Geographic Review - Regions; Hinckley/Burbage

LUFOIN Codes

51/54/01. 1954 - Afternoon - Sketchley Road, Burbage, Leicestershire, UK - A round aerial object with portholes was observed by two male witnesses. - Witness (A) stated: (2014 statement) - "I would have been about 12 years old and I was living in Sketchley Road, Burbage at the time, and at the back of my house was a field, and joining the field was the Rose Nursery - It was afternoon, and I was playing with my friend, and we were in the hedgerow that joined the Rose Garden - Suddenly, my friend said 'There's a flying saucer' - What I saw was a very large, round metallic object with what seemed to be portholes. It was completely silent and had no lights or anything like that. After a little while it just seemed to vanish. We ran back to my house and I told my Mother that we had just seen a Flying Saucer - (They were Flying Saucers in those days, UFOs came later) - My Mother gave exactly the response that you would have expected - a kid, coming in with such a story!! - However, we told the Leicester Mercury Newspaper who came out to speak to me, and she was more convinced when she heard from the reporter that a similar object had been seen over Melton Mowbray around the same time. I have been searching for an explanation to this event for many years, but have yet to find one." (IN-Hi). (lufoin).

51/67/03. 2 August 1967 - 12:20 - Parsons Lane, Hinckley, UK - An object in the sky was observed hovering almost directly above the Robinsons Boot and Shoe factory, Hinckley, and directly over railway lines, was first been noticed at approximately 12.20 p.m., and lastly seen at approximately 3.30 p.m. The object was described as a stationary, silent, silver sphere, apparently metallic, and reflecting sunlight. It’s height was estimated to be approximately 500 to 600 feet, and It’s size was gauged to be equal to a pea held at arm’s length - several witnesses. (UN-Med). (Dawson). (Expanded - Report By G. Hall). (lufoin).

51/70/01. January (First week) (4?) - 20:45 - Sketchley Hill, Burbage, UK - Man on training run observed an illuminated 20 foot disc that issued flames from underneath and landed amongst evergreen trees which were abundant in the area at that time - ran home in a state of shock. (UN-CE).(Expanded - Report By G. Hall).(lufoin).

51/70/05. 25 May 1970 - 19:00 - Hinckley, UK - An orange illuminated disc was observed at close range above Hollycroft Park by single, female witness - object was flying upwards at an angle. (UN-Hi). (Radbourne). (See also: Investigator’s reconstruction photograph). (lufoin).

51/70/07.19 August 1970 - 15:15 Brookside, Burbage, Leicestershire, UK - A dark, egg-shaped object was observed hovering over the road by two 15 year-old schoolboys - no sound - object “shot off” towards Sketchley - daylight observation. (UN-Hi). (Expanded - Report By G. Coxon. B.Sc.). (See also UFODNA data 19 August 1970 Afternoon - Hinckley, UK). (lufoin).

51/70/08. 28 August 1970 - 16:18 - Parsons Lane, Hinckley, UK - A dark, almost black object shaped like a ‘bat-wing’ was observed in the sky at low level - the strange object approached 3 witnesses from the Queens Park direction - when above, it performed a 90 degree turn - headed slowly away in the direction of Brookside and towards Nuneaton - The object was stated as being totally silent throughout the sighting, with a highly visible heat haze effect surrounding it - an unusual daylight observation, with all witnesses in a state of shock afterwards. They reported the incident immediately to local investigator, G. Coxon, who also testified to their shocked state. (UN-Med). (Expanded - Report By G. Hall). (lufoin).

51/71/22. 25 May 1971 - 22:45 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - An orange aerial object was observed by one male 13-year-old witness. (Freary). (IN-NL). (Leicester Mercury).

51/71/23. 30 June 1971 - 15:15 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A metallic-looking sphere with 1 tube protruding from the side and 1 below was observed in the sky by male witness. Witness stated: (1977 statement) “I was lying down sunbathing when I noticed several aeroplanes, all flying in approximately the same area. I got up and looked to see if I could see anymore. As I was looking, I noticed a strange, balloon-shaped object. I recognised that it wasn‘t a balloon because it was far too large, and it appeared to be made of some kind of shiny metal. The object appeared to be quite a long way up and seemed to just gently move along in a straight line. It was moving in the opposite direction to where I was watching. I watched the object through my binoculars for about 15 minutes before it just disappeared without trace.” (IN-Med).(Marshall). (lufoin).

51/71/28. 17 August 1971 - 20:00 - Stockwell Head, Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A silver cylindrical object in the sky was observed - “nothing like a normal aircraft” - silent - disappearance sudden. Witness stated: “On August 17^th., 1971, at approximately 7.45 p.m., I was sitting in my car in the car park at the rear of Hinckley Working Men’s Club, in Stockwell Head. I was waiting for my Husband who had gone into the club. I happened to look up and see something strange in the sky. I watched as it came nearer, then I got out of the car to have a better look, also to make sure it wasn’t a reflection in the car window. I stood by the car and watched the object go by until it was out of view over the roof of the club. Then I ran across the car park so that I could watch it some more, but although I had a clear view of the sky, there was no sign of the object where it should have been. The object was quite large, large enough for me to be sure it wasn’t an aeroplane as there were no wings, windows, markings and absolutely no sound. It was silver in colour, and the shape of it was cylindrical. It was a warm, dry, still evening.” (UN-Med). (lufoin).

51/71/35. 22 October 1971 - 22:30 - Hinckley, UK - Young married couple had just switched off front bedroom light when five minutes later, Bright yellow light flashes shining through bedroom curtains - illuminated whole room. - no sound. - Husband saw light source in road just outside window - opened curtains but nothing could be seen. (IN-NL). (lufoin).

51/76/02. May 1976 - 09:00 - Hinckley, UK - A black cigar-shaped object was observed in the sky - slowly glided - “jerked” around - vanished into distance - observed through school classroom window. (IN-Med). (Collins). (lufoin).

51/76/03. June? (Summer) 1976 - 00:05 - Brookside, Sketchley Hill Estate, Burbage, UK - An illuminated object on the ground - back garden - shape and size similar to T.V. aerial - silent -vanished - no trace. (IN-Med). (Shaw). (lufoin).

51/77/01. 5 April 1977 - 8:45 - Wykin Village, Leicestershire, UK - A revolving orange light in the sky was observed hovering above fields - moved off giving off white flashes - no sound. Witness stated: “My Wife and I were travelling by car along the Stoke Road towards Hinckley when my Wife noticed a light that appeared to be hovering over Wykin fields. I stopped the car to listen for any sound, there was none. I then drove further down the road until we were behind the light which then started flashing and moving slowly away from us. We stopped again and watched the object slowly and silently move away until it finally disappeared from view behind houses situated in Wykin village. The whole episode lasted 10 minutes.” (IN-NL). (lufoin).

