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UFO Report 1998
Date Time Town / Village County Occupation of reporter
Brief Description of sighting
(where known)
03-Jan-98 22:05 Knutsford Cheshire One small, kite sized, leaf shaped object. Was bright red in colour. Moved very fast.
04-Jan-98 01:50 Raglan Gwent Circular in shape with a tail and extremely bright. It moved incredibly fast in different directions across the sky.
05-Jan-98 19:30 Calne Wiltshire One, larger than a Hercules, elongated object. Red/green - long lights, white lights at the back, in squares. Very bright.
05-Jan-98 05:45 Rayleigh Essex Three white lights. One red light on top. Was rocking from side to side, and then faded.
13-Jan-98 18:49 Coulsdon Surrey A beam of light was shining upwards. Then a crescent shaped object was seen. It moved slowly across the sky.
14-Jan-98 Calne Wiltshire Cigar shaped object. Was white with a green tinge. Was seen for a few seconds, accelerated extremely fast and then disappeared.
14-Jan-98 07:40 Falkirk Central A large object. The same size as the moon. It went vertical straight through the cloud.
14-Jan-98 21:56 Glasgow Lanarkshire Like a meteor - silent sphere of light. Was moving in an arc, going from South East to North East. It then disappeared.
14-Jan-98 21:50 Kennoway Fife Light, orange ball. Like a dull shooting star. Silent. Was heading North East.
15-Jan-98 22:30 Framlingham Suffolk A long, dark object in the sky. Two bright lights at either end, and several red ones in the middle. It moved vertically and then horizontally.
16-Jan-98 21:15 Stirling Central Low flying white light, with multi-coloured flashing lights on the underside. Was hovering.
16-Jan-98 02:50 Gorton Greater Manchester Lots of lights together - very fast flashing red lights in a cluster. Very bright and it appeared large.
20-Jan-98 17:58 Airdrie S'clyde Object looked triangular in shape, defined by three flashing lights. One on the right was green and the others white.
24-Jan-98 15:00 Swansea West Glamorgan Black, triangular shaped object, with two fins.
25-Jan-98 20:25 Newport Gwent One object, thought to be a star, with stud like lights underneath in a circle. Was travelling North in a straight line.
26-Jan-98 05:45 Corby Northamptonshire Three red lights in a triangular formation. There was a silver star shaped object, below the lights.
26-Jan-98 21:00 Ruislip Middlesex Spherical shaped object. Was bright and pulsating. Looked like a large light bulb. 100ft diameter - not sure. Slow moving.
26-Jan-98 22:02 New Cross South London One, airline sized, cigar shaped object, with a red light. Quite bright. The object was moving erratically.
01-Feb-98 19:15 A272 nr Winchester Hampshire Main object - large, red/orange luminous ball. There were two smaller objects that had totally different flight paths.
03-Feb-98 07:30 Birmingham West Midlands One object, the size of a passenger plane. Was triangular in shape and silver. Very bright, due to the reflection of the morning sun.
04-Feb-98 22:55 Southend London One red and green object. It was still.
05-Feb-98 02:30 Sutton Coldfield West Midlands One oval shaped object. Bright green/blue in colour. Half magnitude brightness - of the moon. It shot up vertically in the sky.
06-Feb-98 07:15 A281 nr Guildford Surrey Three circular objects, 20-30 feet high. They were orange and very bright. They were stationary for a short time, then disappeared.
07-Feb-98 06:40 Fleet Hampshire Triangular object, like the end of a plane or concord. Three brilliant white lights.
09-Feb-98 15:40 Barry South Glamorgan Blast of orange light. In the same direction, three golden balls appeared, that were brighter and then they disappeared.
13-Feb-98 07:00 Grove Park London A black, ruler shaped object. It moved across the moon and then disappeared.
13-Feb-98 21:30 A34 nr Abingdon Oxfordshire Huge object, like a shooting star. Also looked like a firework rocket, descending down with the exhaust burning.
15-Feb-98 03:10 Finchamstead Berkshire Twenty eight foot circular object, with a dome on top, which had a bright yellowish/whitish light. Travelled very fast North East.
