Numerous reports were phoned and emailed into the Echo of strange events in the sky at around 10pm last night.Dorset police confirmed they had received 'a few' calls and suggested it could possibly be a meteor shower or chinese lanterns. They are discounting the possibility of a military cause because, they say, the services inform them if they are conducting exercises at night in the area.
Taxi firm boss Nicky Smith, 38, of Capstone Road said this morning: "It was an incredibly strange experience. I've never seen anything like it before.
"I was just turning my car around in the road when I saw a group of about 20 people from a nearby dance studio standing in the street looking up to the heavens. They seemed to be transfixed."I wondered what on earth they were looking at. There were about six of these bright orange lights to the right of the moon. It was an amazing sight and I was completely bemused."
Nicky, who videoed the lights, said the episode went on for about 40 minutes as the lights moved around, formed into a line and disappeared one by one, then appeared to return in two more waves.
She added: "I called my husband Mark out to take as look and although he's very sceptical about UFOs and stuff like that, even he admitted he couldn't explain what it was." Another emailer, Michelle wrote: "We saw five or six lights in the south-south-east, initially in a wide triangle and then in wide crescent formation - then they went into a straight line.
"The movement was barely discernible and they appeared to be heading upwards. This was at about 10.20pm and at around 10.25pm a huge orange/red light rose rose up from the south horizon. It seemed to stop, moved upwards very, very slowly untill it disappeared." Bournemouth resident Graham Warren confirmed he also saw six lights.
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It has been reported in the local newspaper that students admitted that they released two chinese lanterns about this time. two from six leaves four however! stjohnstjohn
obviously this is either Uranus or Pluto.. maybe even both together..
uhm,, that.. or swampgass!
Hi, Name is Bob carter, live in Weymouth and can confirm 100% that these objects were unlike anything either I or my wife had ever seen. We were returning to our house from a neighbours property and hey what are they? watch them until they slowly disappeared going west north west. Definately not lanterns nor were they planes helos or any thing else from this planet. cruising across in formation just like the red arrows only real slow. Jaffa orange in colour and with a pulsing orange body.
hi , i saw a ufo on the 22nd july 2008 , hovvering over queens park;
it was a circular object with flashing lights.
it went away but then it came back.
my mother told me that there have been sightings over queens park before so i am not dilousional.
it completely freaked me out...
can anybody confirm seeing a ufo over queens park before or aroound charminster?
hi , i saw a ufo on the 22nd july 2008 , hovvering over queens park;
it was a circular object with flashing lights.
it went away but then it came back.
my mother told me that there have been sightings over queens park before so i am not dilousional.
it completely freaked me out...
can anybody confirm seeing a ufo over queens park before or aroound charminster?
We have seen these tonight 23/12/08. at about 8.20pm. a neighbour knocked on our door in charminster in bournemouth and said come and look and there were 5 bright orange lights in the sky. moving north very slowley.this is the second time my husband has seen them. but 1st time we had all seen them.
I've just seen a singular orange orb in charminster. It was very low and to tell you the truth, very scary. My heart is racing even now. No wind what so ever. Totaly weird. I'm convinced it was an alien.
My brother and i have both witnessed these lights on two occasions...one night 4 went out towards swange just after ten pm......our neighbour whilst outside smoking in his garden witnessed the following morning at approx 3:10 am 9 returning across the heath ...
I can confirm we near certainty that these were Chinese lanterns. We get them released quite frequently here, both from camping/parties in the New Forest & from Biurnemouth beach. I last saw a load in the summer - initially I was freaked out, then realised that they were drifting with the wind & gradually rising as the lanterns do. Sorry to burst anyone's bubble!
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