51/77/06. 19 May 1977 - 22:35 - Parsons Lane, Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - An unidentified globular light in the sky was observed by an experienced male UFO investigator. Witness stated: “I was taken by surprise one Saturday evening when at approximately 10.35 p.m., I saw something in the sky which I couldn‘t identify as being a man-made object. This particular Saturday had been quite windy, and even in the evening there was a stiff breeze. I was standing on the step to the garage opposite our bungalow when a bright ‘star’ caught my eye. It first seemed like a star, and from where I was standing, at about chimney height. I noticed pretty quickly however, that this was no star, because it appeared to be moving slowly. I am familiar with aircraft and satellites, particularly aircraft. I know at once from the absence of sound (it was almost overhead) that this was no aircraft. It was not following the established air route over Hinckley, anyway. It was quite bright by now and moving at the same speed, but across the prevailing wind. It couldn’t be a balloon, as the breeze would have carried it in the opposite direction. It was no satellite either. The bright light continued to ’drift’ across my vision, and appeared to be solid enough. It was difficult to estimate it’s speed, and it carried out no manoeuvres, it just drifted through the night sky, a silent ball of light. I kept the light in sight for approximately three minutes, during which time it disappeared from my view behind a tall sycamore tree at the bottom edge of our garden. To keep the light in sight, I climbed onto our garage roof, which is approximately 12 feet high. From there, my eyes followed the light. It was now dead ahead of me and finally went over the horizon and vanished from my view.” (UN-NL).(Drozdz). (lufoin).

51/77/14. 3 July 1977 - 22:45 - Parsons Lane, Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - An unidentified globular light in the sky was reported - straight trajectory. (IN -NL). (lufoin).

51/77/15. 5 July 1977 - 22:30 - Sketchley Hill Estate, Burbage, Leicestershire, UK - 2 yellow, elliptical slow moving bright lights - changed direction and shape - sped away. Witness stated: “Whilst looking out of my bedroom window, facing due south on a clear night, at precisely 10.30 p.m. I noticed two bright yellow-white lights come into view. They were travelling in an east to west direction, very slowly at first, almost to a stop. I estimate the distance at this point to be about 2 miles. After nearly stopping they changed direction and travelled in a westerly direction at extreme speed. The two circular lights appeared to change shape on moving away, to an elliptical shape. Their height I would estimate to have been at between 1,500 - 2,000 feet. The night must be noted for its absolute clarity, there was no cloud, or noticeable stars or Moon light, and no air traffic at all. And no sound was noted.” (UN-NL). (Wallace). *See Item 16: Press Report Log - 1965-1977. (See also UFODNA data 5 July 1977 22:20 - Irlam, UK). (lufoin).

51/77/16. 17 July 1977 - 23:30 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A bright star-like aerial light that crossed the sky. (Moloney). (Evaluation Code PE-4A). (lufoin).

51/77/17. 21 July 1977 - 23:15 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - Two bright flashing lights in the sky that resembled conventional aircraft lighting. (DE-1B). Explanation: Aircraft. (lufoin).

51/77/20. 2 August 1977 - 00:30 - Sketchley Hill Estate, Burbage, Leicestershire, UK - A triangular object with 3 white static lights was observed in the sky by male witness. Witness stated: “I noticed an object in the sky which did not seem in my opinion to be an aircraft. It seemed to be flying quite low, but high enough to pass behind clouds. It had three white lights that shone continuously. These lights gave a reflection of the underneath of this object. I watched this for approximately 1 and a half minutes, before it went out of sight.” (IN -Med). (Hood). (lufoin).

51/77/21. 4 August 1977 - 04:50 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - An unusual object in the sky was observed - hovered. (IN-NL). (lufoin).

object with a tail was observed for 5 seconds. (PE - 7B). Probable meteor. (lufoin).

51/77/26. 25 August 1977 - 22:15 - Southfield Rd., Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - An unidentified spinning object in the sky was observed. (IN-Med). (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).

51/78/06. 14 January 1978 - 20:00 - Ashby Road, Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - Triangular object, hovered - coloured lights seen by female witness - orange, green/blue and red. ‘Swishing sound’ when object moved off. Witness stated: “I was driving from Stapleton towards Ashby Road, Hinckley, when I noticed a triangular object in the sky. We stopped the car for a closer look, and watched the object hovering above. There were three lights visible, red, orange and green. After a minute or so, the object seemed to glow and left at enormous speed westerly, towards Leicester Road, making a swishing sound as it gathered speed. It then re-appeared over the Ashby Road about one minute later.” (UN-Med).

51/78/10. 24 January 1978 - 18:35 - Sketchley Hill Estate, Burbage, Leicestershire, UK - A flare-like aerial object was observed by a married couple. Witness (A) stated: “My Wife and I were driving along the road when she pointed to something in the sky. We were in Higham Way, Sketchley Hill Estate, Burbage, it was around 6.35 p.m. This particular part of the estate is high up and it was a clear evening. My Wife’s attention was attracted to what looked like a flare, and was in the direction of Birmingham, making it roughly south-west. This flare, or UFO, was falling in an arc, but instead of burning out like a flare or shooting star would do, it remained the same size and brightness. The (white) object then stopped still in the sky for a few seconds, then it moved slowly away at right angles and disappeared. There wasn’t a sound from the object all the time we had it in view. I remember stopping the car engine to specifically listen for aircraft engine noise but heard nothing.” (UN-Med).

Witness (B) stated: “We had just come back from the chip shop and we walked up the road and saw something in the sky. So I went and got the binoculars and came back out. We looked over the college playing field at the object. It was rocking and changing colour. It went from side to side then went over the horizon and towards Leicester Road.” (UN-Med).

51/78/15. 24 January 1978 - 19:30 - A47 Leicester Road, Hinckley Leicestershire, UK - A bright orange light in the sky was observed by a male witness. Witness stated: “As I was travelling from Sapcote to Barwell I noticed . It seemed to hover over Barwell then go towards Leicester, then come back. It turned sideways to show a blue light as well as the orange one, then back to orange only. I could see it until I went indoors at Barwell.” (UN-Med).

51/78/18. 24 January 1978 - 19:35 - Brookside, Sketchley Hill Estate, Burbage, Leicestershire, UK - 15 year-old Miss Linda ‘C’, also a resident of Brookside, Sketchley Hill Estate, Burbage, was walking along Brookside with her boyfriend at approximately 7.35 p.m., when she saw a bright white light in the sky slowly approaching her vantage point at a low altitude. The light came from the north-west, and when it reached a point almost directly overhead, it stopped and abruptly changed colour to red. After a few seconds, and still in a stationary position, the light changed colour again, this time to a very bright bluish-green. Then, as Miss ‘C’ and her boyfriend continued to watch, they saw two additional lights of the same brightness as the first suddenly appear at the rear and to either side of the original light, thus forming an overall triangular shape. These additional lights were coloured white and red respectively, and, as with the first, were non-flashing. After remaining stationary for a further three minutes, the lights suddenly started to move slowly away in a new direction towards the north-west and in the direction of Burbage Common, approximately one mile distant. The lights were lost to view as they moved into the distance, and finally appeared to vanish suddenly at the last moment of observation. The total duration of the sighting was estimated to have been at least 5-6 minutes, during which time neither witness heard any sound being emitted by the said lights. Witness (A) stated: “My boyfriend and I were walking through to Park Road from Brookside, Burbage, when we saw a large white light in the sky. It was first seen over the Park Road crescent, it came across the sky in a diagonal and changed from white to red, then to green, then back to red. It then hovered, but there was no noise. It then started off again a bit faster in a diagonal across the sky. We then followed it into Queen’s park and then it just disappeared heading towards Burbage Common.” (UN-Med).