16-Feb-98 07:35 Methill Fife Two circles of light that were very bright and very close together. They moved at fast speed vertically up into the sky.
17-Feb-98 18:45 Lincoln Lincolnshire A single black triangle was seen.
19-Feb-98 20:06 Heartburn/Stockton Cleveland A central disc, with lights shooting off of it. It was hovering.
21-Feb-98 02:20 Evesham Worcestershire One oval shaped object, which was extremely bright with a dark blodge. It was slowly moving across the sky.
22-Feb-98 21:00 Ladysbridge Aberdeenshire One orange object, with a very intense bright light. It was moving very slowly and then it just disappeared.
24-Feb-98 18:30 Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire Two large yellow lights, surrounded by smaller blue/green and yellow lights. They made vertical and horizontal movements.
24-Feb-98 17:00 Halifax West Yorkshire Purple, diamond shaped object, with a circle in the middle of it.
24-Feb-98 22:30 Hull East Yorkshire Blue, circular intermittent light.
27-Feb-98 20:45 North of M898/Glasgow Lanarkshire Bright light, possibly a shooting star. Was falling to earth very fast.
04-Mar-98 13:06 Gibraltar Point/Skegness Lincolnshire A large, cylindrical, solid object. It was silver in colour and very bright. The object shot up in the air and disappeared.
04-Mar-98 00:04 A12/Wyton Cambridgeshire Lights were seen dancing in the sky. The lights went up and down in the sky and seemed to keep pace with the witnesses car.
08-Mar-98 20:06 Skirlaugh East Yorkshire One object. It had a bright white light, and an inner red light. It was moving up, down, backwards and forwards.
09-Mar-98 19:45 Maidstone Kent Red and white, round flashing lights. Two and sometimes three of them. Moving around.
10-Mar-98 20:55 Cheam Surrey Very bright, pink light. Shot off at high speed.
11-Mar-98 19:45 Bwlchgwyn Clwyd A large, black, oblong shaped object, approx. 30-40ft long. It was about 15-25ft off the ground.
14-Mar-98 19:20 Newton Stewart Wigtonshire The object was like the sun setting, an orange glow. Three lights shot off from it.
16-Mar-98 02:05 Leven Fife The object looked like a red dome. Had a white flashing light, which was small and bright.
18-Mar-98 17:40 Bolton Greater Manchester A round, and very bright object. Equivalent to a 5p coin in size, at arms length. Was stationary and then disappeared.
19-Mar-98 18:17 Hull Humberside The object looked like two lights. The width was about 10 metres across. Was hovering.
22-Mar-98 21:20 South Brent Devon Bright stars in the shape of a "T". Then a bright orange light was seen. High in the sky. They were descending slowly.
23-Mar-98 19:15 Histon/Cambridge Cambridgeshire Five, round, smooth objects. There were red and blue flashing lights, going round in a circle and another light in the centre. Quite fast.
27-Mar-98 00:30 Harrogate North Yorkshire Very large spherical object, with multi coloured lights. Was moving at high speed.
30-Mar-98 22:25 Bury St Edmunds Suffolk Twenty five to thirty, small disc shaped objects, that were illuminated. It veered away.
30-Mar-98 23:20 Wrexham Clwyd One large, square-ish, very bright object. Was blue-ish with lights around it. There was a humming sound and a nasty smell.
30-Mar-98 22:50 Malpas Cheshire The object was silent, and was changing from pale blue to green then yellow, and had one bright light. It moved erratically in the sky.
31-Mar-98 04:20 Clywd Mountains/Clywd Powys An object, had blue lights on the top and white lights on the bottom. Was 40ft in length. About 600ft high.
05-Apr-98 01:30 Liverpool Merseyside One round, grey object, helicopter size. Revolving clockwise - plate spinning. Witness could see windows, and a glow coming through them.
10-Apr-98 21:20 Kelty Fife One large star - like object. It had colours that were changing.

