UFO Reports from the UK 

UFOs over Wiltshire

[ Updated: 27/07/2008 ]

29 June 2008 - Watchfield

From 'MH':

"On Sunday at approx 0030 hours in Watchfield I was walking my dog (having returned from dinner with friends) at around 0015 when I see three orange lights to the North West of my house.  As the orange lights moved westwards they slowly faded out one after another until they were no longer visible.  I initially though they might be aircraft on the flight path to Brize Norton but I discounted this when I saw that they did not have the red and white strobe lights normally associated with aircraft.  I though this was curious but nothing more. 
About 3-4 minutes later I emerged from the housing estate area around Watchfield folly when I noticed fifteen of the same orange lights strung out from East to West in the North-western sky, travelling steadily in a eastern direction.  At this point I phoned my wife to tell her to look out of our house windows and she also saw them.  The orange lights were spread out in a pattern I have never associated with aircraft and several were far too close for aircraft to be safe.  I watched them steadily moving eastwards towards Faringdon for perhaps 3 minutes.  They all faded out gradually as they reached a line running North-South to me until none were visible.
To confirm the lights were orange and glowed constantly until they began to fade out and then completely disappeared.  They were roughly following the line of the A420 and had come from the area Swindon-Highworth and were moving towards Faringdon.  It was a clear night and the stars were completely visible."

Everything points to this being another fire lantern event.  APRA researcher James Hill confirms that a mass launch/flight of fire lanterns occurred at Cheltenham that night, although it is unlikely these would have drifted southwards to Watchfield.

15 June 2008 - Minety

From 'TD':

17 November 2007 - Shrivenham

At around 5.00pm the witness was watching football when he noticed a 'ball of flame' appear and cross the sky:

"..it looked like the flame on an air balloon, but was travelling too fast to be an air balloon (and it was dark, so I doubt they'd be flying then) . The only other thing I thought it could be, was an afterburner on a jet, but it was going too slow and it made no sound."

The most likely explanation was a bright meteor or bolide.

7/8 February 2006 - Wanborough, Wiltshire: Bright UFO in the Sky

APRA Researcher James Hill saw something unusual on the way to work on the morning of the 7th.

"This was seen in the east at around 6.35. a.m. (and was not Venus).  This had what appeared to be two massive white lights on/in front of some type of structure and I mean big; it appeared to be around twenty to twenty five thousand feet off the ground and about three to four miles from where I was.

The weather was fine and the sky was clear just getting light; this thing came in slowly from the East as I was leaving for work, it seemed to be getting lower in the sky.   It wasn't as bright but when I got to my first pick up [for work colleagues], who also saw the object and lights; by now it was a lot closer and was about as big as my thumb nail at arms stretch.  When I came out of the paper shop it had gone this was very weird. "

A similar object and lights was seen again the following morning.

19 December 2002 - Wanborough

APRA co-ordinator James Hill was outside at 6.30am,  and had what he describes as his "most unusual experience ever".

James continues:

"I was standing waiting to be picked up, stood facing the south west.  The moon was to my right and full when I noticed something very bright out of the corner of my eye.  I looked up to see a very bright blue white light travelling from the north east to the south west, the shape was very similar to what you have on the web site possibly cigar but fatter, and it emitted a red to almost orange trail about two hundred yards behind it.  This sighting lasted almost five seconds and it travelled in a dead straight line.  A meteor I hear you say, this is where it gets weird. as it travelled in front of me I noticed that the rear of the tail of the thing was perfectly round and orangey red.  There were also aircraft in the vicinity that were higher than the object. 

The more I think about it the more I am convinced that this was under intelligent control because it went in a straight line, it also did not show any curvature to show it was outside the earths atmosphere.

Summer 2001 - Cricklade, Wiltshire

A report sourced by APRA researcher James Hill

"Miss J" (pseudonym) said that the weather was fine, and it was around 10.pm, while she and a few friends were sat on the balcony of her home in Cricklade, which faced east, drinking coffee after a dinner party.

