Leicestershire UFO Investigation Network

Regions; Barwell/Earl Shilton

LUFOIN Codes

51/63/01. 28 January 1963 - 17:20 - Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, UK - An object was sighted by two female witnesses on a farm. (IN-NL). (ufodna).

-1965-

51/65/02. 24 December 1965 - 16:15 - Barwell, Leicestershire, UK - A large fireball-like aerial object was observed by several witnesses - object eventually landed causing some relatively minor damage to local properties. (DE-7B). (ufodna).

51/77/11. 22 June 1977 - 22:00 - Hinckley Road, Barwell, Leicestershire, UK - A red illuminated globular light - retraced flight path - vanished into distance. (IN-NL). (Jebbet). (lufoin).

51/77/56. 4 November 1977 - 17:00 - A47 Leicester Road, Leicestershire, UK - A glowing cigar-shaped object was observed by 2 teenage witnesses - revolved - vanished suddenly. Witness (A) stated: “We were travelling home to Barwell by bicycle, returning from gym practice, when we saw the object. It was reddish pink and travelling in a diagonal line. It appeared to be revolving anticlockwise. It lasted for about 30 seconds. Its disappearance was sudden.” (Wragg). (Robinson). (UN-Med). (lufoin).

51/77/57. 5 November 1977 - 01:30 - Cedar Road, Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, UK - A bright white light was observed in the sky. Husband of witness stated: “My wife, a heavy sleeper, was wakened by a strong circular light in the sky, which filled the bedroom window for perhaps 2-3 minutes before disappearing.” (IN-NL). (Halliwell) (lufoin).

-1978-

51/78/22. 24 January 1978 - 20:00 - Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, UK - Two observations of one or more unusual aerial lights were made by Mrs. ‘D’, a secretary resident of Barwell, on the evening of January 24. Details of her sightings follow: Witness stated: “I was travelling home when I noticed two bright lights in the sky. My first thought was that it was a plane, but my attention was particularly attracted by the lights. As far as I can remember at this time, there was a red light at the front, and a blue-green light at the rear. The object was travelling from the north-west, in a south-easterly direction. As I pulled onto the drives of my house, I again noticed bright red lights in the sky. I put the car away, ran upstairs, and began to watch the object through my bedroom window. Looking east, the object was directly in front of me. It circled twice in the sky over the Earl Shilton area, and then went off in the direction from which it had come. North-west. Whilst the object was circling, I watched it through binoculars, but I could not make out its shape. However, what was particularly noticeable was the two bright red lights on the front of the object. The object disappeared from my view at approximately 8.07 p.m.” (UN-Med). (lufoin).

51/78/23. 24 January 1978 - 20:05 - Barwell, Leicestershire, UK - 37 years old sales representative Mr. John K, who lives in Earl Shilton, witnessed a very singular aerial apparition whilst driving between his home and Barwell. Witness stated: “I was driving from Barwell to Earl Shilton when I saw in the sky ahead what appeared to be a mass of red lights forming a circle. The lights were in a northerly direction and stationary at an angle of approximately three minutes as I drove along, and then, as I turned right into Heath Lane, Barwell, I saw the lights begin to move slowly to the west. I then stopped the car and watched until the lights ultimately disappeared from view over house rooftops. The total duration of the sighting was five minutes, during which time I heard no sound whatsoever being emitted by the lights.” (UN-Med).

51/78/217. 29 March 1978 - 22:40 - Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, UK - A stationary aerial bright light was observed by male witness. (IN-NL). (Chesterton). (lufoin).

51/78/111. 30 September 1978 - 21:10 - Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, UK - Several nocturnal aerial lights moving in different directions one of which was observed to briefly hover before moving on. Witness (A) stated: “We were walking down High Street when we saw a white object in the sky. At first, we dismissed this as a shooting star, until we saw another moving light in the sky. This second one stopped for a while and hovered, then it moved away in the same direction as the first. The third light just moved in the same direction, only this time, it did not stop at all, it just moved on towards Hinckley.” (IN-NL). (Farmer). (lufoin).

51/78/208. 16 November 1978 - 18:30 - Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, UK - Female witness observed red and green flashing lights in the sky - stationary.(DE- 3B). Explanation: Star. (lufoin).

