9/25/1988: Polpero, Cornwall (UK/England), , UK/England

NUFORC Home

Report Indexes : by Event Date by Location by Shape by Posting Date

National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report
Occurred : 9/25/1988 14:00 (Entered as : 25-09-1988 14.00) Reported: 5/6/2002 2:17:39 PM 14:17 Posted: 5/14/2002 Location: Polpero, Cornwall (UK/England), Shape: Circle Duration: 6secopnds
At approximately 14.00 hrs whilst playing a game of table tennis outside, i looked almost directly into the clear sky above me. As someone who is an extremely keen aviation enthusiast, i am familiar with heights, shapes dimensions, speed etc.... Anyhow what i saw was an object that was a perfect circle, it had approximately 6-8 segments and was a bright silver, i stood and watched it for at least 5-6 seconds and then i could see it no more. I believe that the object was approximately at 60000 ft and probably 200ft in width. It was static and not moving. My companion asked what i was staring at and i explained a silver disk.. I have never dispelled the fact that it could have been a weather balloon but i couldnt understand why its appearance was suddenly gone. Ever since that late British Summer i have always been interested in UFO siteings. With regards to my eyesight i do not wear glasses and 14 years later i still have a perfect eyesight and am compelled to scour the skies in both daylight and night time, as i know things are out there. ((NUFORC Note: Date may be approximate. PD))

National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report

Occurred : 9/25/1988 14:00 (Entered as : 25-09-1988 14.00)
Reported: 5/6/2002 2:17:39 PM 14:17
Posted: 5/14/2002
Location: Polpero, Cornwall (UK/England),
Shape: Circle
Duration: 6secopnds

At approximately 14.00 hrs whilst playing a game of table tennis outside, i looked almost directly into the clear sky above me. As someone who is an extremely keen aviation enthusiast, i am familiar with heights, shapes dimensions, speed etc....

Anyhow what i saw was an object that was a perfect circle, it had approximately 6-8 segments and was a bright silver, i stood and watched it for at least 5-6 seconds and then i could see it no more. I believe that the object was approximately at 60000 ft and probably 200ft in width. It was static and not moving.

My companion asked what i was staring at and i explained a silver disk..

I have never dispelled the fact that it could have been a weather balloon but i couldnt understand why its appearance was suddenly gone. Ever since that late British Summer i have always been interested in UFO siteings. With regards to my eyesight i do not wear glasses and 14 years later i still have a perfect eyesight and am compelled to scour the skies in both daylight and night time, as i know things are out there.

((NUFORC Note: Date may be approximate. PD))