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UFO spotted in Calne
3:44pm Monday 17th August 2009
Baffled Trevor Vincent has been left in the dark after spotting strange lights in the sky above Calne on Saturday night.
Mr Vincent, of Westerham Walk in Calne, was enjoying a barbecue at a friend’s house when something moving quickly across the sky caught his eye.
He said: “It was a nice starry night so we were outside having a look at the stars.
“We saw a shooting star cross the sky, which always takes you aback.
“Then at about 10.35pm we spotted an orange light moving fairly fast in the sky from the western side - it was racing along.
“We had only just been talking about these sorts of lights because I have seen them before.
“I saw one of them and said ‘look, it’s one of those lights’, then there were two, then another and then four.
“They just kept coming.”
The 47-year-old dad of two described two of the lights as moving together, before one overtook the other and was then overtaken by the second light.
“We were totally amazed,” he said. “They all joined in and this went on for about 15 minutes - the kids were all taking pictures.
“We were all gobsmacked.
“They definitely were not planes because they were totally quiet.”
Shortly afterwards Mr Vincent said passing clouds obstructed their view of the lights - which he has witnessed before.
“We saw around five on New Year’s Eve, but they disappeared,” he said. “Then I saw them a couple of weeks ago again.
“Other people must have seen them and I just want to know what they were.
“We would like to think they were UFOs, but there must be some explanation.
“This is not something you see every day.
“My daughter is always star watching and we see the odd sattelite going across, but you can tell what they are - these were something else.”
A Ministry of Defence UFO report of 2008 details a similar sighting in September when five brightly glowing orange orbs were seen flying silently above Calne.
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packard bell, says...
6:51pm Mon 17 Aug 09
The car came to a halt & her mobile phone went dead,of course i did not believe her but she was welll shaken when she got home. It was infront of her giving of all the orange lights & then just disappeared.
THen the car came back to life & so did the phone .
supergrassesm8, chippenham says...
10:12pm Mon 17 Aug 09
piddle, Calne says...
11:20pm Mon 17 Aug 09
I dreampt last night that I had eaten a 25lb marshmellow...I woke up and the duvet was gone....get a grip people.
Don Jones, Devizes says...
9:31am Tue 18 Aug 09
Father, Christmas says...
12:28pm Tue 18 Aug 09
calne01, Calne says...
6:13pm Tue 18 Aug 09
BusDriver, Calne says...
6:52pm Tue 18 Aug 09
jen5533, Devizes says...
9:13pm Tue 18 Aug 09
The Maxter, Chippenham says...
11:49am Wed 19 Aug 09
The Maxter, Chippenham says...
12:39pm Wed 19 Aug 09
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Bob Bobbington, Calne says...
1:07pm Wed 19 Aug 09
I have been interested in ufos for over a decade. All over the world military officials, pilots and other credible people are reporting bizarre craft and light configurations. There is even a movement of these people called the DISCLOSURE PROJECT. However these most certainly were Chinese Lanterns. I saw them myself and one was low enough to make out its structure.
TURKEY GIRL, says...
4:38pm Wed 19 Aug 09
www.calnetalk.com
piddle, Calne says...
6:00pm Wed 19 Aug 09
wimpsworth, Devizes says...
11:16am Thu 20 Aug 09
This thread and the comments on it have cheered me right up this morning.
I have tears running down my cheeks :)
The Maxter, Chippenham says...
11:20am Thu 20 Aug 09
A: At the same time
B: Over a 10 minute period
C: Craig David
D:Never, they're lit by gas.
keefygee, calne says...
2:07pm Thu 20 Aug 09
P4tch, Chippenham says...
2:02am Fri 21 Aug 09
I like how someone said...
"I have no idea what they were but they were not lanterns ,they wouldnt all go at the same time."
They've immediately jumped to the UFO conclusion rather than looking at any evidence...
hmudge, Calne says...
2:38pm Mon 24 Aug 09
Not much news about then that day?
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piddle, Calne says...
6:24pm Mon 17 Aug 09