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‘UFO sighting really took my breath away’
WAS it a bird? Was it a plane? No, it was a shining silver pyramid, according to two colleagues who spotted a UFO in the skies of Putney last week.
Michelle Medhat was sitting at her office desk last Wednesday morning when she glanced out of the window and spotted a glimmering silver object in the sky.
"I thought what the hell is that?' There were no clouds in the sky at all and 100 per cent visibility.
"The sun was hitting the object and you could see it was turning very slowly.
"I did get a feeling there was something strange about the thing," she said.
Entranced, Michelle signalled to her colleague Peter Gardiner, 53, to take a look.
He said: "At first I thought it was a big piece of rubbish or a clear tarpaulin sheet.
"But then it glistened and it was shiny. It had a strange pattern of movement. It was a significant size, possibly the size of a roof or even a house."
The pair watched it for a couple of minutes, rotating in the distance and heading towards Wandsworth Town. Then, as soon as it had appeared it vanished.
Michelle said if it was a piece of rubbish it would have caused severe damage when it came down, because of its size and density.
"I can't explain it and therefore I'm calling it a UFO. It took my breath away. It did feel weird.
"The more I looked at it I realised there was something not quite right. It wasn't moving like anything I've ever seen before," she said.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said it had not been notified of any sighting of the pyramid.
"The MoD does not have any expertise or role in respect of UFO/flying saucer' matters or to the question of the existence or otherwise of extraterrestrial lifeforms, about which it remains totally open-minded."
He said it examined the reports of UFO sightings it received solely to establish whether what was seen might have some defence significance, namely whether there was any evidence the UK's airspace might have been compromised by hostile or unauthorised air activity.
Michelle and Peter said there has been a lot of activity in the skies over Putney recently.
Michelle said they had seen several Chinook helicopters over the past week and believes something must be happening.
Chinooks are used to transport troops, artillery, supplies and equipment, but also used for operations such as medical evacuation, disaster relief and search and rescue.
When travelling to Putney, our reporter saw what looked to be three Apache helicopters travelling east.
A spokesman for the MoD said the helicopters were probably part of general aviation traffic over London and there was no specific activity or event they were involved in. He added such movements were "not unusual".
Did you see the flying silver pyramid? Call the newsdesk on 020 8254 5409.
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7:54am Sunday 12th March 2006
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CommentPosted by: ha-yes on 7:27pm Wed 8 Nov 06
on the 2/11/06 at approximatly 3.45
i was watching a chinook helicopter flying over waterloo, it was acopmpnyed by a smaller black helicopter, when these had passed i noticed a strange shape in the sky catching the sun, it semmed to be moving in a circular motion, and was only visiable for half its revolution, this account sounds remarkably simalar to what i saw and documented.
on the 2/11/06 at approximatly 3.45
i was watching a chinook helicopter flying over waterloo, it was acopmpnyed by a smaller black helicopter, when these had passed i noticed a strange shape in the sky catching the sun, it semmed to be moving in a circular motion, and was only visiable for half its revolution, this account sounds remarkably simalar to what i saw and documented.
Posted by: S Lucciarini on 10:45pm Tue 2 Jan 07
I was in London with my wife on 20/12/2006, we were in Trafalgar square just watching the crowds etc. I took a some photos including 1 of of Nelsons. When I looked at the picture later on, I could see a strange shape in the air whicj=h looks to be in the distance on the right hand side of the column. it doesn't look like a bird or a plane, so I'm not really sure of what it is. I have the photo if you would like to see it.
I was in London with my wife on 20/12/2006, we were in Trafalgar square just watching the crowds etc. I took a some photos including 1 of of Nelsons. When I looked at the picture later on, I could see a strange shape in the air whicj=h looks to be in the distance on the right hand side of the column. it doesn't look like a bird or a plane, so I'm not really sure of what it is. I have the photo if you would like to see it.
Posted by: ryan on 6:54pm Tue 16 Jan 07
be on high aleart in this area. post any sightings here. thanks.
be on high aleart in this area. post any sightings here. thanks.
Posted by: Paul on 8:30pm Wed 14 Mar 07
In about 1997 I was with my family in sussex walking in the countryside and saw an object in the sky.
It was triangular in shape-point upwards! Moving quite quickly for its distance away. The sun was gleaming off it. I looked at it through my mums binoculars and it was definately triangular in shape- like a pyramid!!
In about 1997 I was with my family in sussex walking in the countryside and saw an object in the sky.