-1981-

51/81/09. 2 August 1981 - 22:40 - Barwell, Leicestershire, UK - 2 indiscernible aerial objects were observed flying in formation in the night sky. (IN-Med). (Horton) (lufoin).

-1989-

51/89/06. 6 October 1989 - Evening - Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, UK - A ‘yellow circle of flying lights’ was reported. (IN-NL). (lufoin).

-1994-

51/94/04. 26 March 1994 - 23:00 - Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, UK - A stationary bright light was observed above the area - attached red lights - duration 1 hour. (PE-3B). Possible explanation: Star. (Conkay). (lufoin).

-1996-

51/96/08. 17 July 1996 - 23:30 - Brockey Farm, Barwell, Leicestershire, UK - A bright white light in the sky - hovered - moved quickly away - dropped - vanished. (PE-2B). (Ward). Possible police helicopter observation. (lufoin).

51/03/02. 5 August 2003 - 23:53 - Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, UK - Several bright blue flashes of light were observed in the sky. Witness stated: “Travelling on a main, but very deserted road just before midnight, when there was a massive flash. It was almost like lightning, but was bright blue and seemed to come from all directions. Also it seemed to be very close to the ground. That was weird enough but about 3 minutes down the road it happened again, this time appearing a bit more green. About 15 minutes later it happened again near a populated area, quite a way from where the first lights appeared. The third light definitely did not come from the same place that the first two did. There is a chance that the first two lights came from the same place, but it doesn't seem very likely. We later saw the light again, but from a distance. It couldn't have been a plane or helicopter as there was no noise.” (IN-NL). (nuforc).

51/08/23. 25 December 2008 - 00:30 -Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, UK - A brilliant light in sky with smaller light separating and descending to the ground was observed. Witness stated: “In the early morning of Thursday 25th December 08, my wife and I were travelling from Hinckley in Leicestershire to Earl Shilton. We were visiting friends after attending a midnight Christmas service at a local Church. At approximately 12:30 am we entered the A47 perimeter road into Earl Shilton, which is under construction. Just before entering the road entitled “Carr’s Hill”, I observed a large reddish light towards the northeast. The light was stationary or moving very slowly. I did not mention it to my wife at the time as she was driving. Suddenly the light became slightly brighter and from beneath the light appeared a smaller light, which immediately descended to the ground and disappeared. The smaller light seemed to be controlled as it descended very slowly. I mentioned it to my wife and she confirmed she had also observed it. We drove to the other side of Shilton, which opens up to the soar valley and we would be able to see the night view of the countryside stretching to the light haze of Leicester, however both light sources were not to be seen. Due to observing only a light source in the middle of the night, I am unable to give a true perspective of size, the light source did disappear behind the hill of Earl Shilton village and therefore the light source would have been of considerable size. Using this perspective I would estimate that the light descended toward the area of small village called Thurlaston. My wife and I can rule out a meteor, as the light was all but stationary, with complete cloud cover, or indeed, a firework, as it appeared in the sky for too long to sustain such brightness, and besides, flares go up not down.” (PE-5C). Possible explanation: Christmas Day Chinese Lantern. (nuforc).

51/09/28. 1 June 2009 - 15:15 - Barwell, Leicestershire, UK - A silver disc that hovered above the Burbage Common area - rapid side movements were observed. Witness stated: “Walking up Stapleton Lane I noticed a silver disc-shape high in the sky, over towards Leicester. It caught my eye as it did not appear to be moving - I continued to watch it until I got to Top Town, and it still had not moved. I then stopped to observe it and as I did so, it made a rapid sideways movement a little way to the left and then the same to the right, ending up in it’s original position. It repeated this manoeuvre once more after a few seconds.” (IN-Med). (Kavanagh). (lufoin).

51/09/75. 30 August 2009 - 02:01 - Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, UK - “Bright orange ball of light moving across the sky steadily, duration about one minute thirty, slight details of fire, no sound - I've seen Chinese lanterns in the sky and was definitely not one.” (PE-5C). (uk-ufo).

51/09/117. 23 November 2009 - 18:00 - Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, UK - A white nocturnal light was seen crossing the sky - seconds later, a similar object returned in the opposite direction. (PE-4A). Probable satellite observations. (lufoin).

51/10/65. 7 November 2010 - 18:00 - Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, UK - group of 4-5 orange/pink glowing globes low in the sky was observed by lone female witness. (PE-5C). Probable explanation: Sky lanterns. (Bland). (lufoin).

