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A few UFO/mystery lights, news stories from local media around the UK.
Now the nights are drawing in, more people will be out when it’s dark so anything seen in the sky that’s not familiar may well get reported as a UFO. Stargazing apps are very useful if you’re not sure about an object in the night sky and there are others that can inform you of meteor showers, bright comets, satellites, the Space Station and planes.
Regardless of anything mysterious, exploring the night sky is a fascinating pastime and at a very basic level all you need is your eyes and perhaps a pair of binoculars.
Lets hope for clear skies. Have fun.
Eight UFO Sightings in the Black Country.
Bridgenorth, Shropshire, September 2014. An erratic moving object with lights was seen.
Wednesbury, Sandwell, June 2017. A circular flying fireball was witnessed from a backgarden.
Dawley, Telford, July 2019. Seen through curtains the witness described lights and shadows in a dinosaur shape.
Wolverhampton, March 2014. A scientist claimed to have seen an object flyingvat 180 miles per hour whilst watching meteors.
Tipton, Sandwell, July 2014. An oval shaped UFO above a plane.
Newport, Shropshire, November 2016. A JCB driver reported a bright light in the sky.
Hartlebury, Kidderminster, May 2019. A UFO was seen and described as a line across the sky as big as six football pitches.
Donnington, Telford, November 2013. An object with lights and flames seen landing in a tree.
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/eight-ufo-sightings-black-country-21788569
UFO’s in Tayside and Fife.
There is now a interactive map of UFO sightings in Tayside and Fife from 1997 to 2009 available for those interested. The article itself mentions sightings going back to the 1950’s.
Is the truth out there? Check our interactive map of historic UFO sightings in Tayside and Fife
Edinburgh Airport UFO.
A UFO supposedly caught on film above Edinburgh Airport. Could well be a lens reflection.
https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/edinburgh-airport-ufo-leaves-family-21630617
Fritton Wood Entities.
Two long necked, long handed entities were reported in Fritton Wood, Norfolk, in 1997.
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/weird-norfolk-fritton-wood-paranormal-aliens-8380050
Solent UFOs.
Photographer snaps UFOs over the Solent although this does look like lights reflecting off a glass window.
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/19625071.ufo-question-unidentifiable-objects-appear-isle-wight/
UFO Talk in Essex.
Author Beil Nixon will be giving a UFO talk at Little Clacton, Essex on October 16th 2021.
https://www.tendringdc.gov.uk/leisure/events-entertainment/whats-on/autumn-charity-ufo-talk
Mystery Red Light in Scotland.
Residents near Glasgow were left puzzled by a red glow in the night sky although the answer appears to be lights on top of windmills. As for the ‘pyramids’ looks very like foreground buildings to me.
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/mysterious-red-triangle-light-appears-25168902
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A poem by me.
The Journey
We have travelled far
Yet Still we can’t stay
Sailing among stars
Across the Milky Way
Travellers in the night
Cosmic nomads are we
Following a path
Across a starry sea
Forgotten is our home
We have journeyed long
And all we have left
Is an echo of a song
A song of peace and hope
A song of love and light
Ancient song will guide us
Across the seas of night
Memories of a place
We have been before
Star clouds hide our way
On a distant misty shore
Across the cosmic sea
Ancient song a beacon send
To guide us across the dark
And to our journey’s end
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More strange lights and aerial goings on in the UK. Plus a few crop circles.
Lights over North Staffordshire which may well be planes.
I know someone who helped make the Milk Hill formation which is mentioned in this article.
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210822-englands-crop-circle-controversy
A Yorkshire Crop circle, nothing really alien about it.
Mystery loud noise over Gloucester. Urban areas are noisy. I’ve lived in towns and cities and been woken by some unusual noises.
https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/mysterious-big-bang-heard-over-5796620
And in Sheffield.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/residents-baffled-mysterious-loud-bangs-24688012
Lights seen in the River Thames which might not be so mysterious as there are navigational lights along the river.
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-news/mysterious-flashing-light-seen-river-24771501
The strange light was only noticed afterwards and looks like a light flare. I’ve taken pictures at night and light sources can cause some odd effects.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/woman-left-baffled-after-claiming-24842577
First object probably a plane, you don’t always hear them especially high up. The others I think are birds, gulls probably, light from street lights is reflecting off their bodies. The reason I say this is because I’ve seen the same thing myself. It wasn’t until the gulls flew overhead that I saw what they were.
https://www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk/news/strange-lights-over-great-yarmouth-8269522
Strobe Lighting. Something I’ve seen a few times.