51/78/20. 24 January 19:55 - Brookside, Sketchley Hill Estate, Burbage, Leicestershire, UK - 20 years-old Miss Jane ‘M‘, sighted a glowing, red aerial phenomenon whilst she was waiting at a bus stop. Witness stated: “I was standing at the bus-stop along Brookside, which is situated at the bottom of Featherstone Drive, at approximately 7.55 p.m., when I saw a fairly large red light moving across the sky. It was travelling at a rather fast speed. It moved across the sky and disappeared behind some houses. A few seconds later it moved back along the same path. Again it returned, making several trips back and forth across the Brookside road before moving off towards Burbage Common. It was all red and seemed to be very low in the sky.” (UN-Med).

51/78/21. 24 January 1978 - 19:55 A47 Leicester Road, Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - Three female occupants of a car travelling along Leicester Road, Hinckley, observed strange aerial objects on the date in question. They were 43 years-old Mrs Eveline P, 46 years-old Mrs. Nancy S. , and 31 years old Mrs. ‘C’. Witness (A) stated: “Travelling in a car down Netherly Road with my two Friends, I saw a bright white light going at a very fast speed, I thought it might be a shooting star, it disappeared behind the trees. As we approached Leicester Road I saw a bright red glowing light which appeared to be hovering at first, I took it to be a pylon light. As we approached, the white light disappeared and the red light followed us around the corner onto Elmsthorpe Lane. It kept on the left hand side of the car , in fact, it seemed to be travelling at the same speed as the car. We all began to feel very frightened, but stopped the car so that the driver could get a better view. To our amazement, the object stopped too. We were so frightened, we drove away immediately. The object disappeared behind a house. The red object seemed to be observing us.”

Witness (C) stated: “I was travelling with two other people in the car. The passenger in the front seat asked if it was a plane she could see in the sky with its tail lights flashing. At first we thought it was, but remarked on the round-about course it was taking, the speed it was travelling, and the way it was going up and down. We concluded that it couldn’t be a plane. The driver of the car then asked what the red light on the left hand side was (the other light had been on the right). At first I said it was a pylon, but then realised it was much too high. As I turned back to look at the other light so it stopped, and the red light started to move. We had treated the first light as something of a joke, but when the red light appeared to be moving in the same direction we began to wonder. The red light was also travelling at great speed, and appeared to drop down and hover round in a circle, rise and move on to once again appear opposite the car. On one occasion it appeared to be so close that I’m sure I could distinguish its shape. It appeared to be similar to pictures of ‘flying saucers’ that I had seen, and this made it all the more strange. It was glowing all around its perimeter. The driver had now decided that she was stopping the car to take a look, and, as the car stopped, so did the object. On proceeding, the light did not follow.” (UN-Med).

51/78/43. 12 March 1978 - 21:45 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A large pulsating reddish-pink light in the sky. Followed until disappeared. - No sound. Possible aircraft. (Evaluation Code PE-1A). *See Item 4: Press Report Log 1978.

5178/53. 22 April 1978 - Dusk - Burbage Common, Leicestershire, UK - A lone female witness claimed to have seen a ‘Big-foot’ - type creature at edge of woods. (Non-UFO event) Witness stated: “It was about dusk and I was, as was my frequent habit, exercising my dog on some grassy fields near Burbage Woods on the date in question. The woods spill over into part of the nearest field in the form of small bushes and trees, the actual fence separating the field proper from the wood running through or inside this obtruding patch of scrubby growth. My dog and I were passing within 35 feet of this bushy area when I happened to notice a hairy creature, light brown in colour, but otherwise rather manlike, and about 6 feet tall, standing amid these bushes and saplings. It was quite still, but seemed to be staring at me and the dog. The dog however, seemed to be unaware of it. Suddenly, with a very quick movement, it turned and trundled off into the wood with a fast shambling action. It quickly vanished from sight. It made no noise. I was not frightened at the time, and the sighting only took about 45 seconds, but was scared afterwards, and hurried home as fast as I could go. I have not returned to that field, and now take my dog on a different exercise route nearer roads and houses.” (Contact UK files).

51/78/54. 23 April 1978 - 21:30 - Sketchley Hill Estate, Burbage, Leicestershire, UK - A moving aerial object was observed from outside witness’s house. He had been called out by his son’s friend, to observe the object. Apparently ,the first sighting had been of the object going over house. Therefore, it appeared that the object had ‘doubled back’ over the house. It was visible now for about three minutes, during which time witness had a good view of it. It appeared to be triangular, and to consist of rotating red, green blue and white lights, and was apparently silent. (UN-Med). (Dagley).

51/78/90-92. 26 August 1978 - 16:45 - Burbage Common, Leicestershire, UK - Several sets of witnesses observed an illuminated, white and orange oval aerial object which hovered over the area for over a hour before shooting towards and lowering into woods. - No traces found after 2 hour ground search by investigators. (UN-Med). (Expanded).

51/78/90. 26 August 1978 - 16:45 - Leicester Road, Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A stationary illuminated oval-shaped object was observed hovering in the sky by a married couple. (UN-Med).

51/78/91. 26 August 1978 - 17:00 - Laneside Drive, Leicester Road, Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A stationary illuminated orange ball was observed in the sky. - Witness stated: “At 5.00 p.m. on this particular Saturday, I was walking down Zealand Close on the Stonygate Estate, Hinckley, towards Laneside Drive, when I noticed an extremely large object just above the houses in Laneside Drive. The object appeared as an extremely bright orange, flattened ball-shape, with an hazy outline. This object seemed to be totally illuminated. The oval was in view for approximately one minute, and had disappeared by the time I had walked around the corner into Laneside Drive. Four people were also standing at the Barwell end of Laneside Drive looking up into the sky.” (UN-Med).

51/78/92. 26 August 1978 - 18:00 - Burbage Common, Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A stationary silver ball-shaped object was observed by 3 female teenage witnesses over woods - object ‘shot towards the ground’ and vanished amongst trees. (UN-Med). *See Items 12 and 13: Press Report Log 1978.

51/78/93. 30 August 1978 - 07:45 - Burbage Common, Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK. - Married couple observed two, large ‘bird-like’ objects hovering above woods. Witness (A) stated: “My wife and I were travelling along the A5070 between Sapcote and Hinckley. We were approximately 400 yards from the junction when we spotted two objects in the sky. They were silver/grey in colour and did not seem to be moving. We observed them for approximately three minutes as we drove along. They seemed to be long and curved in shape and at first my wife got the impression that the objects were big birds of some kind, but on closer inspection we ruled out that they could be birds. The objects did not appear to be making any noise as we drove away from them. I estimated later that they appeared to be hovering at an angle of approximately 45 degrees above the horizon, and their size would be equal to a one pence piece held at arm’s length.” (UN-Med). (Jackson).

51/78/115.1 October 1978 - 22:15 Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A large, brightly lit cigar-shaped object low in the sky was observed by several independent witnesses. Object totally silent. Witness (A) of 2 stated: “On Sunday, October 1^st., 1978, I was with a friend taking a break outside Bennett Brothers, Southfield Road, It was approximately 10.30 p.m. We noticed in the sky to our left, (N.E.), a bright white light. It appeared to consist of two white lights close together. We watched it pass by in front of us from left to right. During the observation, which lasted for a few minutes, we noticed that there was no noise associated with the object. We finally saw the light disappear on the horizon, travelling towards Nuneaton - (S.W.).” (UN-Med).