51/11/07. 9 January 2011 - 17:40 - Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, UK - lone male witness reported the observation of a yellow-orange rectangular aerial object with flames - silent. (PE-5C). (Steele). (lufoin).

51/12/35. 4 September 2012 - 22:00 - Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, UK - An unusual ‘star-like’ object was observed in the sky for over one hour. It was a white light which flickered with blue red and green. (PE-3B). (Haines). (lufoin).

　51/15/02. 3 February 2015 - 04:45 - Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, UK - 2 large and bright lights in the sky were observed and filmed by a female witness. Witness stated: “I was awoken by a strange noise - I went downstairs looking to see what the noise was and found that it was not coming from inside the house but outside in my garden - I saw an object in the sky and grabbed my camera - I filmed what can only be described as an auto with two white lights hovering above Melton street - The lights sat there for about five minutes silent and stationary then shot off towards Barwell.” (UN-NL). (lufoin.

51/15/03. 3 February 2015 - 04:55 - Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, UK - A triangle of Three bright lights in the sky was observed by a lone male witness. Witness stated: “I saw three bright lights in a triangular formation - They were hovering over houses about 200 feet in the air. The lights sat absolutely still, hovering in the air for about 5 minutes - There was no sound, just a crackling noise in the air - there a feeling of electricity was in the air too (like static). I couldn’t tell if there was three separate objects or one large object with 3 lights. The lights (or object) finally shot off at great speed in the direction of Barwell.” (Jordan). (IN-NL). (lufoin).

　51/15/08. 30 March 2015 -Evening - Barwell, Leicestershire, UK - An aerial light was seen hovering low in the sky. Witness stated: “I was washing up in my kitchen when I noticed a straight object in the sky through the window. I ran straight outside and started filming on my mobile phone. It wasn’t very good so I got my partner’s camera and ran upstairs to get some clearer footage. There was this constant light and it was quite low - it looked like it was in between some trees but it’s hard to tell when it’s far away in the sky. It was hovering, and it dipped slightly up and down for around 15 minutes, then it disappeared. There was no sound coming from it at all. I have seen drones and have let off Chinese lanterns myself - it was not like anything I have seen before.” (PE-3A). Possible explanation: Planet Venus. (Hinckley Times).

me as if it was metallic and burning. It changed direction and disappeared.” (Burbeck). (IN-Med). (lufoin).

51/15/14. 11 May 2015 - 21:50 -Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, UK - An ‘acorn - shaped’ object was observed hovering in the sky by a male witness. Witness stated: “I was walking my dog in Wood Street park, when I heard a whirring sound. I looked up, and about 500 feet away, there was a large, acorn - shaped object hovering about 150 feet in the air. This object had a purple hue coming from the rear, it was about the size of a Transit van - Eventually, after a few minutes, it moved off into the distance towards Kirkby Mallory.” (Leek). (IN-Med). (lufoin).

51/15/19. 16 June 2015 - 00:30 - Barwell, Leicestershire, UK - An unusual aerial object was observed by a male witness. Witness stated: “I was travelling to work along Rogue's Lane on my motorcycle when I saw an object in the sky - It appeared to be about the size of a shipping container - It was flying in the same direction as me at first, and appeared to be following me - then suddenly it changed direction and started to head very fast towards Stoke Golding. It was giving off an eerie glow pulse from electric blue to pink, and then purple. There was no sound. I can't understand what it was and it took me a while to come round afterwards.” (IN-Med). (lufoin).

51/15/23. 2 July 2015 - 15:40 - Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, UK - 3 unusual aerial objects moving quickly across the sky, were allegedly observed by a lone, male witness. Witness stated: “I witnessed several brass-coloured aircraft type vehicles, I counted 3 - they shot along at about 100 miles per hour - they were very low, and appeared to be no higher than 3 times the height of a normal house - there was also an audible buzzing noise, as if a generator was overloading, and a putrid smelling vapour was coming from the rear of each of the 3 craft - they appeared to be made in 1 piece, as no joins were visible. They headed away towards Kirkby Mallory.” (Brandish). (INV-E-mail). (lufoin).