It was triangular in shape-point upwards! Moving quite quickly for its distance away. The sun was gleaming off it. I looked at it through my mums binoculars and it was definately triangular in shape- like a pyramid!!
Posted by: Brian, Putney on 9:47am Thu 2 Aug 07
August 2, 2007 - I was on my roof terrace in Putney having a drink with my brother about 1.30am this morning when I saw 2 orange lights emerge from the south west and move eastwards across the sky. I thought it was a plane or helicopter at first but then the lights, which were initially really close together moved further apart. They then stopped and just got smaller and smaller and disappeared like they just burnt out.The lights were visible for approx 3 minutes I would say. I wonder did anyone else see anything unusual like this last night?
August 2, 2007 - I was on my roof terrace in Putney having a drink with my brother about 1.30am this morning when I saw 2 orange lights emerge from the south west and move eastwards across the sky. I thought it was a plane or helicopter at first but then the lights, which were initially really close together moved further apart. They then stopped and just got smaller and smaller and disappeared like they just burnt out.The lights were visible for approx 3 minutes I would say. I wonder did anyone else see anything unusual like this last night?
Posted by: Andy, isle of dogs on 11:57am Thu 30 Aug 07
I've seen a few shiney things in the sky that have behaved oddly or lights at night but put it down to me seeing things, millitary activity or odd litter. Last sunday I saw what I thought was a huuge black bin bag seemingly stationary in the air around canary wharf towers - Until it suddenly moved a bit, flew off very fast and then looked like it hung over central london (all I could see was a dot by this point).
The people I was with saw it too.. but we just put it down to being some weird new anti-radar helicopter or promotional airbaloon something. shame I forgot to take a picture :(
I've seen a few shiney things in the sky that have behaved oddly or lights at night but put it down to me seeing things, millitary activity or odd litter. Last sunday I saw what I thought was a huuge black bin bag seemingly stationary in the air around canary wharf towers - Until it suddenly moved a bit, flew off very fast and then looked like it hung over central london (all I could see was a dot by this point).
The people I was with saw it too.. but we just put it down to being some weird new anti-radar helicopter or promotional airbaloon something. shame I forgot to take a picture :(
Posted by: Vinnie, South Croydon on 11:17am Sun 7 Oct 07
Last night, 6th October 2007, 11.05 PM, I saw 9 bright orange lights passing through the sky, going from east to west. They seemed to be very high up. They were flying at about the same distance from each other ,in a long line. One of the lights was going slightly faster and was overtaking the other ones. After the first six passed I saw anotehr two coming from the east and I went inside to get my girlfriend and a mate. They saw the two objects flying over and then a last one appeared and passed over. They took about 2-3 minutes to pass overhead. Has anyone else seen this? I know it definitely wasn't an airplane or balloon or something, they went too fast for that, didn't make any noise and they were just too bright orange! I've never seen anything like it.
Last night, 6th October 2007, 11.05 PM, I saw 9 bright orange lights passing through the sky, going from east to west. They seemed to be very high up. They were flying at about the same distance from each other ,in a long line. One of the lights was going slightly faster and was overtaking the other ones. After the first six passed I saw anotehr two coming from the east and I went inside to get my girlfriend and a mate. They saw the two objects flying over and then a last one appeared and passed over. They took about 2-3 minutes to pass overhead. Has anyone else seen this? I know it definitely wasn't an airplane or balloon or something, they went too fast for that, didn't make any noise and they were just too bright orange! I've never seen anything like it.
Posted by: mark, east london on 6:05pm Tue 16 Oct 07
there was 20 bright orange lights above east london on the 5.10.07 at about 8.20pm for about 5mins
there was 20 bright orange lights above east london on the 5.10.07 at about 8.20pm for about 5mins
Posted by: Robert Mulholland, Putney London on 10:52am Mon 5 Nov 07
[quote][bold]Vinnie[/bold] wrote:
Last night, 6th October 2007, 11.05 PM, I saw 9 bright orange lights passing through the sky, going from east to west. They seemed to be very high up. They were flying at about the same distance from each other ,in a long line. One of the lights was going slightly faster and was overtaking the other ones. After the first six passed I saw anotehr two coming from the east and I went inside to get my girlfriend and a mate. They saw the two objects flying over and then a last one appeared and passed over. They took about 2-3 minutes to pass overhead. Has anyone else seen this? I know it definitely wasn\'t an airplane or balloon or something, they went too fast for that, didn\'t make any noise and they were just too bright orange! I\'ve never seen anything like it.[/quote] I saw a similar event last night 4/11/07 in putney about 7pm eitht lights in formstion of two at a time flying very fast stramgest thing i have ever seen!!
