City: Cwmbran, Gwent
Date: 9-6-08, 18.04hrs
Location: Over our
valley
Message: Whilst taking photo's of the moon from my back garden
yesterday a high-flying aircraft came into the
scene, so I decided to
include it in one shot. The clear blue sky and part moon was just right for
me.
To my surprise, after loading the shots on to my PC, I saw the cigar
shaped object beneath and to the right of the
aircraft. It did not appear on
any of the other half-dozen shots I took - all within a few minutes. UFOs came
to
mind, so I thought it best to report it.
Update;
I replied to the witness that as with most photographs of this type, after
studying the picture I had been unable to determine exactly what the object
is.
After magification there are no tell-tale signs of wings or any other
indication, and besides, this the object is far too big to be a
blurred bug or bird etc,
so we can rule that avenue of idea out
completely...thus what we have here remains an unidentified flying object in the
true sense of the term.
Interesting reply from witness:
Hi,
Ken,
Thank
you for your thoughts on my photo, they were interesting. They did remind me of
an experience way back in 1963.
I was
at that time HoDept, Art/crafts, at Epping Secondary School, Essex and one
morning one of my pupils, a 14yr old son of an Indian doctor and very well
spoken, came into class excited and somewhat shaken. He told me, and the
small group of boys and girls gathered around him, that he had seen and actually
stood on the top of a flying saucer on his way to school!
He
said that he'd noticed it in the tall grass of the field next to the lane
adjoining the A11, some 300 yards from the edge of town, along which he
walked to s
chool and co-incidentally along which I drove from Loughton where
I lived at the time.
He
added that when stood on the dome he tapped it with his foot and became
frightened at sounds coming from within it, so he quickly got off it and ran a
few
yards away before diving to the ground at the sound of whirring. When he
looked around the saucer had gone.
I
felt dubious, but there was something about the way he told the story and
offered to run him home after school that day. We turned off the A11 into the
lane
and after about 50 yards he asked me to stop. We got out and walked on
to the grass. I was shocked to see the 20ft diameter circle of scorched grass.
The width of the ring was about 2ft and it remained there for a few days. I
mentioned it to staff and some went along to see it.
The
boy was with us for about a year before returning to India with his parents - I
can't remember his name, but I can still see his face!
All
the best.