51/15/24. 2 July 2015 - 21:00 - Leicester Forest East, Leicestershire, UK - A shuttlecock - shaped aerial object was observed in the sky by a single witness. Witness stated: “I saw a shuttlecock - shaped aircraft in the sky. It looked as long as a car with a trailer, and it was a dull bronze in colour, with blue strobe lights at what I presume was the front of it. A mauve coloured mist was coming from behind. It headed in the direction of the A47 into the city.” (IN-Med). (lufoin).

51/15/25. 3 July 2015 - 19:28 - Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, UK - 5 crescent shaped aircraft skipping across the sky were observed by a male witness. Witness stated: “I witnessed 5 crescent shaped aircraft skipping across the sky. They were a dull bronze colour with window canopy at front. They were silent. Weird stuff, I tried to take a photo but my dog ran off and distracted me - I turned around and they were in the distance. I could not see any pilots. There was a string donut shape trail coming from all of the vehicles.” (Bull). (IN-Med). (lufoin).

51/15/26. 3 July 2015 - 20:00 - Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, UK - 3 half moon shaped aerial objects were observed by a female witness. Witness stated: “I saw 3 half moon - shaped ships, flying low and slow in the sky - their colour was that of a copper kettle - they were about the size of a fighter plane but wider - I saw no insignia anywhere on these objects.” (Miller). (IN-Med). (lufoin).

51/15/27. 3 July 2015 - 20:12 - Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, UK - 3 unusual gold coloured aerial objects were observed from a car, by a male witness and his family. Witness (A) stated: “I was coming back from Leicester in my car with my boys, just passing Earl Shilton on the A47, when to the right of us about 100ft in air, we saw 3 dark gold coloured half round things flying one after the other, one seemed to be wobbling slightly. I have never seen anything like it in my life. My son tried to film it but his hand was too wobbly. We didn't catch it on phone.” (Moore). (IN-Med). (lufoin).

51/15/31. 5 July 2015 - 22:12 - Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, UK - Two small glowing orbs of fire were allegedly observed in the sky by a male witness. Witness stated: “I had a sighting that lasted approximately 1 minute, of two small glowing orbs of fire over the Earl Shilton sewage works. they were spinning in a circular pattern about the size of dustbin lids but spherical. they rose into air and moved right over Clickers Way towards the farm. About ten seconds later I heard a crackling fizzing sound from the direction of the spheres then it went silent. I wanted to investigate but my dog was shaking with fear so I didn’t.” (INV). (lufoin).

51/15/32. 5 July 2015 - 22:08 - Rogues Lane, Barwell, Leicestershire, UK - A teardrop shaped object was observed in the sky by a male witness. Witness stated: “I was driving along Rogues Lane towards Barwell - when I reached the crossroads opposite the Barwell turn, I saw a blinding light in the sky that died down and revealed a teardrop - shaped glowing thing - I call it a thing because I’m not sure what it was. It shone a beam of blue coloured light at my car for a second or two, then my radio cut out and my car stalled. I was very scared by now. The object then rose into the sky making a buzzing noise and was gone.” (lufoin). (IN-Med).

51/15/33. 7 July 2015 - 17:50 - Barwell, Leicestershire, UK - A very large aerial object was observed in the sky. Witness stated: “I saw a giant round fiery orange object flying overhead spinning and moving swiftly over Barwell. It wasn‘t a lantern or a hot air balloon, and it looked to me as if it was metallic and burning. It changed direction and disappeared.” (Burbeck). (PE-5C). (lufoin).

51/15/62. 29 July 2015 - 21:00 - Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, UK - Two small unusual ‘men’ in a field were allegedly observed by a male witness - NOTE: Witness contacted by LUFOIN twice at a later date via e-mail and denied ever making a statement - Witness stated: “I was cycling home from work, it was still light at the time, and as I was passing a farmer’s field going into Earl Shilton, I noticed 2 small men in the field, they both appeared to have bald heads and had on what looked like black sunglasses. Also, I saw that they were wearing what appeared to be tight fitting black uniforms. At this point I stopped my bicycle and began watching them. They looked as if they realised that they were being watched and looked startled and began scurrying around in jerky movements - They both then went towards the end of the field, where there was a sudden flash of light, then, as if by magic, everything was gone. I’m not saying that what I saw was a spaceship, or that I saw Martians, but I did see this, and it was not a daydream, neither did I imagine it, as I slipped back afterwards and stung my leg on nettles.” (Manning). (INV). (lufoin).

