From: | lem@chaddo.demon.co.uk (Steve Leeming) |
Title: | WATCHERS BAFFLED BY LIGHT IN SKY |
Source: | Derby Evening Telegraph |
Date: | Feburary 09, 1996 |
The first sighting was reported to Derby police at 5:50pm by a man in Winmill Hi
ll Lane.
June Kerry (65), was visiting Richard Milner (74) in Havenbaulk Lane, Littleover
, and they both saw the light for more than an hour in the direction of Toyota's
Burnaston plant from 6:45pm. Mrs Kerry said it seemed to be about 10 miles awa
y and added: "It was like a large star with a smaller version underneath. But i
t wasn't a star. Through binoculars it looked like a mushroom."
Andrew Fairweather (66), of NewZealand Lane, Duffield, said "It was a bright lig
ht, low in thee sky. It seemed to be flickering but not moving."
It was also spotted by our photographer Barbara Evripidou later last night.
She said: "I was in Oakwood, driving up Mansfield Road. I looked west over the
sewage works and saw a light hanging there. I thought it might of been a star.
It was there for about 10 minutes."
An East Midlands Airport spokesman said there was no air traffic to explain the
sightings.