She said that they saw what she thought at first to be three bright white lights coming from an aircraft, roughly six miles from her home, but when it got closer she realised that it wasn't any aircraft that she had ever seen.   RAF Fairford is roughly 4 miles to the east (numerous unusual aircraft would have been observed during RIAT events) .  Miss J said she could clearly see that this craft was definitely triangular in shape as it had one white light at each tip and that the craft was jet black, definitely of solid shape and was huge - in fact it was larger than a jumbo jet by half a fuselage length again.

She said that this craft was at an altitude of about six thousand feet and came almost over head at which point it stood still for a few seconds then rotated through 360 degrees and shot of so fast back the way it came, it was gone instantaneously.

She said at first she wasn't going to say anything about it as she was a bit wary as to what her friends would say, but a friend that was there had also seen it and remarked how strange it was and thought that it might be from Fairford.  I told her that this was highly unlikely as to my knowledge they were still working on the runway resurfacing it at that time.  When asked how long this had lasted ,she replied three minutes from first seeing the lights and there was no noise from it either.

7th January 2000 - Swindon

Another sighting by James Hill while waiting for his works transport. 

James spotted the lights of an aircraft coming in from the Northwest, at a fair height.  What surprised him was the bright 'solid-looking' disk of light travelling close alongside.  No obvious beam could be seen to suggest a laser or 'searchlight' shining on cloud.  Both the aircraft and 'disk' were moving at a reasonable speed, when the disk suddenly accelerated, and cut across the nose of the aircraft, which showed no indication of deviating its course.  The light disk then continued away at speed.  

At this point a potential witness had appeared on the scene - a delivery driver in his van, but he was more interested in finding his way than in the object that James was pointing at!  Consequently James remains as a single witness, unless of course, anyone on the aircraft comes forward with a report.

13th December 1999 - Swindon

APRA Co-ordinator James Hill, was waiting for his morning works transport, when he noticed a bright white light in the sky, almost like a torch beam.  This then changed into a shape of blue/white lights, which was very similar to the object seen by the combined APRA/SUFOG skywatch team, while at Avebury on 1st August 1999.  This time the object changed course by 90°, and then "just went out".  Interestingly, this course, and disappearance, would have been over the Avebury area!

1 Aug 99 - Avebury, Wilts - a multiple witnessed UFO

A team of 6 skywatchers (From APRA and SUFOG) were well into their all-night skywatch at Avebury, on the Lammas night, which has by tradition seemed to produce UFO reports.

Shortly before 0350hrs, a series of very bright pulses/flashes were seen to emanate from behind Waden Hill, and therefore in the direction of Silbury Hill.  These were not the characteristic 'skyflashes' seen on so many skywatches, as they were much lower to the horizon.  They were also not the muzzle flashes from artillery on the Larkhill ranges, as no sound of the normal artillery fire could be heard on what was a still night.

At 0350, James H and Bill S almost simultaneously sighted a bright object high to the north.  The other 4 people then looked at the object, which was made up of bright blue and white lights.  Curiously, although the 6 people had binocs round their necks, not one thought to use them immediately.  The object was heading for the edge of a smallish cloud, but then veered left, to 'make for' the main part of the cloud, which it then went behind - it didn't emerge from the other side!

The next morning, two Belgian (or Dutch) men came walking round the Avebury henge, asking if anyone else had seen the strange puling lights.  From their position down the West Kennett avenue, the pulses were behind the 'other end' of Waden Hill, but clearly came from the ground upwards.  This would have placed the source for the light pulses very close 'behind' the hill, and must have been very close to Silbury Hill itself.  They hadn't seen the 'UFO' object. The pulsing flashes were clearly not camera flashes - BJ had ample opportunity to compare these  during the 99.9% eclipse at Portland on August 11.

All 6 witnesses perceived the UFO to be slightly different in shape, ranging from circular/disk, to diamond and even triangular, indeed the two who first saw it think it may have even changed shape - it is interesting to note that UFO investigators/researchers were no more able to clearly agree on a sighting than other witnesses!  However, all agree the UFO was 'comprised' of a number of blue and white lights.

