NUFORC Sighting 28082

Occurred: 1997-07-30 23:40 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2003-03-11 14:53 Pacific
Duration: 30mins
No of observers: 4

Location: Bognor Regis (UK/England), , United Kingdom

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Emitted other objects

3 Blurred Circles.

My family and I were driving from a birthday party (only one of us had been drinking, and that person had only one Lager) in Bognor Regis. As we came up one of the main roads towards the motorway, I looked up into the sky and saw what looked like a blurred circle that seemed to be stationary. To avoid the traffic of the motorway, the driver decided to take the backroads, as we turned on to one of the backroads the blurred circle dissapeared from my view, I thought nothing of it. Around 10 minutes later I looked up at the sky again and saw not one blurred circle but now 2, they seemed to almost be 'dancing' in the night sky. A couple of minutes later another blurred circle seemed to appear out of no where. Thinking that I was seeing things I called to the passanger in the front passanger seat (which is on the left side for the UK. I was seated in the left rear passanger seat) and told them to look out of their window. They looked out and they too saw the 3 circles moving in an almost figure 8 pattern in the night sky (all in a line, like follow the leader). We sat and watched them for a couple more minutes, then we told the other passanger and the driver. The other passanger leaned across and saw the circles as well. We drove on for a few more minutes (it was now about 24:00), and the curiosity of the driver caused them to slow the car and stop, they then got out and watched the blurred circles. We sat there watching them (except the driver, who was standing outside the car) for about another 10 minutes, then 1 of the 3 blurred circles (the one that was leading the figure 8 'dance') dropped a smaller object that seemed to be 'sharper' and brighter than the blurred circles (its shape was hard to tell from our distance, but I would say it looked cylinderical). Then suddenly out of no where a much larger blurred circle appeared, the 3 smaller blurred circles then appeared to 'enter' the larger one, the larger blurred circle then dissapeared again. The driver got back in the car and we drove on towards our ! destinat ion without any more sightings of the UFOs.

Driver: Former Royal Lifeguard, medically discharged (one of the original soldiers to test depleted uranium munitions. Lead to asthma, and cancer). Worked as a mechnanic during the time of the sighting. Had not been drinking on the night it happened. Was aged 36 at the time.

Front Passanger: Was working as a part-time cleaner at the time. Was aged 34 at the time of the sighting. Had been drinking on the night it happened.

Left Side Rear Passanger (me): Was aged 11 at the time. Obviously had not been drinking on the night it happened.

Right Side Rear Passanger: Was aged 13 at the time. Obviously had not been drinking on the night it happened.



NUFORC Note:

Date of event is approximate. PD


Posted 2003-03-21

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