Mystery over ball of light

A strange ball of light has been seen in the skies above Shropshire.

The white and orange ball was seen at 10pm yesterday and people in Shrewsbury said it appeared to drop to the ground near the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.

Darren Perks was driving home when he saw it and said as it fell he saw what looked like a metallic ball inside the light.

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This article posted on March 11, 2009 at 10:50

9 Comments

  1. Dan Hughes said: Mar 11th, 2009 at 16:23

    sorry, but I just can’t resist sending up those magical flying lanterns avaliable from play.com

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  2. Y Mab Darogan said: Mar 11th, 2009 at 16:48

    It was debirs from the 2 Russian satalites which collided a while back hence the metallic blueness of the light however due to the small size of the debris it is very unlikely to gain entry below our hemisphere

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  3. askeric dotcom said: Mar 11th, 2009 at 18:29

    This was one of a series of guided missiles which were released at extremely high temeperatures and velocities from the boardroom of Wrekin construction yesterday. This was following the news of the impending closure.
    Unfortunately, the guidance system failed in early flight. The missiles were originally intended to land in the boardroom of RBS, and The Commons.

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  4. Doris the wood witch said: Mar 11th, 2009 at 18:49

    And? What a pointless ’story’

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  5. Jon A said: Mar 12th, 2009 at 09:34

    Having known Darren for several years he does have some unusual hobbies. UFO spotting being one of them. Darren often talks about Aliens and his favourite movie is a B movie made in the 70’s called “Aliens on Mercury”… need I say anymore!

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  6. fran said: Mar 12th, 2009 at 11:40

    correction: it was not the break up of the russian satelite, thats not due until the 15th march and in any case it would break up into many parts which would be visible at to all. i work in aviation and it is still unexplained to us at this current time.

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  7. phil said: Mar 12th, 2009 at 15:35

    jon A: you obivously dont know him that well because you would know that he works in the miltary and is quite capable of observing and identifying these types of ocuurences, i’ve worked with him for 5 years and you are totally wrong.

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  8. Tory Boy said: Mar 14th, 2009 at 08:17

    nutters

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  9. Ticklemouse said: Mar 14th, 2009 at 20:15

    Strange ball of light you say ? Whooooooooooooooohooooooooooooooh(breathes)oooooohooooooohooooooooowooo (splutters)ooh! (coughs)

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