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Did you see lights in sky over Christchurch?
9:35am Thursday 27th November 2008
SEVERAL people reported seeing a UFO over the sea south of Mudeford on Saturday night.
A Mudeford man was visiting a friend in the St Catherine's Hill area of Christchurch and saw unexplained lights in the sky over Hengistbury Head.
“I went outside to get something from my car and I noticed something moving around outside in the south or south-east direction,” he said.
“It wasn’t an aircraft, because I checked with Bournemouth Airport, and it wasn’t a Chinese lantern or a shooting star.
“This was moving around like an insect. It was as bright as a car headlight and ever now and then it was being followed by a flashing orange light.”
Occasionally it would stop moving and then it was difficult to detect, he said.
He believes the object, which made no noise, was over the sea off Hengistbury Head.
He and his friend watched it for about 40 minutes from 9.30pm when it became too cold to stay outside.
He popped out into the garden to check the lights at regular intervals and last saw them at about 11.30pm.
And that is about the time lights were seen by George Hughes and his wife from Redcliffe Close, Burton.
In an email George said: "My wife and I both saw a UFO over Christchurch on Saturday. It came back again on Sunday.
"My wife started feeling uncomfortable after we observed it for about 15 minutes.
"It had what appeared to be three different coloured lights and tapering sides.
"Imagine holding your forefinger and thumb of each hand, apart, on the outside edges of a circle then drawing them away and closing them slowly. That's the only way I can describe it."
He tried to take photographs but the exposure time required was too long.
His wife, who did not want to be named, said both sightings were at about 11.30pm.
"I wasn't quite sure if it was a star or what, but when I looked through his camera with a powerful lens I could see it wasn't a star," she said.
"It had green and red colouring and it had reflections on it."
She admits she was sceptical at first.
"I said it was a helicopter or something, but when I opened the window I couldn't hear a sound.
"It just scared me to be honest. If it was anything, I didn't want to know."
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In Absentia, Bournemouth says...
11:40am Thu 27 Nov 08
Still, let's not get in the way of the Echo on a quiet local news day.
Jason Lawford, Ferndown says...
11:54am Thu 27 Nov 08
AND FREE CAR PARKING!!!!!!
joe brone, austin says...
12:42pm Thu 27 Nov 08
DailyView, Bournemouth says...
4:55pm Thu 27 Nov 08
pachyderm, says...
6:25pm Thu 27 Nov 08
DailyView wrote:With those colours, it must have been a handbag !!
The International Space Station has been seen for two or three nights over the past week. It could have been the lost tool bag also, (Joke).
Captain M, Parkstone says...
5:47pm Fri 28 Nov 08
DailyView wrote:Just had an amazing view of the International Space Station and the shuttle Endeavour passing right overhead shortly after the shuttle had undocked from the station. I wouldn't be surprised if the sight of two bright lights moving across the sky caused the odd UFO report or two tonight!
The International Space Station has been seen for two or three nights over the past week. It could have been the lost tool bag also, (Joke).
andy44, says...
12:00pm Sat 29 Nov 08
Bournehammer68, Bournemouth says...
12:08pm Sat 29 Nov 08
lucky escape for me......whew
roderick ii, Christchurch says...
7:50am Thu 11 Dec 08
Roderick ii, Christchurch says...
3:21am Sun 23 Nov 08
We are sitting here after just witnessing similar events described after conducting a search on the internet. I live behind St. Catherines Hill and looking South East is the area in question. On 22nd November, from 9.30 - around 11 pm. Me and a friend have just witnessed similar events to the ones described above. Firstly my friend went outside to his car and called to me as he said he had seen something odd in the sky, 2 objects in fact. 1 was a bright white twinkling light that manoeuvred like an insect - not just going up as a lantern would . The object seemed to have strategic movements that seemed to move with a certain degree of intelligence. The other object was a flashing orange light. We also phoned up Hurn airport to question as to if they knew the identity of these objects, they replied saying that there were no aircraft due in this location at that time and so were unaware of what the objects were. Did anyone else see them?
roderick ii, Christchurch says...
7:51am Thu 11 Dec 08
Roderick ii, Christchurch says...
3:21am Sun 23 Nov 08
We are sitting here after just witnessing similar events described after conducting a search on the internet. I live behind St. Catherines Hill and looking South East is the area in question. On 22nd November, from 9.30 - around 11 pm. Me and a friend have just witnessed similar events to the ones described above. Firstly my friend went outside to his car and called to me as he said he had seen something odd in the sky, 2 objects in fact. 1 was a bright white twinkling light that manoeuvred like an insect - not just going up as a lantern would . The object seemed to have strategic movements that seemed to move with a certain degree of intelligence. The other object was a flashing orange light. We also phoned up Hurn airport to question as to if they knew the identity of these objects, they replied saying that there were no aircraft due in this location at that time and so were unaware of what the objects were. Did anyone else see them?
roderick ii, Christchurch says...
7:53am Thu 11 Dec 08
Roderick ii, Christchurch says...
3:21am Sun 23 Nov 08
We are sitting here after just witnessing similar events described after conducting a search on the internet. I live behind St. Catherines Hill and looking South East is the area in question. On 22nd November, from 9.30 - around 11 pm. Me and a friend have just witnessed similar events to the ones described above. Firstly my friend went outside to his car and called to me as he said he had seen something odd in the sky, 2 objects in fact. 1 was a bright white twinkling light that manoeuvred like an insect - not just going up as a lantern would . The object seemed to have strategic movements that seemed to move with a certain degree of intelligence. The other object was a flashing orange light. We also phoned up Hurn airport to question as to if they knew the identity of these objects, they replied saying that there were no aircraft due in this location at that time and so were unaware of what the objects were. Did anyone else see them?
roderick ii, Christchurch says...
8:04am Thu 11 Dec 08
roderick ii, Christchurch says...
8:36am Thu 11 Dec 08
roderick ii, Christchurch says...
9:25am Thu 11 Dec 08
roderick ii, Christchurch says...
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roderick ii, Christchurch says...
6:27pm Thu 11 Dec 08
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roderick ii, Christchurch says...
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signup, Northbourne says...
11:30am Thu 27 Nov 08
Green and red and reflections...perhap
s a ships port and starboard lights and a radar relfector? Or the prot and starboard lights of a plane or airship? Do alien vessels adhere to our navigation light system?