UFO Report 1998
Date Time Town / Village County Occupation of reporter
Brief Description of sighting
(where known)
12-Apr-98 23:45 Much Marcle/Ledbury Herefordshire A UFO was hovering and had numerous flashing lights, of all different colours. The object hovered in the sky for about 10 minutes.
15-Apr-98 02:00 Musselburgh Midlothian Two, jelly fish shaped objects. They were very bright. Moving in a South Easterly direction.
16-Apr-98 01:00 One triangular object, with flashing green and red lights.
16-Apr-98 21:00 Falkirk Stirlingshire One oval object, displaying five, bright searchlight type lights. The object was straight and level and moving slowly.
17-Apr-98 23:00 Aviemore Village/Aviemore Inverness-Shire An object in slow motion, with twelve to fifteen lights around the perimeter. 40ft to 50ft in size. The object descended behind trees.
21-Apr-98 01:00 A19/Darlington County Durham Numerous crescent shaped white lights. Very bright. There was one red light. They moved slow at first, and then picked up speed.
28-Apr-98 23:40 Twickenham Middlesex Single white light. It had a faint light behind it. It was moving slowly.
09-May-98 21:40 Crumlin Gwent A huge meccano/round type looking structure/object, with pulsing red, green and white lights. Very slow moving.
10-May-98 02:00 Nantwich Cheshire A very large object.
13-May-98 Hawley Hampshire A black rectangular object, with a small fuselage. Was moving very fast.
16-May-98 22:00 Amersham Buckinghamshire An orange ball of light, with a white ring around the outside of it. It travelled along in a straight line.
16-May-98 22:45 Wimbourne Dorset Three flare shaped objects. They were yellow in colour and very bright. They were about 500ft up and moving in the same direction.
16-May-98 01:30 Worthing West Sussex One oval/bell shaped object. Light in colour and very bright. It made a humming sound, which drew the witness's attention to it.
17-May-98 17:00 Wigan Greater Manchester Five, white objects that were very high in the sky. Very slow.
17-May-98 15:00 Market Harborough Leicestershire One flattened rugby ball shaped object, with a long needle hanging. White or silver in colour. Extremely fast.
17-May-98 17:05 Hull Humberside Seven lights - six together and one in front. The lights merged and moved in formation. They were very very high.
18-May-98 03:15 Llanfair P G Gwynedd One long shaped object, with six flashing lights. They were flashing from faded to very bright. They were moving from North to South.
18-May-98 23:00 Erdington/Birmingham West Midlands Three red lights in a triangle shape, 200ft up. Moving very slowly and changing pattern. There was a low humming monotone sound.
28-May-98 00:32 Bangor Gwynedd One light, golden in appearance, larger and brighter than a planet. Was travelling from South West to the East.
29-May-98 02:15 Ogmore Vale,nr Bridgend Mid Glamorgan No distinctive shape, but was extremely bright red. Had white and blue flashing lights. It was extremely noisy. Shot off at great speed.
31-May-98 22:48 Sheffield South Yorkshire A strange group of lights were seen by various witness's. The lights were moving in irregular patterns. They shot off at great speed.
02-Jun-98 23:45 Melksham Wiltshire Two star sized lights about 15 feet apart. There was also one red light. They were the intensity of the North Star.
06-Jun-98 23:00 Sheffield South Yorkshire Orange discs that were tennis ball size. There were two side by side, one on right hand side - catching up and one behind.
11-Jun-98 03:10 Birmingham West Midlands One object, small car size. Oval in shape. Blue-ish green in colour and very bright. Stationary for a while. There was a burning coal smell.
12-Jun-98 21:00 Benllech Isle of Anglesey One white ball of light, the size of a 5p piece at arms length. Plus, there were two smaller, faint objects in trail too.
13-Jun-98 22:00 Battersea South London One square shaped object. Had blue, red and white lights and was pretty bright. Was stationary and then floated - glided along.
25-Jun-98 03:30 Warminster/Westbury Wiltshire A flying saucer.
26-Jun-98 00:35 Hull Humberside A ball of white light. It was travelling East. Before it disappeared, the ball of light changed colour to red!
