NUFORC Sighting 40748

Occurred: 1994-12-10 20:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2004-11-23 04:36 Pacific
Duration: 30 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: UK/England, , United Kingdom

Shape: Oval
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object

Large zeppelin shaped craft moves many miles effortlessly across London sky then disappears.

Driving away from my flat in South London, my friend and I were sharing a joke as we turned the corner near the park. Up in the sky was what looked like a huge zeppelin with modern windows and lights. There was light cloud and it looked very high up (approx. 5000 ft) and approx. 1/2 a mile or 1 km ahead of us. I stopped the car and both my friend and I were surprised by the scale and luminence of the craft though there was no real detail we could see as it was very high above us. I said it could be a hoax by Richard Branson or someone else but then it moved from the spot it was in to a different spot in the sky to our east and at least 5 miles away as if nothing had happened - really quite effortlessly and in a split second, as if it was floating or moving gracefully, but suddenly miles away. We both felt we had witnessed something quite strange and I scoured the next days papers for any mention but there was none. Funnily enough, the same friend and I witnessed a fireball only two weeks later, also in South London.

NUFORC Note:

Date is approximate. PD

Posted 2004-12-03