it was 'very high' above
Staddiscombe and moving slowly towards the South Hams.
“I watched it for about 25 minutes and it seemed to be
moving away from me – it was difficult to tell how far but
about five or six inches across my field of vision. I'm not
saying it was aliens, I'm saying it was an unidentified flying
object and it'd be good to see if anyone else saw it that night
and got a better look.”
He said when he looked outside at 11.30pm, it had
disappeared but other stars were visible in the clear night
sky.
Chris, a customer service representative at Orange and
part-time magician, said his wife Kim and 16-year-old
stepdaughter Danielle Venters also saw the light but are “not
believers”.
He added he has previously seen a UFO – a disk about 80 to
100 feet in diameter – hovering about 200ft above Looe in the
mid 1990s.
“I'd have made millions on that picture if I'd had a camera
on me,” he said.
A police spokesperson said they had no reports of strange
lights in the sky on Sunday night.
28 Comments
View all
by nathan, plymouth
Wednesday, August 13 2008, 9:29PM
“chris i have the same thing on camera but i took the pictures a few days later”
by Mike, Plymouth
Friday, August 08 2008, 4:35AM
“Could this be a laser trick ?
Could it be sumit in the mushrooms ?”
by Bengie, St Budeaux
Thursday, August 07 2008, 7:39PM
“Looks like an aircraft taken after a few pints.
Is it just a coincidence that all these UFO pictures thoughout time have always been blurred or shakey?”
by Phil Mcrackin, Butt Park Road
Thursday, August 07 2008, 6:39PM
“I believe it............. I'm just waiting for the day they land..”
by ex staddy, plymouth
Thursday, August 07 2008, 5:51PM
“I used to live at Staddiscombe and saw these regularly. Look at the time tables for planes coming into land and you will probably find the answer to your question. Not always easy to hear up there depends which way the wind is blowwing and which direction they are travelling. The first time I saw one I too thought it was something weird.”
by Jeanette, plympton
Wednesday, August 06 2008, 9:37PM
“Probably the lazer lights from 'music of the night' sorry to be a kill joy but they really do look like orbs moving circular in the sky.”
by znette, plympton
Wednesday, August 06 2008, 9:32PM
“I remember years ago seeing what I though was a ufo. I was so amazed it was so clear, but I was informed that it was to do with the lazer lights for music of the night on the hoe. Maybe your sighting was around this time.”
by chris, Tintagel
Wednesday, August 06 2008, 7:50PM
“I am an Amateur Astronomer and until recently was a member of Macclesfield astronomical society at Jodrell bank (radio telescope) I am also a scientific researcher into the paranormal (I am a Bsc. in Geology)
Certainly there has been a rise in the amount of sightings of unidentified flying objects but certain Low earth orbit material along with satellites and even the space station can be seen quite well with the naked eye (sometimes quite brightly) there are other phenomenon which without the presence of a photograph or video may well be ball lightning, military craft, high altitude research equipment , even high altitude space debris / asteroids skipping over the top of our atmosphere and burning up without re entry; who knows.
The key to remember is there are many different things it could be, I am glad Chris has not jumped to the conclusion of it being extraterrestrial, if anyone has a photograph of it, I would be interested in seeing a copy at aufo8mycow @ hotmail . com (I know, the email addy sounds sarcastic, but it's real!”
by claire, plymouth
Wednesday, August 06 2008, 5:36PM
“Just remember all you negative people..just because you haven't seen something with your own eyes, doesn't mean to say it doesn't exist?? I think the word that comes to mind is, 'ignorant'. Open your minds a bit......”
by lee, plymouth
Wednesday, August 06 2008, 3:58PM
“I am yet to see the new x files film. Didn't know we had an outdoor cinema in plymstock. The future's bright, the future's orange!”