28-Jun-98 23:15 Uttoxeter Devon Saucer shaped object, that was revolving in the sky. Was greyish-white in colour. Was hovering and rotating.
01-Jul-98 00:05 Windsor Berkshire One oval shaped object. Was orange in colour, but was quite dim. It was travelling West and was very fast.
03-Jul-98 07:15 Bradford-on-Avon Wiltshire One oval shaped object. Charcoal grey in colour.
08-Jul-98 00:15 Eastbourne East Sussex One star shaped object. White and blue in colour and very bright. Was moving to the North from South-West.
12-Jul-98 23:09 Manchester Greater Manchester Round object. Bright white. 400ft up in the sky. Stayed level as it moved across the sky.
13-Jul-98 20:40 Barking Essex Two diamond shaped objects. Yellow and very bright. The objects were zig - zagging in the sky.
15-Jul-98 00:40 Sudbury Suffolk Arrow shaped object, with a light at each corner, plus one underneath. It went in a North, North-West direction.
15-Jul-98 21:35 Abronhill North Lanarkshire Star like in shape. Very bright. The object was almost vertical and descending.
18-Jul-98 23:26 Whitby North Yorkshire Saw lights in the sky.
18-Jul-98 01:06 Lydney - Forest of Dean Gloucestershire The object was round in shape. There was a very intense white light. It was moving slowly.
18-Jul-98 22:11 Whitby North Yorkshire Bright, large, cone shaped, single object. One and a half inches in size. There was static. It was moving in a straight line downwards.
19-Jul-98 08:45 A3/Guildford Surrey One, jelly bean shaped object. Had a mirror finish and was reflecting the sun.
19-Jul-98 00:15 Gulworth nr Tavistock Devon Three, hundred foot, sphere shaped, white objects. They were moving from North to South in a straight line.
19-Jul-98 02:20 Southall Middlesex One object, larger than a star. It was round, white, brighter than Venus and had three tails.
19-Jul-98 02:00 Southminster Essex One, very large flying saucer. 1000's of lights on the underside, with one larger centrally placed red light. It moved slowly away.
22-Jul-98 23:44 Hythe Bay Kent A squashed, elongated disc with a yellow glow. It faded and then brightened.
23-Jul-98 00:15 Eastbourne Sussex Pinpoints of light. Objects were changing speed.
23-Jul-98 22:40 Suffolk/Cambs border Saw dim lights in a circular shape, spinning round.
26-Jul-98 01:58 A386 - Horrabridge Devon One very large disc shaped object, that was pale blue.
27-Jul-98 23:20 Twickenham Middlesex One large, circular object, that had blue lights that were spinning.
27-Jul-98 23:10 One dim object, that had two white lights and two red lights.
01-Aug-98 23:41 Cleethorpes N E Lincolnshire Lights were seen in the sky, that looked suspicious.
02-Aug-98 01:30 Bury St Edmunds Suffolk 8-10 white lights, rotating around one similar light.
02-Aug-98 00:30 Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire One circular object with square lights and windows from the outside going to the centre. Was large and revolving.
02-Aug-98 01:40 Wrexham Clwyd One glowing outer ring, surrounding an oval structure with pulsating lights.
03-Aug-98 22:08 Livingston West Lothian One bright light, that was star like, which dimmed, brightened then dimmed again.
04-Aug-98 22:00 Eastbourne Sussex One small, bright star shaped object, which was moving upwards. Was very slow.
05-Aug-98 00:30 Brecon Dyfed Vortex with white, red and green flashing lights. Rose straight up vertically from behind woods in the form of an arc. Smokey trail.

UFO Report 1998
Date Time Town / Village County Occupation of reporter
Brief Description of sighting
(where known)
06-Aug-98 20:35 Dagenham Essex Saw a light travelling very fast in a South Westerly direction towards Barking.
07-Aug-98 22:10 Shipley West Yorkshire One very bright object.
07-Aug-98 21:30 Aldershot Hants Two spot shaped, star coloured objects were spotted moving through the sky very fast.
07-Aug-98 21:40 Hounslow Middlesex It was like a shooting star, but with unsynchronised flashing lights.