51/15/64. 30 July 2015 - 19:37 - Barwell, Leicestershire, UK - A red aerial light was observed by a male witness. Witness stated: “I got off the bus in Barwell. I was Walking towards the fish and chip shop when I heard a crackling in sky - it sounded like bacon in frying pan, a sizzling sound. I then saw a very bright red light from behind the grey clouds. this red light flashed very fast then it was gone.” (Tangerler). (IN-NL). (lufoin).

51/15/70. 9 August 2015 - 00:45 - Barwell, Leicestershire, UK - A gold coloured aircraft was observed in the sky by a male witness. Witness stated: “I had finished my work for the night and was driving into Barwell past the new gym, when I spotted a very, very bright purple smoke in the sky. There was a gold coloured aircraft behind the smoke. It seemed to be rotating slowly, and wobbling slightly. It looked like a horse shoe shape.” (Bannister). (IN-Med). (lufoin).

　51/15/76. 18 August 2015 - 20:45 - Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, UK - An unusual aerial object was allegedly observed by five witnesses, described as a black triangle with a blue light at each corner and a pink light underneath - Photograph of underside claimed but not produced. (Barry). (INV). (lufoin).

51/15/79. 8 September 2015 - 23:00 - Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, UK - A blue aerial object was observed by a male witness. Witness stated: “Driving home to Earl Shilton along the A47, when in the distance, I noticed a glowing blue diamond shape in the sky. It was moving in a pattern as if tracking something on the ground.” (Booton). (IN-NL). (lufoin).

51/15/80. 23 September 2015 - 22:00 - Barwell, Leicestershire, UK - Aerial lights were observed by a male witness. Witness stated: “I was sitting on my swing chair when I caught sight of a strange row of bright white lights flying overhead - they were about 40 - 50 wide from each other and in a triangular formation.” (Giles). (IN-NL). (lufoin).

51/15/88. 5 October 2015 - 14:00 - Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, UK - A gold crescent-shaped aerial - shaped object was observed by a male witness. Witness stated: “I was walking my dogs on the outskirts of Earl Shilton, when from afar, I noticed four shiny objects in the sky. As they got nearer I saw that they were a gold colour and crescent-shaped.” (Locke). (IN-Med). (lufoin).

51/15/91. 6 October 2015 - 21:34 - Barwell, Leicestershire, UK - Two unusual aerial objects were observed by a male witness. Witness stated: “I came out of shop - untied my dog, then looked up to see two spearhead golden lights about 150ft in sky passing over. They appeared to be exhausting a purple mist.” (Limb). (INV). (lufoin).

　51/15/107. 22 October 2015 - Evening - Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, UK - A red glowing aerial object was observed by a male witness. Witness stated: “I saw an object hovering over Earl Shilton - It wasn't a chopper or lantern. It was just hovering - after about ten seconds it shot straight up into sky with a blue light under it.” (Jordan). (IN-NL). (lufoin).

51/15/129. 11 November 2015 - 09:47 - Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, UK - A strange bell - shaped aerial object was observed in the sky by a male witness. Witness stated: “I've just seen a gold church bell flying over in broad daylight, very exciting stuff if not puzzling and irrational. It was making a humming noise and appeared to have what looked like symbols on the side. Hieroglyphs or runic ??.” (Cheshire). (IN-Med). (lufoin).

51/15/138. 15 November 2015 - 17:00 - Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, UK - A diamond -shaped light in the sky was observed by a female witness and her son. Witness stated: “Walking to shop in Shilton with my son, when I saw a diamond - shaped light in the sky-blue lights on it - moving slow.” (Laws). (IN-NL). (lufoin).