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I’ve been interested in Astronomy for a very long time and do tend to look at the sky a lot and am very familiar with lights in the sky.
I have on occasion seen a few odd things, although I don’t think it’s Aliens. UFO does after all mean Unidentified Flying Objects. I’m of the opinion that there’s life out there in our Galaxy, I also consider that there are natural processes which have not been investigated properly.
So here is a round up of some media stories, mostly from local papers, about unusual lights in the sky.
Watch out for an Alien invasion predicted by a Time Traveller. Nothing so far. I’ll keep you updated.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/aliens-land-earth-tomorrow-star-24730033
Lights seen in the sky over Liverpool.
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/strange-lights-sky-spotted-over-20771776
More indistinct blobs and lights this time in Bristol.
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/two-ufo-sightings-two-days-5680308
This looks like noctilucent clouds, I’ve seen a few displays, they can be very impressive. They also appear during the Summer months.
A plane by the looks of it. Planes and contrails can look unusual under different lighting and weather conditions.
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/mysterious-fireball-spotted-sky-above-21270115
Ufo instantly means Aliens for some reason.
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/bristol-ufo-sightings-recorded-mod-5596661
A plane with contrail lit by the Sun.
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/ufo-likened-slow-moving-comet-5477890
An in and out of focus blob of light, could be a star, planet, satellite, the space station.
https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/shape-shifting-ufo-lights-up-5650469
White blob seen over Glasgow airport.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/man-captures-ufo-sees-white-24574866
Dog walker spots light in the sky.
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/dog-walker-spots-ufo-after-21064654
Even Aliens like a trip to the seaside.
In this case it’s unknown drone activity.
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A few more Victorian/Edwardian fancy dress costume ideas.
1880s, long train on this one.
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The Victorians and Edwardians certainly liked costume parties.
I’ve come across some interesting themes, but will stick to those with Astronomical elements.
Some appear to represent The Night. These are from the late 19th early 20th century.
They seem to be dresses with Stars/Moons, appliqued or sewn on. One looks like the design has been painted on.
A few ideas to try maybe.
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Years ago I came across an image that intrigued me called Backbone of Night by Jon Lomberg.
I found that the image was commissioned for Carl Sagan’s Cosmos series and represents the Milky Way. The image is here: https://www.jonlomberg.com/digital_prints/dp_backbone_of_night.html
The name Backbone of Night was given to the Milky Way by the !Klung people of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana. They thought the Milky Way was the Backbone of the night that kept the sky in place.
We are more familiar with the Greek and Roman legend of the Milky Way which asserts that the starry path was the result of Hera’s (Juno) breastmilk spraying across the sky. Zeus (Jupiter) placed the abandoned baby Heracles (Hercules) at the sleeping Hera’s breast. Hera awoke and pushed the baby away, milk sprayed across the night sky and the Milky Way came into existence.
The Origin of The Milky Way Jacopo Tintoretto
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/jacopo-tintoretto-the-origin-of-the-milky-way
The Birth of the Milky Way – Peter Paul Rubens
Interestingly even back in the era of the Ancient Greeks a philosopher named Democritus in the fifth century BC correctly surmised that the Milky Way was made of a myriad of faint stars.
Other ideas from the time were that the sky was splitting and light was shining through, that is was the seam of the sky or that it was the path burned in the sky by the out of control Sun chariot driven by Helio’s son, Phaeton.
The Fall of Phaeton by Adolphe Pierre Sunaert
https://useum.org/artwork/The-fall-of-Phaeton-Adolphe-Pierre-Sunaert-1868
The Roman writer Manilius regarded the Milky path as like the wake left by a ship and Ovid thought that on each side of the Milky Way were the abodes of the Gods.
Cultures across the globe have their own stories to tell concerning the Milky Way. I’ll dip into them another time.
If you’re lucky and are under dark skies with little light pollution, go and look up and view the majestic Milky Way. Happy Stargazing.
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Whilst perusing the internet over the last year, I’ve come across a lot of interesting costume ideas.
I love wearing costumes myself and have put together a few steampunk themed outfits over the years. So I thought I’d put a few ideas down on my blog.
These images are from Les etoiles; derniere feerie and Astronomie des dames 1847, by J.J.Grandville. https://archive.org/details/lesetoilesdernie00mery/page/n16/mode/2up
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