Vinnie wrote:
Last night, 6th October 2007, 11.05 PM, I saw 9 bright orange lights passing through the sky, going from east to west. They seemed to be very high up. They were flying at about the same distance from each other ,in a long line. One of the lights was going slightly faster and was overtaking the other ones. After the first six passed I saw anotehr two coming from the east and I went inside to get my girlfriend and a mate. They saw the two objects flying over and then a last one appeared and passed over. They took about 2-3 minutes to pass overhead. Has anyone else seen this? I know it definitely wasn\'t an airplane or balloon or something, they went too fast for that, didn\'t make any noise and they were just too bright orange! I\'ve never seen anything like it.
I saw a similar event last night 4/11/07 in putney about 7pm eitht lights in formstion of two at a time flying very fast stramgest thing i have ever seen!!
Posted by: Amit, Southall, west london on 1:24am Tue 13 Nov 07
Mon 02.30am, 12 Nov 07
I was watching a movie in my room. Around 02.30am i opened my window to get some fresh air. My window overlooks a park with a massive tree 2x the size of my house. I looked up at the stars and noticed that a 'STAR' next to the tree was shining brighter than the rest. It was sparkling like a sparkler. Also, it had some red colour appear on its right side then disappear. I observed it for a few minutes. It was stationary. Then it slightly moved down then back to position, then slightly right, then back to position. Was convinced it was a ufo. After 5 mins of this going on, I closed the window and continued watching my movie. About 20 mins later, My inner voice told me to look outside again. When i opened the window, it was not there no more. I looked at the tree and noticed thru the branches that it had moved and was now positioned behind the tree. Stationary in one position, moving slightly and returning back to its position... Did anyone else see something last night?? If anyone did, can you pls reply back. I'm convinced someone else saw it too....
Mon 02.30am, 12 Nov 07
I was watching a movie in my room. Around 02.30am i opened my window to get some fresh air. My window overlooks a park with a massive tree 2x the size of my house. I looked up at the stars and noticed that a 'STAR' next to the tree was shining brighter than the rest. It was sparkling like a sparkler. Also, it had some red colour appear on its right side then disappear. I observed it for a few minutes. It was stationary. Then it slightly moved down then back to position, then slightly right, then back to position. Was convinced it was a ufo. After 5 mins of this going on, I closed the window and continued watching my movie. About 20 mins later, My inner voice told me to look outside again. When i opened the window, it was not there no more. I looked at the tree and noticed thru the branches that it had moved and was now positioned behind the tree. Stationary in one position, moving slightly and returning back to its position... Did anyone else see something last night?? If anyone did, can you pls reply back. I'm convinced someone else saw it too....
Posted by: Steve Lough, Welwyn Garden city, Herts on 11:21am Tue 13 Nov 07
4/11/07 7.34pm We were travelling along Cheqers towards W.G.C when i noticed a formation of bright lights in the sky. We stopped and got out, all looked up to see them in a line with a dimond shape at the bottem approx 10 lights in total. After a couple of mins they slowly one by one went amber and moved in a upwards direction untill they vanished. Me & my daughter took photo's with our phones on which you can see the lights. Out of four adults not one of us could explain what they were
4/11/07 7.34pm We were travelling along Cheqers towards W.G.C when i noticed a formation of bright lights in the sky. We stopped and got out, all looked up to see them in a line with a dimond shape at the bottem approx 10 lights in total. After a couple of mins they slowly one by one went amber and moved in a upwards direction untill they vanished. Me & my daughter took photo's with our phones on which you can see the lights. Out of four adults not one of us could explain what they were
Posted by: Daniel, St Albans on 7:51pm Tue 25 Dec 07
We have just been out for a walk following our Christmas Dinner. Whilst walking near Hatfield Road we witnessed a steady succession of several reddish objects moving through the sky from West to East, ( I think). We seen planes in the sky too and these were quite distinct as they made no noise whatsoever, did not emit the standard flashing light as a plane would and seemed to be cruising though varying their speed too abruptly for aircraft.
We have just been out for a walk following our Christmas Dinner. Whilst walking near Hatfield Road we witnessed a steady succession of several reddish objects moving through the sky from West to East, ( I think). We seen planes in the sky too and these were quite distinct as they made no noise whatsoever, did not emit the standard flashing light as a plane would and seemed to be cruising though varying their speed too abruptly for aircraft.