51/15/139. 15 November 2015 - 18:15 - South Leicestershire, UK - Multiple independent sightings of 2 or more green aerial objects over the southern Leicestershire region - (selected) statements (from total of 22 known witnesses) are as follows: Female witness (A) (Barwell) stated: “Just saw seven spooky green orbs flying over Barwell in Leicestershire, heading towards the direction of Hinckley. They seemed to merge with each other making two separate objects (Jones). Male witness (B) (Barwell) stated: “We saw strange green lights passing over our village tonight, (Barwell) - noiseless and spooky.”(Ball). Male witness (C) (Earl Shilton) stated: “My wife and I both spotted 2 large green lights moving in the sky left to right above Earl Shilton.” Male witness (D) (Earl Shilton) stated: “I witnessed two green glowing spheres passing over Earl Shilton on the said night about 50 feet in the air” (Leman). Male witness (E) (Earl Shilton) stated: “I was with my daughter walking our dog in Earl Shilton when there was a hissing sound over our heads. We looked up and saw six or seven green globes in sky - they were about 30 feet off ground.” (Biddle). Male witness (F) (Hinckley) stated : “I saw 2 big green globules in sky moving very slow. (Bowman). Female witness (G) (Stoney Stanton) stated: “My sister and I saw 2 big luminous orbs in the sky.” (Savage). (PE-7B). Possible Explanation: Fireball meteor. (lufoin). *For Comparison, See: Lufoin Case Ref. 51/77/71/01-13 - February 18^th., 1971 and in particular, Case Ref: 51/77/81/A-200 - July 30^th., 1981.

51/15/140. 16 November 2015 - 20:00 - Barwell, Leicestershire, UK - A female witness observed three green objects in the sky. Witness stated: “I saw 3 spherical objects in the sky with a green glow to them, moving at just above treetop height.” (Moore). (PE-7B). (lufoin).

51/15/141. 16 November 2015 - 21:00 - Barwell, Leicestershire, UK - A male witness observed four green lights in the sky. Witness stated: “I was walking from Barwell towards Hinckley past the big water tower when I saw four green luminous lights moving horizontally - one stopped and doubled back on itself - the others rose higher and shot off fast towards Shilton. Cant say that I heard any noise.” (Jones). (PE-7B). (lufoin).

51/16/04. - 5 January 2016 - 05:56 - Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, UK - 3 dome - shaped aerial objects were observed by a male witness. Witness stated: “I was cutting through the church car park with my dogs, when I saw a flash of red light, looking like streaks of light in sky - I thought it was lightning? I then I saw 3 objects appear and fly about 500 feet in the sky.” (Hiron). (IN-Med). Possible Fireball Meteors. (Lufoin).

51/16/05. - 17 January 2016 - 18:03 - Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, UK - Two strange orange craft in the sky were observed by several independent witnesses. Witness (A) stated: “We (4 of us that is) witnessed two strange orange craft in the sky moving at about ten miles per hour, low in the Shilton sky. They kept in line with each other as the passed overhead. We would say they were 12-18 feet across.” (Rajesh). - Witness (B) stated: “My wife and I and the two girls as I was driving on the A47 just past Earl Shilton witnessed 2 orange saucers in the distance.” (Finch). (PE-5C). (Lufoin).

Witness (B) stated: (female) “My Husband and I saw 2 big discs over Earl Shilton town way last night - bright green in colour. My Husband was so in awe of the sight he nearly drove off the road.” (Briggs). (IN-Med). Possible Fireball activity. (Lufoin).

51/16/07. - 3 February 2016 - 17:37 - Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, UK - Several bright lights in the sky were witnessed by a male witness from inside a moving vehicle. Witness stated: “I was travelling from Stoney Stanton towards Earl Shilton, when I saw lights in the sky that seemed to be heading from Desford way, and following the Earl Shilton bypass across to Barwell. I wound down my window as it crossed overhead. These lights were very bright and really stood out. There was just 3 lights in a triangle shape, they didn’t flash. There was no sound as the lights passed over at about 300 feet high.” (IN-NL). (Hinckley Times).

51/16/11. - 22 February 2016 - 15:00 - Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, UK - A hovering cylinder - shaped object in the sky was observed by a male witness. Weather at the time: Clear, dry with a north - westerly breeze. Witness stated: “I saw a cylinder - shaped object in the sky - I did not see it flying, it was just hovering.” (Kaliki). (IN-Med). (Lufoin).

51/16/16. - 28 March 2016 - 21:00 - Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, UK - A blue aerial disc - shaped object was observed by a lone, male witness during dark and poor viewing conditions. Weather at the time: variable cloud - heavy rain - brisk southerly winds. Witness stated: “I witnessed a strange disc in the air about 40 feet off the ground, at the back of the Heath Lane surgery. It was brilliant blue. It looked to be 30 feet in diameter. It was hovering and beaming down a white light.” (Delonge). (IN-Hi). (Lufoin).