Witness (B) of 2 stated: “My workmate and I were standing at the gate of our factory having a break, at between 10.30 p.m. and 11.30 p.m., when we observed two large lights travelling towards us, from over Burbage. And flying towards Nuneaton. We thought it strange as there were no aircraft navigation lights on the object, and also there seemed to be smaller pinpoint lights above it, which could have been lights from inside. It was travelling at about the speed of an old type piston biplane, e.g. a Tiger Moth , rather slowly. There was no noise at all, and no shape to be observed against the night sky.” (UN-Med).

Witness (C) of 2 stated: (Clarendon Road, Hinckley) “My Husband and I arrived home after visiting my parents - we parked the car outside the house. As we opened the front gate, I looked at the sky and commented on how clear it was. As we observed the stars, I noticed an object moving steadily across the night sky - it seemed very high and made no sound - it looked like two lights very close together or two small stars close together - there was no particular shape or outline to the object. It travelled in a straight line in a north-westerly direction, and continued out of my sight over the rooftops.” (UN-Med). (Expanded).

51/78/125. 23 October 1978 - 17:00 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A black kite-shaped object was observed in the sky - followed by 5 ball-shaped smaller objects - daylight - silent. A female witness was walking in Radmore Road when she saw a black kite-shaped object in the sky at a 45 degree elevation. At the rear of the object were what appeared to be red ball-shaped objects in a line which gave off light. The whole thing was sharply defined and had the apparent size of a 2p piece held at arm’s length. There was no sound as the object travelled quickly towards the north. (UN-Med).

　51/77/78/126-193. 23 October 1978.- 18:00 onwards - Many areas in Leicestershire and Warwickshire, UK - A silent, large triangular object was observed over the region by over 200 known witnesses - 62 left statements (See selected statements below) - movie film obtained by Burbage witness. (Also Expanded - See 'The Case Of The Silent Vulcan'). *Additionally, see Items 19 to 22: Press Report Log 1978. (Evaluation Code (UN): - Med).

51/77/78/126. 23 October 1978 - 18:00 - A447 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A silent, large triangular object was observed. Witness stated: “I was coming along Ashby Road in my car at about 6p.m.. on Monday night. I was leaving the Cadeby turn when I saw travelling towards me. Their outline was delta shaped. I went along for about another 500 yards looking up into the sky. I was so interested that I stopped the car in a lay by to get out for a better look. I stared at it for a while then it disappeared faster than the eye could see. In fact it disappeared so fast that I wondered if I had imagined it, although I knew I hadn’t.” (UN-Med).

51/77/78/129. 23 October 1978 - 18:30 - Burbage, Leicestershire, UK - A silent, large triangular object was observed. Witness stated: “We were walking down my friends house when I saw the lights in the sky. First of all it went up and down, then from side to side and one of my friends ran in to get a camera. We watched it move off at a fast rate, a lot faster than any plane I’ve seen. As it went there was a blue light underneath. When my friend came out again it was gone. It wasn’t dark but just going dark. It was about 6.30 p.m on the corner of Greenmoor Road.” (UN-Med).

51/77/78/136. 23 October 1978 - 18:40 - Burbage, Leicestershire, UK - Bright white lights were observed in the sky. Witness stated: “I saw bright white lights, one either side of the object and two smaller lights that could have been red. It was night time but I definitely got the impression of a large triangle.” (UN-Med).

51/77/78/137. 23 October 1978 - 18:40 - Burbage, Leicestershire, UK - A silent, large triangular object was observed. Witness stated: “Being ex-RAF I would have said that the object was a Vulcan Bomber flying south to north on the flight path used by East Midlands airport. However, the object was stationery in sight for approximately three minutes. Imagine a Vulcan bomber with bright lights on each wing tip and two very bright landing lights in the centre. It then moved towards us and overhead gather speed. When overhead I could see what looked like a red navigation light in the centre and another white light where the tailplane would be. THERE WAS NO NOISE! - I rushed to the front of our bungalow, (taking a few seconds), but it had completely vanished.” Second Statement made June, 1981 - Witness stated: “Firstly, I am ex RAF and still an active member of the Duxford Aviation Society restoring aircraft. The night in question I was looking out of my kitchen window after dark when I saw these three lights, (I add at this point that we are the flight path for East Midlands airport) that I thought was another aircraft coming over. However, a short time after I noticed the lights were still there, so I went straight outside. At first I thought it to be a VULCAN AIRCRAFT (emphasis by witness) and realised that the lights were stationary. (No shape was visible but I could imagine it to be a Vulcan). I must have watched for two minutes and then rushed to get my binoculars out of the car which was close to hand. Before I had time to focus, the lights suddenly moved forwards at speed in a northerly direction without noise. The houses then hid it from view. I assure you that there was NO NOISE, and a Harrier Jet could not clear the distance from HOVER TO SPEED in the time and without noise. I often think of this and keep looking out but cannot find a single solution.” (UN-Med).

　51/77/78/153. 23 October 1978 - 18:45 - Hastings High School, Burbage, Leicestershire, UK - A silent, large triangular object was observed by several witnesses. Witness (A) stated: “I left the school around 6.45 p.m., on Monday, 23^rd., October, 1978. I walked towards our house which is in the grounds, my two grandchildren came to meet me. As we walked up the side of the house, in front of us in the sky was a reddish-orange light. We watched it for a few minutes then I called my Husband and Sons out of the house to look at it. We watched it for about five minutes, then I went across to the school to ask the Deputy Headmaster, (who gives lessons in astronomy), I thought that if it was a star he would be able to explain it. He was talking to the headmaster and I asked him if he would come outside and have a look. When we got outside and looked towards where the light had been, it had gone. On looking down the field due south, we could see three bright lights coming towards us. My youngest Son came over to us asked Mr. Goodman what it was. He didn’t know. It then came nearer to us and it looked to me, head on, very much the shape of a Vulcan bomber, or a half circle. As it went right over us, it looked to have a dull, red light underneath it. We thought it was a plane, but as it went over, there was no sound whatsoever, also, there were no navigation lights on it. As we turned around to look at it, but it was completely black at the back and we could see nothing. It was travelling south to north but not on a flight path. After we got back in the house we rang LUFOIN at Leicester to report it. After talking about it and saying that it looked from the front very much like a V. Bomber, I rang up Bitteswell where the V. Bomber that comes over is stationed, and asked them if it had been up in the last hour and a half and they said no, if it had, we definitely would have heard it.” Second Statement made June, 1981 - Witness (A) stated: “When the object was seen, it was stationary, and was like a star but was an orange - red colour. This first drew my attention to it. As we walked up the side of the house, in front of us in the sky was a reddish-orange light. I went to fetch the school Headmaster. When we looked towards where the light had been, it had gone. Then, on looking down the field due south, we could see three bright lights coming towards us.” (UN-Med).

51/77/78/154. 23 October 1978 - 18:45 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A silent, large triangular object was observed by several young witnesses. On behalf of witnesses it was stated by one of their Fathers: “On Monday, 23^rd., October, 1978, at approximately 7. 07 p.m., my Son Mark, aged 8 years, ran into the house with three friends, to tell me he had just seen a UFO. I must admit to taking little notice at the time, however, I noticed a report of a sighting in the Tuesday edition of the Nuneaton Evening Tribune, and that evening, I questioned Mark further. Whilst I was talking to him, two of his friends, Lee and Paul ‘B’, called for him to play outside. My Wife asked them in, and before they, or Mark, had time to discuss the matter together, we separated them and asked them to draw what they had seen in the sky on the previous evening. That same evening, I asked John ‘M’, to also make a drawing, and this he did, in his own home, and without having seen the other children or their drawings. I appreciate that the said drawings may include some imagination, but what struck me was the similarity, particularly as Mark made two drawings, which co-ordinated with both Lee and Paul’s on the one hand, and John’s on the other.” (UN-Med).

