Witness report from 8/10/08 Abingdon,
Oxfordshire, UK
Observed 8/10/08 between 6:45 and 6:50
PM - over Abingdon,
Oxfordshire. "Red and
black grenade shaped object seen flying over rooftops
along
Abingdon High St, no engine
noise, not an air
balloon, no
blades
as with
helicopters, no avaition lights, not a
microlite as no noise, flew over at
approx 150-200feet
appeared as
a
black orb then changed colour to
red, approx
size no
smaller than a
new mini car, and seemed to be
following
the
River
Ock.
This thing was not a
light aircraft but
definately 3D grenade shape, far to small to
be a
hot air
balloon, no
passenger basket underneath,
it's change
in
colour was not the
result of a
burner being used or
from
internal lights and appeared to
take on a
metal look once it
had
changed colour; the object was travelling
faster than a microlite and
was heading towards
the Abbey
grounds and meadows.
I
am used to all sorts
of aircraft we regularly have
helicopters,
hot air
balloons, Lear
jets, commercial
aircraft, Cessna's, gliders, police and
military
aircraft flying in
and above Abingdon air space,
this was
none of those; the object
seemed to be
suspended in mid air
without
any
means of support; it was not
floating
or
gliding... was under power
and flying
in a constant straight
line, flying
through
sky like an
upright egg, not horizontal like a
cigar.
It appeared over
rooftops as a perfect
black orb... when upon
colour change, it also changed shape and looked
just like a
giant red metalic
upright grenade.
The object disappeared over the High St
and was
no longer in the sky where
it should have been;
there was
no
cloud cover;
it was no larger than two new
mini
cars side by side; it could not have been a
weather
balloon as these float/glide
whether going up or down and this was
definately under
power; there was
absolutely no engine
noise, either
the
roar of
a plane, the swoosh of
an
helicopter or the buzz of a microlite."