Brilliant white circular light seen over North Wolverhampton, England
Tuesday 7th June 2005 around midday GMT, England, West Midlands, Wolverhampton.
I observed a brilliant white circular object moving west that was radiating light, not just reflected sunlight off an object.
The altitude was difficult to estimate as it was a bright sunny day with high thin cloud cover and no nearby easy to use reference points.
however it was much lower than a commercial jet and higher than a helicopter that we see frequently in this area.
The apparent diameter of the white light was about the size of a "penny" held at arms length, so if it was say 1000 ft up it must have been quite large.
It moved in a dead straight line towards the west, no bobing or weaving, giving the impression of powered flight at a few hundred miles per hour.
There was no noise or vapor trail etc associated with the object, and I observed it for around 2 minutes before unfortunately going back to check on a few kids in the swimming pool before resuming my observation to find it had vanished.
Two other adults with me also saw the same object after I'd pointed it out to them, but apart from saying "What the f@#!'s that!" they didn't seem to be particularly concerned, perhaps the've seen plenty of UFO's before! I hope that someone else spotted this object from another angle.
Oh yes, a little background, I'm a Computer Scientist and as a hobby an Amateur Astronomer.
Tuesday 7th June 2005 around midday GMT, England, West Midlands, Wolverhampton.
I observed a brilliant white circular object moving west that was radiating light, not just reflected sunlight off an object.
The altitude was difficult to estimate as it was a bright sunny day with high thin cloud cover and no nearby easy to use reference points.
however it was much lower than a commercial jet and higher than a helicopter that we see frequently in this area.
The apparent diameter of the white light was about the size of a "penny" held at arms length, so if it was say 1000 ft up it must have been quite large.
It moved in a dead straight line towards the west, no bobing or weaving, giving the impression of powered flight at a few hundred miles per hour.
There was no noise or vapor trail etc associated with the object, and I observed it for around 2 minutes before unfortunately going back to check on a few kids in the swimming pool before resuming my observation to find it had vanished.
Two other adults with me also saw the same object after I'd pointed it out to them, but apart from saying "What the f@#!'s that!" they didn't seem to be particularly concerned, perhaps the've seen plenty of UFO's before! I hope that someone else spotted this object from another angle.
Oh yes, a little background, I'm a Computer Scientist and as a hobby an Amateur Astronomer.
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Wolverhampton (UK/England)
United Kingdom
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2 minutes
circle
Occurred : 6/7/2005 12:00 (Entered as : 06/07/2005 12:00) Reported: 6/8/2005 1:42:07 PM 13:42 Posted: 6/20/2005 Location: Wolverhampton (UK/England), Shape: Circle Duration: 2 minutes
Brilliant white circular light seen over North Wolverhampton, England