51/77/78/155. 23 October 1978 - 18:45 - Burbage, Leicestershire, UK - Two bright lights in the sky were observed. Witness stated: “I was sitting at home when I noticed a bright light. First I thought it was a firework, but it got brighter and nearer. I then went outside and as it got nearer I could see that it wasn’t one bright light, but two lights similar to two powerful car headlights. Because of the intensity of the lights I was unable to make out any clear shape. It wasn’t making any noise at all. After watching it for about a minute or so I then went in home and thought nothing more about it until I read the Hinckley Times on Friday.” (UN-Med).

51/79/21. April 1979 - evening - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - a globular light that had the ability to hover - stopped above sewerage farm - moved off towards Nuneaton - observed again on unspecified date repeating same actions. (IN-NL). (Phillips). (lufoin).

51/79/22. 2 April 1979 - 09:10 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A ‘bullet’-shaped craft - buzzing noise. (IN-Med). (lufoin).

51/79/31. 29 July 1979 - 16-15 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - 2 black cone-shaped objects were witnessed in daylight by married couple and their son - hovered, then fast movements observed - objects “fell” with a falling leaf motion, shot into the sky and disappeared. (UN-Med). (Expanded - Report By G. Hall). (lufoin).

51/79/51. 2 November 1979 - 17:15 - Wykin Village, Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - An unusual aerial object, shaped like a cross, was observed descending into a field - object described as having 1 central red light, 4 blue lights - landed in field next to young teenage witness - object described as ‘melting’ into ground - hearing loss was experienced - physical traces included higher than normal radiation readings in immediate landing area. Witness stated: “I was just on my way home from Spring Hill Farm when everything went dead quiet - I could not hear the rattle of my bike, nor the wind in the trees - it was then that I saw a large, flying object - it was four large poles joined in the middle with blue lights around the outside, and a red light in the centre. It came down in an arc, and landed in the corner of a field - it stayed there for around three seconds, and it melted, running off the higher parts of the plough and disappeared under ground. Then the sound went back to normal and I carried on peddling - I turned round further down the road, but saw nothing.” (UN-CE). (Asher). (Expanded - Report By G. Hall). Also: See also Item 2: Press Report Log - 1979 -1992. (lufoin).

51/79/52. 5 November 1979 -18:45 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A bright globular aerial light in the sky was reported. (PE-1A). (lufoin).

51/79/53.17 December 1979 - 17:45 - Wykin Village, Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - Housewife and children in the village observed a triangular object “fall” out of the sky - 2 bright red lights at front - several smaller red/blue lights on edges - totally silent hover - moved off slowly. (UN-Med).(Allan). (lufoin).

51/80/13. 5 May 1980 - 23:50 - Brookside, Parsons Lane, Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A triangular object was observed - 3 red lights - loud humming noise. Witness stated: “At about 11.50 p.m., on Monday, May 5^th., 1980, I heard a very loud, and unusual noise. I thought that something was happening on the nearby railway line between Leicester and Nuneaton. This noise started as a low hum, and then increased in volume to a high pitched whine. I looked out of the upstairs bedroom window towards the railway, and I saw a triangular shape in the sky, with three big bright lights on it, two of which were red, and the other, orange. The object was going away from me. The shape of the object was visible to me for about 15 seconds. I called my Mother who came into the room, but by this time, she was only able to see the lights. The following morning, several other people said that they also heard the unusual noise at exactly the same time, but nobody else looked out to see what it was. A near neighbour remarked that the sound resembled a large, passenger jet aircraft, about to take off.” (UN-Med). (Burscough). (lufoin).

51/80/23. 24 July 1980 - 20:34 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - Multi-sightings of a bright oval or cigar-shaped aerial object at low altitude were reported - pink light in centre described - vanished suddenly. (IN-Med). (lufoin).

51/80/24. 24 July 1980 - 21:34 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A white light in the sky of extreme brilliance was reported - daylight observation. .(PE-1A). (Hall). (lufoin).

51/80/27. 28 July 1980 - 18:06 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK -A red and green revolving kite-shaped flying object was observed in daylight at low level - object disappeared behind houses. (UN-Hi). (Expanded - Report By G.Hall). (lufoin).

51/80/29. 21 August 1980 - 21:10 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - white hovering globular aerial light - moved off - flashed red.(PE-1A). (lufoin).

51/80/31. 6 September 1980 - 20:15 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A white light with a red halo was observed - passed over houses and vanished. (IN-NL). (lufoin).

51/80/37. 18 November 1980 - 17:55 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A globular nocturnal aerial light was reported. (IN-NL). (lufoin).

51/81/22. 22 March 1981 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - Nocturnal lights were reported. (IN-NL). (Jones). (lufoin).

51/81/01. 22 March 1981 - 18:55 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A bright white globular light in the sky. (IN-NL). (lufoin).

51/81/04. 17 April 1981 - 22:15 -Stoke Golding, Leicestershire, UK - A large diamond-shaped object with red and white lights was observed in the sky - ‘burring’ sound. Witness (A) stated: “As we were getting into our car in Stoke Golding, my two lady passengers spotted a large bright white light in the sky in the general direction of Hinckley. It was still for a few seconds and then started to move in a different direction in a type of ‘zigzag‘ movement. As we were driving towards Hinckley, the large light disappeared and then what appeared to be lots of smaller lights started to come in our direction. As it slowly came nearer and moved directly above us we could see that the string of small lights were a side elevation, and that there were similar lights on the other side of the object. It was as it came over us that I stopped the car, turned off the engine, got out of the car and watched it go over us. The object was very large and making a burring sound, and moving very slowly. All the lights were constant and not flashing or varying their brightness in any way.” (IN -Med). (Thompson). (lufoin).

51/81/06. 26 July 1981 - 22:30 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A bright ball of light was observed in the sky by young married couple. Witness (A) stated: “I was looking from my bedroom window when I saw a bright white light move across the sky - I then went for my binoculars - when I returned, the light had turned bright red and was spinning fast - My Wife and I watched this for about ¾ of a hour. The light slowly moved off and disappeared.” (IN-NL). (Stevens). (lufoin).

51/81/07. 30 July 1981 - 22:35 - Burbage, Leicestershire, UK - A yellow-green comet-shaped object was observed in the sky. (DE-7B). (Freestone). (lufoin).

51/81/10. 16 August 1981 - 21:35 - Sketchley Hill Estate, Burbage, UK - 4 very bright slow moving white lights in the sky were reported - no sound. Witness stated: “I was a passenger in my girlfriend’s car on the said evening when she pointed out something in the sky. (I hadn’t seen the object at this point). We were travelling along Higham Way, towards Forresters Road. We drove on to the junction with Sharpless Road, and there we stopped the car. We then both observed a craft of some sort travelling slowly across the sky. It had 4 or 5 very bright lights along the side. Looking at it, we were in no doubt that it wasn’t a plane or something natural, we looked for other people to show them, but there was no-one about. We also discussed following it, which indicates the length of time it was visible and how close it was to us. We realise that it could have been an aircraft landing at Castle Donnington, but would swear that this is out of the question, also we heard no engine noise whatsoever, and no flashing lights.” (IN-NL). (Simpkin). (lufoin).

