Cilan, Abersoch, Gwynedd, (looking north west) Wales, UK
Witness statement:
"Dear Sirs, I was taking some photos of the evening sky in Wales recently, and on looking at them on my laptop just now I noticed what at first I took to be a flock of gulls flying, but then realized they were not (there are some gulls, but higher, darker and smaller than these). I enlarged the picture on the screen, and was astonished to see what look like flying saucers!
I am sure there must be a rational explanation.
There were no rain drops or other marks on my camera screen, or the rest of the photos would have shown the same images.
Any thoughts?
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Stourbridge, West Midlands"

1. Original image - marked; click to go through to unmarked, original size 4313 x 2454

2. Blow up of mystery objects
We have analyzed this photograph using a detailed JPEG image decoder and analysis tool. It reports all metadata and can even help identify if an image has been edited; and it would appear that this photo has not been tampered with.
These puzzling forms do not look like birds, planes, lanterns or reflections to us - so what on earth are they?
We
cannot identify these objects - so, for now at least, they are UFOs.