08-Aug-98 15:10 Ludgershall Hants One small, spherical, silver object. Was very bright. Football size perhaps.
08-Aug-98 20:25 Laleham Middlesex Like a jet airliner, but very low and with no wings. It accelerated away.
09-Aug-98 23:00 Horsham West Sussex One object with three flashing lights.
09-Aug-98 00:00 Keighley West Yorkshire One object that resembled a coloured star. Was red, orange and green in colour. Made erratic movements, then vanished.
10-Aug-98 22:45 Hadley Wood Hertfordshire There were three twinkling lights.
12-Aug-98 03:45 Trotton West Sussex One spherical object that had various colours and was very bright.
12-Aug-98 22:00 Barry South Glamorgan Four main lights formed a cross. There were bright green and orange lights in the centre. Was larger than a 747.
13-Aug-98 04:45 Llanrhaeaedr Clwyd One huge, silver, star shaped object.
13-Aug-98 12:15 Louth Lincolnshire Described as a yellow/white 'glow', with flashing lights. Was moving very fast.
13-Aug-98 22:45 Highcliffe Dorset One white circle travelling in a straight line. There was then an extremely loud explosion over the sea.
15-Aug-98 02:30 Conningsby Lincolnshire Bright green light, three large green windows, 8 ft apart, oval in shape and was a quarter of a mile long.
16-Aug-98 22:00 Frome Somerset One object looked like a yellow moon, second one looked like a triangle with red flashing lights, and the other three looked like silver balls moving in a circle
formation. The noise was a very loud noise, like the roar of many engines.
16-Aug-98 22:30 Bristol Somerset Many white, small beams that were flickering.
17-Aug-98 10:00 Frome Somerset (Saw the same objects as above).
17-Aug-98 04:45 Slinford West Sussex Two points of light, that were too big to be stars. Also, circles of yellow light. They were hovering and pulsating.
17-Aug-98 23:26 Hensbridge Somerset One white object, star shape. Much brighter than a star.
19-Aug-98 00:10 Elgin Morayshire Bright flickering light, with changing colours - red, white and green.
19-Aug-98 08:35 Shrewsbury Shropshire One circular, gold coloured object.
21-Aug-98 09:50 Porthcawl Mid Glamorgan A star size, bright object. Was blue/white in colour.
21-Aug-98 23:45 Walthamstow London Lights in the sky. They moved, stopped and then zoomed off.
22-Aug-98 19:10 Bristol Somerset One object, like an oval pebble, white on top and black underneath.
24-Aug-98 00:30 Swansea West Glamorgan A very bright, white light in the sky, moving fast.
24-Aug-98 00:00 Wakefield West Yorkshire One bright, white light that was moving very slowly in an unusual way.
25-Aug-98 02:30 Hull North Yorkshire Was a hazy shape, had three lights at the bottom like traffic lights, surrounded by a fog.
26-Aug-98 22:45 Wallingford Oxfordshire One white object with diffused light.
29-Aug-98 23:15 Cumnock S'clyde Looked similar to a division sign - two stars either side of line.
30-Aug-98 22:00 Yatton nr Bristol Somerset One object, bigger than a star. Bright, but had no colours.
30-Aug-98 09:00 Kilmarnock Ayrshire A red and white flashing light that was moving extremely fast.
30-Aug-98 18:55 Eckington South Yorkshire Two black spheres close to each other. There were no lights at all, and they were moving fast.
31-Aug-98 Mottram Cheshire One to four bright triangular objects, that then changed to a round shape. They were all white. (Were there for one hour).
31-Aug-98 16:00 Bewdley Hereford & Worcester One, black teddy bear shaped object. Was moving very fast through the sky. Sounded like a helicopter engine.
01-Sep-98 20:15 Callestick nr Truro Cornwall One 6-8 ft long, 2-3 ft wide, oval, greyish, solid object that circled around the witnesses house.
01-Sep-98 22:00 Mixenden West Yorkshire Several, round, elliptical, bright lights shining upwards. Was moving backwards and forwards.
