Report received by BEAMS 17/07/2016 20:23hrs
17/07/2016:
Substantial Silver and White Unidentified Flying Object Seen Over Plymouth, UK
Witness statement:
"Hi, at about 1950 this evening my wife called me from downstairs to say there was an odd aeroplane in the sky with no wings.
I grabbed a camera and ran down.
There was a silver object – a bit like the sort of planes we often get flying over but it did just seem to be a fuselage and no wings. (I often take photos from the ground using my superzoom Canon sx-60hs.)
Unfortunately, I was unable to see the object in the viewfinder or on screen before it had disappeared to the North.
I am in Plymouth and it was heading more or less North and was silver/white in a beautiful blue sky. It moved steadily with no changes in direction or speed.
There was nothing on Flightradar24 to indicate any planes at that time.
Don’t think it was a weather balloon – wind in wrong direction (?)
It’s path was similar to that of a NOAA satellite polar orbiter but it was in bright daylight and MUCH bigger .
I just wonder if you had any other reports of this or have any idea what it may have been.
Regards"
17/07/2016:
Substantial Silver and White Unidentified Flying Object Seen Over Plymouth, UK
Witness statement:
"Hi, at about 1950 this evening my wife called me from downstairs to say there was an odd aeroplane in the sky with no wings.
I grabbed a camera and ran down.
There was a silver object – a bit like the sort of planes we often get flying over but it did just seem to be a fuselage and no wings. (I often take photos from the ground using my superzoom Canon sx-60hs.)
Unfortunately, I was unable to see the object in the viewfinder or on screen before it had disappeared to the North.
I am in Plymouth and it was heading more or less North and was silver/white in a beautiful blue sky. It moved steadily with no changes in direction or speed.
There was nothing on Flightradar24 to indicate any planes at that time.
Don’t think it was a weather balloon – wind in wrong direction (?)
It’s path was similar to that of a NOAA satellite polar orbiter but it was in bright daylight and MUCH bigger .
I just wonder if you had any other reports of this or have any idea what it may have been.
Regards"