51/81/11. 17 August 1981 - Dusk -Sapcote Road/Burbage Common, Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A balloon-like object was observed over the area for over half a hour. Witness stated: “It was just getting dusk and I was at the kitchen sink of my home in Sapcote Road, Burbage. On looking out of the window approximately south-east, I saw a dark, oval-shaped object in the sky that I first took to be a balloon, but I could not see a basket at the bottom. I was washing pots at the time, and kept checking this object. Then suddenly, where it was, a large area of flame appeared, this lasted for enough time to be really noticed and was quite a sight. The flame then began to reduce, and became a single point of light, like a bright star. It was stationary for a few minutes, then it began to move quickly upwards and went towards the east. I kept it in sight and it turned north and then east back towards Hinckley. I couldn’t understand why the object, if it was wind-borne, kept changing direction. There was no wind. I lost it from view when it went over Sapcote Road. It appeared as if the light was at the front of an object shaped like a round, cake tin. (see drawing). I was the only one in the house, and was impressed by this sighting, and believe that it was something odd.” (PE-5C). (Briers). *See Item 8: Press Report Log - 1979 -1992 . (lufoin).

51/81/15. 3 September 1981 - 21:15 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A bright white light with beams was observed in the sky for 30 seconds. (IN-NL). (Berry) (lufoin).

51/82/04. 21 February 1982 - 05:30 - Burbage Common, Leicestershire, UK - A green flare-like aerial object - followed witness’s car - lighting system effected - vanished suddenly. Witness stated: “I first saw the object through my rear-view mirror and thought for a moment that it was the lights of another car behind me. It was just one big ball of brilliant light of a greenish colour. My car headlights began to dim, which was strange as I had only just charged the battery. The object seemed to hover for a short time above Husher House on the Burbage Common, and then move off again slowly until it had just passed the farm. Then, all of a sudden, without a sound, there was a blinding flash and it was gone. The sighting lasted a total of 5 minutes.” (UN-NL) (Woodhouse). (lufoin).

51/82/08. 11 September 1982 - 19:25 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A dark round object was observed circling low in the sky - moved off. (IN-Med). (Hall). (lufoin).

51/83/02. 5 September 1983 - 02:00 - Burbage Common, Leicestershire, UK - A single male witness observed a total of 5 bright lights - 4 were at ground level, and 1 in the sky. Ground level lights white and illuminating area - aerial light green and circling above - Sky “glowed” - sudden disappearance. - Ground search negative. (PE-8L-3C). (Bolesworth). Possible moth traps/retina image/astronomical. (lufoin).(*See: Full Investigation Report By G. Hall and C. Potter).

51/84/01. 6 July 1984 - 21:45 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A structured low-level daylight disc, size of a family car, was observed flying on its edge at very close range by whole family (5 persons) - blue and silver metallic with black patches around circumference - no sound - rooftop height - after straight trajectory, object began circling above satellite dish owned by local gas grid (Transco) offices - eventually ‘dropped’ out of sky towards the ground with a “falling leaf” motion - disappeared behind trees - unusual ground marks and coloured residue discovered. (UN-CE). (Expanded - Report By G. Hall/C. Potter). (lufoin).

51/85/01. 27 September 1985 - Evening - Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, UK - 4 white lights in the sky were reportedly observed by 2 police officers - low height - red light underneath - no sound. (IN-NL). (lufoin).

51/86/01. 17 October 1986 - 13:30 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A daylight aerial object was observed - flashed green/yellow - illuminated immediately surrounding white clouds with yellow glow. (IN-Med) (Hall) (lufoin).

51/87/01. 8 May 1987 - 17:30 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A silent object was observed at just below tree-top height, - 2 feet long - resembled a “fish” in shape - coloured grey - green - red - flew slowly against strong wind into distance. (IN - Hi). (Hall). (lufoin).

51/87/03. 18 November 1987 - 20:40 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A large diamond-shaped object was observed in the sky. (IN-Med). (Chamberlain). *See Item 9: Press Report Log - 1979 -1992 . (lufoin).

51/89/03. 15 August 1989 - 21:15 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - In daylight - a black ‘bow-tie’ - shaped aerial object at low level - ‘fell’ out of sky above female witness - accelerated away in a straight line - speed increased in ‘jump-like’ motion final stage also witnessed by Husband. (Identical flight path to object involved in case: 51-84-01).(UN-Med). (lufoin).

51/89/04. 19 August 1989 - 23:30 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - Two bright lights in the sky were observed close together in vertical formation - flew slowly up then turned left and sped away. (IN-NL). (lufoin).

51/91/01. 15 July 1991 - 15:15 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - An elongated silver, oval aerial object was reported - daylight - no sound. (PE-1B).(Hall). (lufoin).

51/91/02. Late July 1991 - 15:15 - Sketchley Hill Estate, Burbage, Leicestershire, UK - A large, globular white object was observed in the sky lone male witness - no sound - flew low and level for a time before performing an exact 90 degree turn above Sketchley Hill - object then ascended away from witness at an angle - flew into distance towards the M69 - vanished. (IN-Med). (lufoin).

51/93/01. 21 September 1993 - 18:00 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A silver disc was observed in the sky that hovered for 10 minutes, and then vanished. (IFO-9). (lufoin).

51/93/02. October 1993 - Late evening - M69 Roundabout, Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A Dorset family observed two circles of lights - 40 feet and 100 feet that moved quickly over their car - followed car - local police involved quickly arranged an appointment with an hypnotist - under hypnosis, wife describes being taken on board a UFO by brown coloured humanoids with big hairless heads and eyes, with slits for mouths - later investigation revealed that the family had actually witnessed spot-lights from a nearby nightclub reflecting on clouds. (DE-8H). Explanation: spotlights/psychological. *See link: “Story Shock.”

51/93/03. 1 October 1993 - 19:23 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - 2 stationary brilliant aerial lights that later moved off. (IN-NL). (lufoin).

51/93/04. 3 December 1993 - 13:10 - Burbage Common, Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - Family observed a long, “fish-like” - grey and red object hovering low above electricity pylons - no sound - 15 minutes duration. (PE-5E). Possible blimp. (lufoin).

51/94/02. 23 March 1994 - 21:55 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A circle of red lights - 1 central white light - no sound - tree-top height. (IN-NL). (lufoin).

51/94/07. 4 April 1994 -21:30 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - Aerial light - Hovered. (IN-NL). (lufoin).

51/94/08. 5 April 1994 - 21:30 - Burbage, Leicestershire, UK - 2 aerial lights were reported that reversed direction. Witness (A) stated: “My family and I were travelling by car along the A5 road, approaching Smockington Hollow. A very bright light was seen in the sky to the left of us over the fields. We all thought it was a helicopter with its searchlights on . It then came directly overhead - Two other lights could be seen, one red and the other one white, with the larger bright one in the centre. We opened our windows and there was no sound at all. It then went in the direction it had come from.” (IN-NL). (lufoin).

Witness (B) stated: “I observed, along with my two Sons, from our loft-room window, an aircraft-like object over the Burbage area - a bright flashing white light was seen first - I fetched my binoculars and could see a static red light, together with a static blue light and a dimmer white light. The object stopped and hovered for at least 2 minutes, and at one point, the blue light started to flash. I began to take video footage of the object, and obtained a few seconds of the white flashing strobe-like light. The object then moved off at a fast rate - there wasn’t a sound - the lights all appeared to glow.” (PE-2B). Possible explanation: police helicopter . (lufoin).