Posted by: donnamarie lorraine, london...se17 on 9:05am Sat 5 Jan 08
[bold]bold[/bold] News years eve.. and me and my friend was walking down the street and we noticed a small fire ball looking dot in the sky.. It was moving in a very strange way zig zaging and seeming to be bouncing in mid air.. than 5mins later i saw another fire ball doing the exact same thing.. both shot of in to the night at such a speed i knew it could not have been of a man made machine.. i have video footage of it and am going to share what i saw with ohters so the can see for them selfs...[bold]bold[/bold]
News years eve.. and me and my friend was walking down the street and we noticed a small fire ball looking dot in the sky.. It was moving in a very strange way zig zaging and seeming to be bouncing in mid air.. than 5mins later i saw another fire ball doing the exact same thing.. both shot of in to the night at such a speed i knew it could not have been of a man made machine.. i have video footage of it and am going to share what i saw with ohters so the can see for them selfs...
Posted by: Denise, Hackney on 10:09pm Mon 7 Jan 08
New years eve my friends and I were on waterloo bridge looking at the london eye. We saw in the sky to the right of us some slow moving, dot like, bright lights in a formation. They moved towards Tower bridge. other people were looking and saying whats that?
New years eve my friends and I were on waterloo bridge looking at the london eye. We saw in the sky to the right of us some slow moving, dot like, bright lights in a formation. They moved towards Tower bridge. other people were looking and saying whats that?
Posted by: Lee, London on 9:44pm Mon 14 Jan 08
a friend and I were standing by the disabled area (Lambeth Bridge/Lambeth Palace Road) for New Years Eve, and we too saw the group of lights in the sky.
Very bizzarre sighting!
a friend and I were standing by the disabled area (Lambeth Bridge/Lambeth Palace Road) for New Years Eve, and we too saw the group of lights in the sky.
Very bizzarre sighting!
Posted by: Michelle, Putney on 12:54pm Wed 6 Feb 08
Really wierd siting. Just before 8pm I was in my lounge watching TV, and a flash shot past the window. It long, silver and incredibly bright. It looked like lighting but it travelled horizontally and flashed brilliant white light similar to lighting. About a minute later there was a great bang (like thunder). I thought it was lighting and didn't think anymore of it. But there wasn't anymore lighting or thunder after the first strike. I looked out of the window and could see against the clouds balls of green luminescent light moving around very fast across the sky. I could only see them in the clouds, when they zoomed to an area of the sky without clouds they disappeared. These strange green lights carried on for at least 3 hours more. Did anyone else see anything wierd in the sky in Putney?
Really wierd siting. Just before 8pm I was in my lounge watching TV, and a flash shot past the window. It long, silver and incredibly bright. It looked like lighting but it travelled horizontally and flashed brilliant white light similar to lighting. About a minute later there was a great bang (like thunder). I thought it was lighting and didn't think anymore of it. But there wasn't anymore lighting or thunder after the first strike. I looked out of the window and could see against the clouds balls of green luminescent light moving around very fast across the sky. I could only see them in the clouds, when they zoomed to an area of the sky without clouds they disappeared. These strange green lights carried on for at least 3 hours more. Did anyone else see anything wierd in the sky in Putney?
Posted by: Mary Smith, acton town on 4:02pm Wed 6 Feb 08
Lat eve I was sitting watching tv when I saw white slashing lights reflecting on my window. First I thhought I was imagining them but I shouted to my hubby who was upstairs to look out and see if he could see anything. He too saw the lights moving around behind the clouds. We then spotted tiny lights which we first thought were stars but when we studied them they were all in a line and moving across the sky quite steadily. It all seemed very strange and we could not make out what it was all about. If anyone else saw it ( around 9.30 last eve) I would be interested to hear if they have any explanation??
Lat eve I was sitting watching tv when I saw white slashing lights reflecting on my window. First I thhought I was imagining them but I shouted to my hubby who was upstairs to look out and see if he could see anything. He too saw the lights moving around behind the clouds. We then spotted tiny lights which we first thought were stars but when we studied them they were all in a line and moving across the sky quite steadily. It all seemed very strange and we could not make out what it was all about. If anyone else saw it ( around 9.30 last eve) I would be interested to hear if they have any explanation??
Posted by: collin, sw on 5:15pm Mon 3 Mar 08
oh my god theres an alien in my kitchen....it crashed into my garden and alarmed my pet dog wilfred instantly....i called the police who then said "This is not an emergancy!"
