18-02-2017: Huge UFO Seen Over Stanmore, London, UK
Sitting outside and looked up and saw the brightest light I have ever seen in the sky!
Above: Actual photo taken by witness of Stanmore object - zoom shot
*Statement
*Passages of particular significance have been underscored by BEAMS
"I was sitting on my balcony at my home address having a coffee as I was drawn to go outside and get some air: I often watch the planes blinking and can hear them. We are on the Heathrow flight path I think. I am from New Zealand and adore the night sky back home but on London not so much as it is so light polluted. Last night was particularly clear and I could see some tiny stars. I felt like it was very still and something was different. Hard to explain. More of a sense. I looked to my right and saw the brightest lights... (an object perhaps) so I just watched.
I realized it wasn't moving at all. Just sitting there. I could see what looked like six lights surrounding the outside and with nothing solid in the middle. I kept thinking it was moving further back and then back to the original position but I wasn't sure. It would look like a bright ball and then the lights were distinctive. I asked my husband to come outside as I wanted to make sure I wasn't imagining it.
I asked him to look and he immediately said oh my god that's so bright and it looks like a bunch of the brightest stars. He kept asking me if I thought I was changing shape and I was relieved it wasn't just me. The planes were flying past and I realized that where the planes were meant the object was much higher than the planes. It made no noise. I decided to try and take some photos with my iPhone. I took a couple and then zoomed in, and that's when it dawned on me that it might be something different to what I was seeing.
Another image snapped of same object - zoomed
My logical brain was telling me it was a weather balloon or a satellite but I couldn't quite believe it was as somehow I just knee it wasn't. The object moved to the right slowly slowly as I had to move along my balcony and lean out, whereas when I first saw it I was seated but it didn't move quickly or even look like it was moving - more like it was just quietly sitting and hovering.
I felt mesmerised and fascinated and for some reason extremely happy yet emotional. I cried like somehow it knew I was watching and I felt good about that. That makes me sound like a total crazy person and I assure you I'm not. I don't have a better camera so only have my iPhone so did the best I could. When it mover further back it became more of a ball of bright, white light; and then when it came closer, I could see all the lights on the outside.
Another shot taken involving the 18/02/17 phenomenon over Stanmore, London - without zoom
I watched it until the lights just suddenly went out and I watched for another ten or so minutes but it didn't come back. It was like it turned its lights off and just vanished. I have never seen anything like it in my life. I can't compare it to anything."
Detail from above shot enlarged and brightened
Special thanks to MUFON for their assistance with case 82179
Sitting outside and looked up and saw the brightest light I have ever seen in the sky!
Above: Actual photo taken by witness of Stanmore object - zoom shot
*Statement
*Passages of particular significance have been underscored by BEAMS
"I was sitting on my balcony at my home address having a coffee as I was drawn to go outside and get some air: I often watch the planes blinking and can hear them. We are on the Heathrow flight path I think. I am from New Zealand and adore the night sky back home but on London not so much as it is so light polluted. Last night was particularly clear and I could see some tiny stars. I felt like it was very still and something was different. Hard to explain. More of a sense. I looked to my right and saw the brightest lights... (an object perhaps) so I just watched.
I realized it wasn't moving at all. Just sitting there. I could see what looked like six lights surrounding the outside and with nothing solid in the middle. I kept thinking it was moving further back and then back to the original position but I wasn't sure. It would look like a bright ball and then the lights were distinctive. I asked my husband to come outside as I wanted to make sure I wasn't imagining it.
I asked him to look and he immediately said oh my god that's so bright and it looks like a bunch of the brightest stars. He kept asking me if I thought I was changing shape and I was relieved it wasn't just me. The planes were flying past and I realized that where the planes were meant the object was much higher than the planes. It made no noise. I decided to try and take some photos with my iPhone. I took a couple and then zoomed in, and that's when it dawned on me that it might be something different to what I was seeing.
Another image snapped of same object - zoomed
My logical brain was telling me it was a weather balloon or a satellite but I couldn't quite believe it was as somehow I just knee it wasn't. The object moved to the right slowly slowly as I had to move along my balcony and lean out, whereas when I first saw it I was seated but it didn't move quickly or even look like it was moving - more like it was just quietly sitting and hovering.
I felt mesmerised and fascinated and for some reason extremely happy yet emotional. I cried like somehow it knew I was watching and I felt good about that. That makes me sound like a total crazy person and I assure you I'm not. I don't have a better camera so only have my iPhone so did the best I could. When it mover further back it became more of a ball of bright, white light; and then when it came closer, I could see all the lights on the outside.
Another shot taken involving the 18/02/17 phenomenon over Stanmore, London - without zoom
I watched it until the lights just suddenly went out and I watched for another ten or so minutes but it didn't come back. It was like it turned its lights off and just vanished. I have never seen anything like it in my life. I can't compare it to anything."
Detail from above shot enlarged and brightened
Special thanks to MUFON for their assistance with case 82179
