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1 August 2003 - Cheadle &
Stockport
A curious
sighting relayed to us by the witness, “RF”:
“I am just
writing to report a sighting by my wife and I today at about 5.15pm. I am
reporting in the hope that somebody else also witnessed this sighting. The sky
was bright and sunny, with patchy clouds.
My wife had just picked me up from work in Cheadle, Cheshire and we then headed
down towards Stockport in the car. After a couple of minutes, my wife spotted
something unusual in the sky. I also looked and could see a rod shape in the
sky. The rod was initially looking a matte pencil-lead colour and was about 30
to 40 degrees up at quite a distance. After a couple of minutes, it got closer
and I assumed it was about the size of a passenger jet.
The motion of the rod was unusual and didn't seem to have any normal pattern. It
just hovered to and fro at a steady pace, changing direction at times and
sometimes just hovering, but re-orienting on the spot. At one point, the object
tilted and turned, which created a bright reflective glint to pass over it as it
reflect the sun. This made the object's normally matte looking surface appear
more metallic. My wife and I were engrossed and knew this was not any
conventional craft. At it's closest (still probably a mile or two away) we could
see no makings, protrusions or trails. The object simply looked like a rod in
the sky. We tried to follow the object, heading into Stockport, but we lost it
as we approached the main roundabout in Stockport (near the big Blue Pyramid
building (Co-Operative)).
We did some frantic searching until we spotted the object again. This time the
object seemed to have ascended and was further away, heading in the direction of
Longdendale\Glossop. The object seemed to be going above cloud level, but
remained clear of the clouds that were dotted around for a few minutes. We tried
to track the object further, by heading down the M60 (towards Glossop) but the
object just got away too far and high. We lost it after about 10 to 15 minutes
of trying to track it.
This is by far the most exciting thing I've seen and really got my wife and I
fired up. Some other people MUST have seen this object too.”
RF came back to us with an update, which confirms that others did see the
object:
"The next time I returned to
work, I found out that several people at work also saw the object from the
company car park. This was quite encouraging, although I don't think they had as
close a view as my wife and I. The general opinion is that it was "a bit
strange", but then the attitude seemed to be that they drew a line and wanted to
move on and put it behind them. It seems that people don't really want to
contemplate anything other than the conventional.
The obvious conclusion for
people who DIDN'T witness the object, is that it was "just a cylindrical balloon
or something". I can understand a statement like that, but as a witness, know
that is not a valid explanation.
This was a solid object and
looked big and heavy. The object didn't manoeuvre like something that was
drifting about in the wind. The object would hang in one spot at times, in
different orientations. Sometimes upright, sometimes horizontal etc... sometimes
slowly re-orienting on the spot. When the object was moving, it moved at a
steady pace. It would move east, then west, then south etc Initially, the object
seemed to remain at a constant altitude, but towards the end of the sighting,
the object seemed to rise at a steady pace, heading towards Longdendale\Glossop.
(South Westerly direction from Cheadle?)
At it's closest, the object
looked very solid and rigid. The most awe inspiring part of the sighting was as
it tilted and the sun's sheen moved across it's length. I imagine the object was
just above the back end of Stockport at this point, probably above the M60.
Incidentally, I wondered if whatever it was observing (I assume the object was
observing something), could have been the blue pyramid (Co-operative Building)
next to Stockport roundabout. A bit of a wild guess, I know, but it was just
something that fleeted through my mind at the time.
All I know is, that, in my
gut, I felt this was something very strange and "other-worldly". Maybe it could
be some secret military test craft? I don't know. I would just be VERY surprised
if we have the technology to keep something like that in the sky, without any
visible means of propulsion or lift. If we do have that kind of technology, why
are we sending up Space Shuttles on a glorified MISSILE?
Since the sighting, I have
searched the internet for similar sightings. I have come across several that are
remarkably similar. Sightings I would probably disregard in the past. I probably
still will, even after my own sighting. There's something in us all that can't
quite believe someone else’s account. We only believe what we see ourselves.
Silly isn't it?”
We certainly don’t disagree with RF’s observations and comment on the
‘psychology’ of the reactions of witnesses. RF makes the very valid point that
for some reason the vast majority of witnesses do put up a ‘denial barrier’ and
seek simple if illogical explanations.
RF’s point over not ‘believing’ other
people’s sightings is also more than interesting, I’ve seen this time and again
even by people who run research groups – a very odd slant on ‘objective
research’!
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