51/94/11. 24 June 1994 -18:30 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A silver, metallic aerial object was reported that rose into the sky and sped away. (IN-Med).(Hall). (lufoin).

51/94/15. 28 October 1994 - 13:15 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - Male witness observed 3 helicopters in formation low in the sky - noticed 2 ball-shaped objects nearby moving in opposite direction - ‘swirling’ falling motion witnessed - disappeared into distance. (UN-Med). (Expanded - Report By G. Hall). (lufoin).

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51/95/01. January 1995 - 19:30 - Burbage, Leicestershire, UK - 4 bright white lights were reported that slowly and silently crossed the sky. (PE-1B). (Goode). (lufoin).

51/95/02. 26 January 1995 - 18-35 - Hinckley Railway Station, Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - Several bright lights were observed rising into the sky from a glowing dome-shaped near- grounded object - buzzing sound heard. (UN-Hi). (Expanded - Report By J.Lord/G.Hall). (lufoin).

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51/95/10. 3 November 1995 - 22:15 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A hovering saucer with beam below was reported by two female witnesses. Witness (A) stated: “I was returning home by car, and on turning into Wendover Drive, Hinckley, my friend who was driving, noticed a bright light above the rooftops. We stopped and watched for about five minutes - The bright light seemed to form the front of whatever craft it was, in about four sections. There was a strong shaft of light coming from the underside, straight downwards. There were none of the usual aircraft lights flashing, and on opening the car windows, no sound could be heard either. After a few minutes, the craft moved off in a south-easterly direction extremely fast - again, there was no audible noise.” (IN-Med). (Hooper). (lufoin).

51/96/01. Mid-June 1996 - 23:30 - Burbage, Leicestershire, UK - 3 stationary bright aerial lights were reported. (IN-NL).(Mamon). (lufoin).

51/96/02. 17 June 1996 - 23:30 - Sketchley Hill Estate, Burbage, Leicestershire, UK - 3 very bright lights were observed crossing the sky by single, female witness. Witness stated: “It was 11.30 p.m., on Monday, June 17^th., 1996, when I saw what I first thought was a very low aircraft above the rooftops of a row of houses. I slowed my vehicle to a halt because I was aware that the object was in fact, stationary. It was very large. I had the car windows open and realised that there was no sound at all. I looked through the windscreen and saw that there were three very, very, bright white lights, on the bottom of a circular object. At this point, I tried to think of any aircraft that I knew of that could hover above the rooftops of the houses, that did not make any sound., and also look that big. Then I was afraid, and I knew that it was something that did not feel quite right. After a few minutes, it sped away towards the M69 motorway making only a faint whooshing sound.” (IN-NL). (lufoin).

51/96/04. 2 July 1996 - 22:00 - John Cleveland College, Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - Unusual aerial lights were observed over the area. (Lodge). (UN-NL).(51-96-04-51-96-05. Expanded - Report By G.Hall). (lufoin).

51/96/05. 2 July 1996 - 23:00 - Burbage, Leicestershire, UK - Many small coloured lights, red, green, orange and white, were observed at ground level - pattern appeared outside lower bedroom window - invalid male witness. (UN-CE). (Jonas). (51-96-04-51-96-05. Expanded - Report By G.Hall). (lufoin).

51/96/07. 11 July 1996 - 21:00 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A flat, white oblong-shaped aerial object with orange ‘plume’ at rear was reported. (IN-Med). (lufoin).

51/96/09. 30 July 1996 - 21:45 - Burbage, Leicestershire, UK - A bright white light in the sky was reported. (IN-NL). (Charles). (lufoin).

　51/96/10. 18 August 1996 - 15:00 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - 2 black hovering oval-shaped aerial objects were observed on national sky watch day - video footage obtained. (DE-6A). Explanation; powered kites. (lufoin).

51/96/11. 28 August 1996 - 11:13 - Station Road, Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A black, square-shaped low-level aerial object was observed low over houses by single male witness in daylight. (UN-Hi). (Expanded - Report By G.Hall).*See also Item 6: Press Report Log - 1994-1996. (lufoin).

51/07/06. 13 September 2007 - 22:17 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A strange aerial object was observed in the sky. Witness stated: “I was travelling home from work when I saw a strange object in the sky which appeared static and very low and about the size of a large airplane. The wings of the craft were pointing forwards almost like a ‘V’ shape with coloured lights underneath. No sound could be heard but my windows were up so maybe it is feasible that I wouldn't have heard anything. It was slowly moving towards the M69.” (IN-Med). (ufoinfo).

　51/07/08. 3 November 2007 - Afternoon - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A silent, dark object was observed in the sky by lone male witness - changed direction - disappeared into distance. . (IN-Med). (The Hinckley Times).

　 51/07/09. 12 November 2007 - 05:43 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A silent object was observed in the sky that resembled an illuminated ‘flying man’ - object was photographed by witness as it moved off. (UN-Med). (Vike).

51/07/10. 17 November 2007 - 05:45 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A silent yellow/white globular light was observed crossing the sky at low height. (PE-4A). (lufoin).

　 51/08/06. 8 June 2008 - Daylight - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A stationary red and white revolving tube-shaped object was observed and photographed - in view 10 minutes before moving away. (IN-Med). (The Hinckley Times).

51/08/08. July 2008 - Afternoon - Burbage, Leicestershire, UK - An unusual aerial object was observed. Witness stated: ‘It was oblong in shape’ - shot off. (IN-Med). (Buckley). (The Hinckley Times).

51/08/10. 13 July 2008 - Time un-noted, but daylight. - Burbage, Leicestershire, UK - A brown, triangular craft was observed - climbed at 60 degrees. (IN-Med). (Lodge). (The Hinckley Times).

51/08/13. 28 July 2008 - 19:40 - Leicester Road, Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - An upside down rainbow was observed. Witness stated: “As I drove through Earl Shilton, I stopped at the lights in Wood Street when a strange cloud took my attention. It appeared electric blue and pink in colour. The traffic lights changed, and I continued out of Earl Shilton, and down towards the Marston Football Ground. (Leicester Road). I could not help seeing to my right, a very bright, and large, spectrum of light, like a rainbow, without the blue-green tones. It appeared like some celestial light with a white centre. I continued along Leicester Road, turning right onto Stoneygate Drive, where I pulled up to take photos with my mobile camera and I took three shots using the zoom facility.” (DE-7A). Explanation: Atmospheric phenomenon. *See Item 4: Press Report Log 2006-2012. (The Hinckley Times).

51/09/12. 5 March 2009 - 20:00 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - Morrison’s car-alarm incident. (Non-UFO Event). (The Hinckley Times).

51/09/14. 22 March 2009 - 23:50 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A slow moving orange globular light in the sky. (PE-5C). (Middleton). (lufoin).

51/09/16. 4 April 2009 - 21:00 - Burbage, Leicestershire, UK - A bright orange globe was observed in the sky. Witness stated: ‘‘I was driving home from a friend’s house, and as I turned into Azalea Drive, I saw a globe, about the size of a melon, drifting along above the rooftops, very low, no more than a mile high. It was filled with bright orange flames, travelling east, there was no sound.” (PE-5C). (lufoin).

51/09/51. 1 August 2009 - 22:30 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - “They were moving very slowly across the sky close together. They were bright red/orange fire looking.” (PE-5C). (uk-ufo).

