BOFFINS BAFFLED BY 'FIRE BALL' IN SKY SIGHTINGS

Posted April 21, 1996 / 9th June 1995
Source: Doncaster Courier
Exclusive by Ashley Byrne

ATRONOMERs have been left baffled by a mysterious-sighting in the skies above Doncaster. But the glowing object spotted by more than 30 people last Tuesday night could be part of a Satellite, experts claim. Investigators were inundated with calls after last week's exclusive Courier report of a 'fire ball' sighted over the town. Hexthorpe Mother of four Lessley Cooper contacted the Courier after seeing "a red ball with an orange tail" in the sky above her bouse - shortly after ll.l5pm on May 30. "We've been inundated with calls from people across Doncaster and most say they saw the same object spotted by Lesley Cooper," said David Sankey, Doncaster's Official Quest International UFO investigator. "The phone was red hot all weekend with people from Armthorpe, Edlington, Elenthorpe, Carcroft, Wheatley and Bessacarr, telephoning to share their experiences. Most callers said the object was about the size of a football, travelled in a south- easterly direction and was in the sky for no more than 30 seconds. But speculation the weird object could be a UFO has been ruled out by Britain's leading astronomers. It will be several weeks before experts can give a full explanation for the phenomenon. But Howard Miles OBE, Director of the British Astronomical Society's Artificial Satellite Section, believes there are several possibilities. He told the Courier "My first reaction is that it could have been the small fragment of an artificial satellite a natural, piece of interplanetary material or even a fragment of space debris."

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