05-Sep-98 16:30 Esher Surrey Several pairs of small, elliptical, silver objects descending from the sky.
07-Sep-98 20:25 Cumnock S'clyde Extremely bright flash of light. Was there for 1-2 seconds.
08-Sep-98 20:35 Barnetby North Lincolnshire Large, round circular object with orange lights on the outside which changed colour. Centre had green lights which changed to blue.
09-Sep-98 01:00 Trowbridge Wiltshire Bright lights were seen through the witnesses bedroom curtains.
10-Sep-98 00:30 Erith Kent Two objects larger then planes, both had round fronts going to points. Red and blue lights on front of objects.
11-Sep-98 20:15 Surbiton nr Southampton Hants Object over house.
14-Sep-98 03:00 Salisbury Wiltshire One car-sized, cloud shaped, yellow luminous object. There were also flashing lights. Was about 100ft up.
16-Sep-98 22:20 Norwich Norfolk One object - a single light flashing.
16-Sep-98 20:50 Blackridge West Lothian One sparkly light, blue/white and very bright. It was jumping back and forth, but not moving any distance.
16-Sep-98 20:35 Barking Essex Four small white objects, like dim stars.
17-Sep-98 05:22 New Milton Hants One object with a bright light, and another object with it, had three bright lights.
18-Sep-98 21:00 Farm nr Henfield West Sussex One large cylinder shaped object estimated at 40m wide, displaying misty white lights.
19-Sep-98 22:45 Kidderminster Worcestershire One, round, white object that had the brightness of a star. It was erratic when it moved.
19-Sep-98 19:25 Redruth Cornwall Two, oval white objects.
21-Sep-98 21:30 Waunfawr Gwynedd Spheres - colours on and off in sequences.
25-Sep-98 01:45 Blackstone West Sussex Five to six circles, one object, larger than a jumbo jet. Was rotating.
10-Oct-98 23:25 Stanwell Middlesex Two objects that were orange and had a dull glow.
10-Oct-98 18:30 Borough Bridge North Yorkshire One object that was golf ball shape, that had triangular lights on either side.

UFO Report 1998
Date Time Town / Village County Occupation of reporter
Brief Description of sighting
(where known)
10-Oct-98 05:30 Horndean Hants Triangular object that was rotating. There were three to five lights underneath, that were also rotating.
11-Oct-98 04:05 Edinburgh West Lothian Very large, oval/round shaped object - illuminated (like the moon).
12-Oct-98 00:30 Gravesend Kent One global object that was pulsating and was very bright.
13-Oct-98 19:00 Staines Surrey One bright, orange flashing light. It hovered for a while, then sped off faster than a conventional aircraft or helicopter.
19-Oct-98 01:00 Basingstoke Hampshire Lots of bright lights.
19-Oct-98 00:10 Waterlooville Hampshire Saw flashes of light every few minutes, plus one long silver beam.
20-Oct-98 00:45 Ayrshire One single bright red light - (square or oblong). Sort of a humming noise.
23-Oct-98 14:07 Aberdeen Grampian Two objects that were spherical, shiny and silver. Objects looked approx a quarter of an inch across.
25-Oct-98 09:35 Boscombe Dorset One object that then split into two. Was about the size of a minibus. Wedge shape and silvery white. Sun reflected off of it.
26-Oct-98 20:20 Whisby Lincolnshire One object, roughly the same size as a Harrier, but there was no noise. Was brightish, with lights flashing underneath.
26-Oct-98 19:10 Crewe Cheshire Four triangular objects in formation. They were yellow/white in colour and were moving across the sky.
27-Oct-98 15:30 Kings Lynn Norfolk Small white cloud - looked unnatural and had a reflection coming from it, which appeared to revolve. It disappeared after 20 seconds.
28-Oct-98 22:40 Thirsk North Yorkshire Very bright white light.
29-Oct-98 20:54 St. Andrews Fife Dull, orange, elliptical, 10 Arc.
30-Oct-98 12:47 Harlow Essex A long, cylindrical object with no defined edges. Was black and very dull. Looked like it had three layers.