I then thought to drop a comment,because i do not no who to contact and right now he is eating my peanut butter,im terrified for it to find out im doing this because it will KILL!!!!!
[bold]bold[/bold]
oh my god theres an alien in my kitchen....it crashed into my garden and alarmed my pet dog wilfred instantly....i called the police who then said "This is not an emergancy!"
I then thought to drop a comment,because i do not no who to contact and right now he is eating my peanut butter,im terrified for it to find out im doing this because it will KILL!!!!!
Posted by: Anna, Scotland on 5:18pm Mon 3 Mar 08
Oh my god!!! does he look like a pale gray with the tint green?
well sorry but he is my missing son!!!!!
return him to the spaceship we must get home his name isnt it it is 25184zerkalotte!
[bold]bold[/bold]
Oh my god!!! does he look like a pale gray with the tint green?
well sorry but he is my missing son!!!!!
return him to the spaceship we must get home his name isnt it it is 25184zerkalotte!
Posted by: area 51, behind you on 5:21pm Mon 3 Mar 08
this is area 51.i am writing regards to collin and anna.it is not a son of us humans it is a alien and we must contact you before its to late.....trust me.....i know aliens...im super serial.
this is area 51.i am writing regards to collin and anna.it is not a son of us humans it is a alien and we must contact you before its to late.....trust me.....i know aliens...im super serial.
Posted by: Donavan, NW on 5:22pm Mon 3 Mar 08
Does he look like a half pig half bear half man?
Does he look like a half pig half bear half man?
Posted by: area 51, behind you on 5:25pm Mon 3 Mar 08
[bold]bold[/bold] not even close its a case of
MANBEARPIG!!!
DUN......DUN......DU
N...DUN....!!!!! in this case this is not an alien form...its half man half bear half pig!!!!!!!!!!
not even close its a case of
MANBEARPIG!!!
DUN......DUN......DU
N...DUN....!!!!! in this case this is not an alien form...its half man half bear half pig!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Craig, London on 11:43am Tue 18 Mar 08
I hate to burst your bubble, but there are two Chinook helicopters that fly past Putney and over Fulham on their way to Heathrow practically daily.
I hate to burst your bubble, but there are two Chinook helicopters that fly past Putney and over Fulham on their way to Heathrow practically daily.
Posted by: Jack, New Forest on 10:13am Sun 4 May 08
I also saw the orange fireballs/lights on New Year's Eve. Must have been about 20 in total, all flying in exactly the same direction at the same angle along the same line. Too fast to be a plane, they were bright orange and faded into nothing. Two guys also witnessed this and a girl, who became hysterical over it. Very very odd. Was between midnight and 12:30
I also saw the orange fireballs/lights on New Year's Eve. Must have been about 20 in total, all flying in exactly the same direction at the same angle along the same line. Too fast to be a plane, they were bright orange and faded into nothing. Two guys also witnessed this and a girl, who became hysterical over it. Very very odd. Was between midnight and 12:30
Posted by: Andy, Canary Wharf on 1:40pm Wed 14 May 08
I saw a weird flying flame that floated around canary wharf at around 10pm on 3rd may.
Seemed to float very unnatually... I thought it was a plane coming from city airport on fire to start with.
A building got in the way so not sure what happened to it.
I saw a weird flying flame that floated around canary wharf at around 10pm on 3rd may.
Seemed to float very unnatually... I thought it was a plane coming from city airport on fire to start with.
A building got in the way so not sure what happened to it.
Posted by: Kim, Normandy, surrey on 11:37pm Sat 31 May 08
This is in reguards to jack's comment. I have seen exactly the same thing as you described about 30 minutes ago. i was on my way to pick my brother up from guildford town and literally as soon as i pulled out my drive way, i saw these lights. i pulled over so i could get a better look. They were orange and were all moving slowly in a long straight line, and when they all got to a certain location they slowly dissapeared into nothing. but there were a few more than 20. i am absoloutly gob smacked but what i saw and would love it if someone could possibly shed any light on this.
This is in reguards to jack's comment. I have seen exactly the same thing as you described about 30 minutes ago. i was on my way to pick my brother up from guildford town and literally as soon as i pulled out my drive way, i saw these lights. i pulled over so i could get a better look. They were orange and were all moving slowly in a long straight line, and when they all got to a certain location they slowly dissapeared into nothing. but there were a few more than 20. i am absoloutly gob smacked but what i saw and would love it if someone could possibly shed any light on this.
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