11 Jan 1999 - Wanborough, nr Swindon, Wilts  -  A flight of Spheres?

The witness’s account:

“I was waiting for my lift to work in the middle of Wanborough.  As it was a clear morning, I was gazing at the stars, and was looking at the so-called ‘summer triangle’ (Deneb, Vega and Altair), which were in the souheastern sky.  My attention was grabbed by three bright lights, travelling slowly from the northwest to the southeast – they were bigger but dimmer than the stars, and were disk-shaped.  They appeared to be very high, and seemed to be climbing all the time as they flew in a straight line, before being lost to sight.  Other aircraft were flying, but were not obviously connected to the three disks”’.

19 October 1998 - Swindon, Wilts  -  The FT returns!

One of APRA’s researchers, was leaving for work just after 7.00am, when he glanced up, and was rewarded with a view of the now classic black ‘flying triangle’ overflying his home.  The craft, and we really must refer to it as a craft, was flying at around 200’, and probably at around 200mph.  The body of the craft was dense black, and there was a bright white light on each corner, along with a bright green light on its ‘left rear’ wing (Though front/rear and left/right are never clear with the FT’s, as they have been seen to fly with their ‘pointed end’ backwards) - so again this green light was incorrect for normal navigation lighting requirements.  This craft, despite its low height and speed, was totally silent, and was lost to sight within seconds.  It was last seen heading to the southeast.

Inquiries with relevant local airbases has not produced much response for either of these cases.  We had to refer to these two delta-shaped objects  as ‘low flying craft’ before RAF Lyneham would perform any internal investigation - which proved negative. 

The airbase claim that there were no resident or visiting military aircraft in their control area on either of the above dates, and suggest that these craft may have been commercial flights! 

It may also be significant that at time of the 19th October sighting, nearby RAF Fairford was home to a detachment of B-52 bombers at the time of the Kosovo crisis.  Were any USAF stealth aircraft also based there?

19 September 1998 – Swindon, Wilts  -  An illuminated FT

A CE2 case from Swindon.

Two men, walking home from a party in the early hours of the morning, saw a most interesting object in the sky, and perhaps a variation on the famous ‘Flying Triangle’ (FT).  The object seen by the men was triangular in plan view, with slightly rounded corners, but it also had a short tail boom, with an apparent ‘V’ tail.  The details were clear, as the underside was lit up with a diffuse white light, though the light source seemed to be completely internal in the ‘craft’.  The only other light was a bright flashing green light on the underside at what would have been the rear of the left ‘wing’ (Which is the wrong colour for a normal navigation light on a left side). 

The craft was moving slowly, and the men were able to see more of it in a side view, which was of a slender pointed ‘fuselage’, though the pointed tail(s) were prominent at the rear.  The craft hovered for around 4 minutes, at which point it dropped a blue ball of light, which fell ground wards.  The craft then moved off slowly, and was visible for a further 5 minutes.  A conventional aircraft, of an unknown type, then approached, but didn’t seem to investigate the area.  The witnesses estimate that the craft was some 2 – 3 miles from their position.

1992 - Swindon

A sighting from "Ron", from a part of Swindon that at one time was something of a UFO hotspot...

"It was 1992 I was living with my parents at Haydonwick Swindon. It was about 1pm at night I was watching TV - my parents had gone to bed, and I was in the front room when all of a sudden a brilliant bright white light lit the whole front room up. For some strange reason I remember thinking it could be a ufo even before I saw it, anyway I went out side I looked up and yes I saw this black triangle with glowing lights like pulsating lights. It was hard to describe the colour,I remember thinking no one will ever believe me but there was no sound complete quietness. What I can say, was it seemed to be looking for some thing as it moved its lights were like a spot light. I remember thinking shall I get the video recorder - I whish I had because I was so close underneath it anyway that's what happened "

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