01-Nov-98 20:30 Farnham Hampshire Very large cigar - shaped object, with six sets of lights underneath. Thinks it could have been an airship.
04-Nov-98 18:00 Hull Humberside Five star like objects in a perfect line. Appeared at a very high altitude.
04-Nov-98 04:00 Morden Surrey A ball of changing colour, with lots of different coloured lights around it. Made helicopter sounds. It stayed in place for about two hours.
04-Nov-98 12:35 Bishops Waltham Hampshire One object that was round and white. It had an orange underside.
06-Nov-98 17:50 Hanham Somerset One object - oval/eye shaped with bright white light.
06-Nov-98 04:30 Deal Kent Two white fireballs in the sky. First fireball went in an arc. Second fireball went vertically.
09-Nov-98 15:45 Bury Greater Manchester One object, flames, black smoke, defined mass, unable to tell exact shape.
09-Nov-98 19:40 Walsall West Midlands One object, bigger than a jumbo jet Was like a line. Had two red lights, one white and one blue. Very bright.
10-Nov-98 19:45 Chichester West Sussex One object, the size of a house, with a pinnacle top with a dome. Orange but dull in colour. Very erratic and fast.
10-Nov-98 21:15 Salisbury Wiltshire One star like object. Red and green flickering lights on the object.
11-Nov-98 00:12 Reading Berkshire One object with tentacles. 300 Approx
12-Nov-98 06:35 A3 East Hampshire One, quite large pear shaped - flat fronted object. White with red sparkles and a blue tinge. Very intense brightness.
15-Nov-98 03:45 Cardiff South Glamorgan One huge 'aura' was seen, was tapered to one end, like a pen. Was multicoloured and shimmering.
15-Nov-98 12:30 St Neots Cambridgeshire Two shapes the size of a car, burning in appearance. They were spinning and silent.
16-Nov-98 06:40 A12 - Romford Essex One smallish, blue-ish circle that was very bright. Was moving quickly from West to East.
16-Nov-98 06:45 Llandrinio Powys One beam of blue light that was very bright. It then turned white and then disappeared leaving a vapour trail.
16-Nov-98 06:40 Stow Bardolph nr Kings Lynn Norfolk An apparent explosion with a fast disappearing tail.
16-Nov-98 06:40 Marlborough Wiltshire Plume with a tail like a rocket, that looked like a white flame, with orange and pink edges. Was very bright. Moved vertically up.
16-Nov-98 05:50 Somersham near Huntingdon Cambridgeshire White, bright light that was maybe a comet. Was seen for 2-3 seconds.
16-Nov-98 06:40 A17 near Boston Lincolnshire A white ball with a long tail was seen. The witness said that it was probably a comet.
16-Nov-98 06:40 Cardiff South Glamorgan One bright, white light in the shape of a circle, with a vapour trail.
16-Nov-98 12:50 Brockley Green Suffolk A silver object with a short tethered tail.
16-Nov-98 04:15 Bow East London One round, dim orange object. Moved from North to South.
16-Nov-98 04:15 East London A dim, orange light in the sky.
16-Nov-98 22:20 Edinburgh Lothian One, white shining light. Made a whoosh sound.
16-Nov-98 06:40 Tayport Fife Elongated pear shape, turquoise in colour. Had like a shooting star effect. Very low and large.
16-Nov-98 05:15 Penrhyn Bay/Conwy Gwynedd There were several blue-ish, white-ish lights.
17-Nov-98 20:33 Sheffield South Yorkshire Red ball type of object, like the sun, going around in a circle behind the clouds.
17-Nov-98 00:01 Edmonton North London One object, two miles wide-ish and V shaped. Had 11 white and orange lights and was very bright.
17-Nov-98 03:45 Chippenham Wiltshire Lots of shooting stars/flares, that were gold, green and white. Very bright.
18-Nov-98 23:30 Minehead Somerset Large, circular, with silver, red, green and blue lights.
18-Nov-98 23:00 Newmarket Suffolk Large, unidentified object, like a reflection on car windscreen. Smokey silvery colour. It rotated and moved parallel to the A14.