51/16/18. - 12 April 2016 - 21:32 - Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, UK - A green globular aerial object was observed in good, dry viewing conditions. (Male) witness stated: “I witnessed a large green globe moving in a zigzag pattern above Almeys Lane - object then did a ninety degree turn and shot up to the night sky.” (Williams). (IN-Med). (Lufoin).

51/16/20. - 10 May 2016 - 21:00 - Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, UK - A strange glowing object was observed in the sky above the area, by a lone, male witness. Witness stated: “I saw a strange object in the sky near to the Cloisters, before it disappeared over the town - it made very little noise, I couldn’t hear any sound of engines or rotors, only a strange humming sound. I couldn’t quite make out what it was, I’ve never seen anything like it in my life. It was double the size of a helicopter and around 200 feet in the air. There is no way it could have been a drone because it was too large, I would say massive, and it certainly was not any kind of aircraft I had ever seen before. It was very strange. I managed to take a picture of the object before it went away at speed over the town centre.” (IN-Med). (Hinckley Times).

51/16/22. - 25 May 2016 - 21:55 - 22:00 - Earl Shilton, Elmsthorpe, Syston, Leicester Forest East, Leicestershire, UK - A strange blue glowing object was observed in the sky above the South Leicestershire area by several independent witnesses. Weather at the time: Cloudy with occasional light drizzle, - light northerly breeze. Male witness (A) stated: “I was heading back from delivering a spa pool at a customers when I turned onto station road when I saw a brilliant blue light passing over Earl Shilton, it was low, about a hundred feet off the ground and about twenty foot wide by about ten foot high, it was moving in a zigzag pattern.” (Salisbury). Male witness (B) stated: “I was walking dogs last night when we saw a very bright blue craft in the sky over Elmsthorpe - it wasn't a meteor as it was moving controlled. I'm lost as to what it was as it wasn't an aeroplane and not a chopper or drone. There was only a humming noise I could hear, and a mouldy egg smell as it passed over.” Male witness (C) stated: “I saw a car sized blue cut diamond UFO flying low over Barwell heading towards the village centre, there was a putrid smell in air as it passed over.” (Gee). Male witness (D) stated: “I saw a blue UFO flying over Earl Shilton town centre, it was eerie.” (Salt). Male witness (E) stated: “We both saw a glowing blue diamond - shaped thing flying low over rooftops in North Street, Syston - I mean like just 50ft off floor, looked to me to be 15 feet in width. What was it ??” Female witness (F) stated: “My husband and I both noticed a bright blue, diamond shaped aircraft in the sky hovering above the Rugby ground near Beggars Lane, Leicester Forest East. It was shooting a red beam towards the ground.” (Netr). (IN-Hi). (Lufoin).

51/16/23. - 26 May 2016 - 13:00 - Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, UK - A black “batwing” - shaped aerial object was observed by a male witness. Weather at the time: Cloudy with occasional light rain, - light breeze. Witness stated: “I Just saw a black batwing flying through the sky. There were two blue lights on the front of it.” (Fencer). (IN-Med). (Lufoin).

　51/16/24. - 1 June 2016 - 22:30 - Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, UK - A blue aerial objectwas observed and photographed by a male witness. Weather at the time: Cloudy with occasional light drizzle, - cold northerly breeze. Witness stated: “This craft passed over my house last night at about half ten - it was noiseless, and about size of a car.” (Jordan). (IN-Hi). (Lufoin).

51/16/26. - 27 June 2016 - 18:17 - Barwell, Leicestershire, UK - A black batwing - shaped aerial object was observed and reported to Lufoin by a female witness. (Boyes). (IN-Med). (Lufoin).

51/16/27. - 7 July 2016 - 06:50 - Barwell, Leicestershire, UK - 2 rotating chrome spheres were observed in the sky by a female witness. Witness stated: “I saw 2 rotating chrome spheres over Barwell early this morning. About 50 feet apart, and perhaps 200 feet in air.” (IN-Med). (Lufoin).

51/16/30. - 12 July 2016 - 21:00 - Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, UK - A spinning gold globular aerial object was allegedly observed by a (male) police officer and his daughter. Witness (A) stated: “As I was walking with my 12 year - old daughter through Shilton woods, we saw a red laser coming from the sky that hit the ground - as we looked up, there was a spinning gold globe in the air about 200 feet off the ground, emitting a low humming noise. My daughter reached for her phone but there was some kind of interference. The object then shot off silently.” (Banner). (Insuff). (Lufoin).

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