19-Nov-98 19:10 Stirling Central One object - very bright strobe light.
19-Nov-98 22:50 Newmarket Suffolk One huge, dull, greenish object. Looked circular shaped when it moved.
19-Nov-98 23:10 A11 Nr Newmarket Suffolk One huge circle with another circle in it, and several smaller circles inside this circle.
20-Nov-98 12:03 A11 Suffolk Two rings of squares of dull blue-ish light, spinning very fast and tilting. Very large. Changed to a cigar shape.
21-Nov-98 18:58 Hampton Poyle/Oxford Oxfordshire One large, white, oval object, with 150 - 200 lights. The object was still, and then started spinning.
29-Nov-98 17:45 Abergevenny Gwent One large, dark hexagonal object with two white lights. Was humming and flew low over the witnesses house.
29-Nov-98 07:35 Hull East Yorkshire A round object in shape, with a pale yellow vapour trail. The object was travelling in a vertical downward direction.
30-Nov-98 15:18 A UFO.

UFO Report 1998
Date Time Town / Village County Occupation of reporter
Brief Description of sighting
(where known)
30-Nov-98 22:10 Sutton Coldfield West Midlands One very big, bright white triangular object with a light on each point.
02-Dec-98 00:10 Blairgowrie Perthshire Unusual light in the sky. Was not a star or a plane. Did not move for the hour in which the witness watched it.
05-Dec-98 05:10 Blaenau Gwent One very bright, white light. Very high altitude.
06-Dec-98 04:10 Sutton Coldfield West Midlands One enormous, dark triangular object with three green/blue-ish lights.
07-Dec-98 23:00 Stanford Le Hope Essex Several white lines and dots of medium size. They were flashing.
12-Dec-98 21:30 Horsham West Sussex One very bright, circular white light. Was moving from East to West.
12-Dec-98 23:30 Nr Walthamstow East London Flashing lights. They disappeared and then reappeared at midnight.
15-Dec-98 07:50 Moseley West Midlands Very bright star. It moved very fast, too fast to be a plane.
17-Dec-98 08:00 New Haven East Sussex Saw strange vapour trails, plus unusual objects that came from the horizon, wiggled round a bit, then went again. From across the English Channel.
18-Dec-98 08:00 Bury St Edmunds Suffolk Objects smaller than aircraft, moving around high in the sky.
18-Dec-98 23:59 Burghead Highlands Single object - much larger than a star. The shape of a spider's web, very bright with rainbow colours. Glorious. Was stationary.
19-Dec-98 22:30 Leeds West Yorkshire One bright, circular, white, red and green object. Was pulsating.
20-Dec-98 18:00 Warrington Cheshire Large bright triangle, grey on the perimeter. Three orange lights on each point. Travelled across the sky not particularly fast.
20-Dec-98 23:15 Ventnor/Isle of Wight Hampshire One diamond shaped object with red circles on it.
20-Dec-98 03:00 Edinburgh Lothian A line of 3 or 4 lights, orange in colour.
20-Dec-98 03:00 Edinburgh Lothian Gold coloured ball with a tail (like a comet), which was very bright.
20-Dec-98 16:30 Knutsford Cheshire Oval, grey, single object - approx. 6ft. Was heading South.
21-Dec-98 00:30 Tedburn St Mary Devon One disc with a bright light.
21-Dec-98 00:45 Edinburgh Lothian An object that was changing colour. Green lights/lasers. Stationary, hovered and the moved.
22-Dec-98 19:00 Bradford West Yorkshire Four large objects (each one was 3 times larger than a Hercules).
22-Dec-98 20:44 Whitwell/Isle of Wight Hampshire Boomerang shaped object. Flew over head very quickly and then disappeared.
22-Dec-98 23:45 Newton Mearns/Glasgow Lanarkshire There were a series of lights, that were fast.
No Firm Date Farnborough Kent Objects that appeared from nowhere, flew erratically and were pilotless, sometimes accompanied by a bright flash. Seen everyday for the last three years.