51/09/60. 8 August 2009 - 22:10 - Burbage, Leicestershire, UK - 2 red lights in the sky were observed by married couple. Witness (A): stated: “My Wife and I witnessed what we first thought was a plane with a very bright red light at the front and a small red flashing light just behind (like a normal aircraft). It was heading from NE Hinckley towards SW/Coventry. The unusual thing was that the bright red light actually looked as if it was a fire; we were very concerned and followed the lights until they crossed rooftops, went to the front of our house but the thing had disappeared. No matter where we looked, we could not see it again.” (PE-5C). (uk-ufo).

51/09/60 (b). 8 August 2009 - 23:45 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - 3 red/orange orbs in the sky were observed. Witness stated: “We saw 3 red/orange orbs in the sky that looked very strange. They were equally spaced and in a diagonal line. We were looking SE from Outlands drive.They seemed to fade from the outside into the centre as we watched.” (PE-5C). (uk-ufo).

51/09/61. 10 August 2009 - 23:45 - Burbage, Leicestershire, UK - A nocturnal unidentified bright ball of white light was observed in the sky. Witness stated: - “Red light flicked on - took 5 minutes to rise into sky - then hovered for 2 minutes - shot off and disappeared in 10 seconds.” (PE-5C). (uk-ufo).

51/09/119. 27 November 2009 - 15:50 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A very bright, orange glowing ball in the sky was observed by 2 witnesses. Witness (A) stated: “Whilst on my way home from work, driving in Hinckley, Leicestershire, my friend and I spotted a large, very bright, orange glowing ball, moving towards a nearby airport, from our right to left, I assume East Midlands Airport. It was travelling fairly slowly towards the take off path, It was too large to be lights on a plane as it appeared only about 200-300ft in altitude, and we should have been able to see the rest of the plane, and there where no beacons at all. Our view was then blocked by the near trees, when we emerged, it had gone. What was now visible was a plane coming in the opposite direction, taking off, they had been on a collision course until it vanished. It was not a Chinese lantern, as it was far too bright.( I have seen one of those before, and have just examined more pictures of them to make sure). Note: The plane that was taking off appeared to be slightly further back (about 50-100ft ) and we could still see the whole fuselage in the evening light, so we should have been able to see the other plane in full.” (PE-5C). (uk-ufo).

　 51/10/03. 1 January 2010 - 00:02 - 01:00 - Burbage, Leicestershire, UK. Several bright orange aerial lights were observed. - Witness stated: “We went into our garden to try and film the bright orange UFOs that were flying over our village. We watched 26 fly over during a one hour period. They were all identical orange craft, and all going in the same direction, intelligent flight in formation. It looked like an invasion from a sci-fi movie. Clear sky, very bright Moon, only 4 stars out that I could see. No cloud, you could see for miles. We watched them for over a hour.” (PE-5C). (uk-ufo).

51/10/04. 1 January 2010 - 00:03 - Waveney Close, Burbage, Leicestershire, UK - Several bright orange aerial lights were observed. Witness stated: “We were in our garden looking up at the sky when all of a sudden I saw them over the Burbage area in the Coventry Road direction. They kept coming for about five minutes and they were orange fireballs and they stopped and completely disappeared.” (PE-5C). (Sperry). (lufoin).

51/10/07. 1 January 2010 - 00:10 - Elizabeth Road, Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - Witness stated: “I thought they were helicopters but they weren’t and I stood watching them for about 5 minutes. It was very odd and I even questioned my own sanity as they floated across the sky.“ (PE-5C). (Taylor). (lufoin).

51/10/26. 16 May 2010 - 21:20 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A shape-changing black aerial object - low height - disappeared behind trees.(PE-5C). (uk-ufo).

51/10/29. 23 May 2010 - 17:35 - Hinckley, UK - A slow moving white object was seen in daylight. - (PE-5C). Probable sky lantern. (lufoin).

51/10/37. 17 July 2010 - 19:00 - Wykin village, Hinckley, UK - An unidentified white round object in the sky on level trajectory - daylight - vanished. (IN-Med). (lufoin).

51/10/41. 30 August 2010 - 21:00 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - Bright star-like light in the sky - silent - joined by 4 flashing white objects similar size- moved off in formation. (IN-NL). (uk-ufo).

51/10/44. 8 September 2010 - 21:50 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A low-level multi-coloured nocturnal aerial light - moved very slowly - straight trajectory - 5 minutes duration - observed again 20 minutes later moving south. (PE-2B). Possible Police helicopter. (lufoin).

51/10/55. 3 October 2010 - 19:40 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - 3 bright static white lights in triangular formation - 1 red flashing light - extremely low level - slow progress - engine noise. (PE-1A). Possible aircraft. (lufoin).

51/10/59. 23 October 2010-- 20:30 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - 3 pulsating lights in the sky were observed. Witness stated: ’ “I Was drawing the bedroom curtains upstairs when I noticed 3 pulsating lights in the sky over in the distance. I stood and watched for a minute as they seemed to be moving in a very random fashion... I called my husband who was downstairs at the time to come and have a look. We both stood there in amazement as we watched a dozen or so more of these craft start appearing all across the sky. These objects were far away in the distance but we could clearly see that they had flashing lights in colours of red green blue and White. We watched these for about 40 minutes and they were nothing like we had ever seen... These things moved very fast and would disappear and re-appear in different parts of the sky in less than seconds. My husband is a sceptic, but he will even admit what we saw was no ordinary aircraft.” (IN-NL). (uk-ufo).

51/10/61. 30 October 2010 - 21:00 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A bright orange ball of light. (PE-5C). (uk-ufo).

51/11/06. 8 January 2011 - 19:45 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A star-like light in the sky was observed. Witness stated: “I also saw what everyone else saw whilst out walking my dog, I was transfixed but never saw it change colour. At first I thought it was a bright star but then it started moving across the sky very slowly.” (PE-1D). (uk-ufo).

51/11/08. 9 January 2011 - 17:50 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A row of several small bright white lights were observed crossing the sky from west to east - 1 static red light at front - 1 static white light at rear - 1 flashing white strobe light on top - droning noise. (PE-1A). (lufoin).

51/11/09. 28 January 2011 - 21:55 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A star-like light in the sky moving over trees - changed direction - hovered - no sound. (PE-2B). (lufoin).

51/11/13. 16 February 2011 - 19:15 - Sketchley Hill, Burbage, Leicestershire, UK - An orange flame-like object was reported crossing the sky above the main road. (DE-5C). (lufoin).

51/11/18. 7 March 2011 - 22:10 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A bright green object that fell out of the sky. (DE-7B). (lufoin).

51/11/20. 23 March 2011 - 16:27 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A black object with large semi-circular wings that silently crossed the clear blue sky was observed - flew slowly north - tipped slightly to one side before heading into distance - daylight observation. (IN-Med). (lufoin).

51/11/33. 8 July 2011 - 22:00 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A round black aerial object was observed crossing the sky and slowly descending. (PE-5C).Possible extinguished Chinese Lantern. (lufoin).

51/11/34. 10 July 2011 - 18:25 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A white aerial object was observed by three witnesses-Appeared to change shape from triangular to disc - retraced flight path - descended into trees before rising again - moved off in a straight line - disappeared. (PE-1A). (lufoin).

51/11/38. 26 July 2011 - 22:00 - Mill Hill, Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A bright light, like a reflection, was observed in the dusk skies for approximately 10 seconds. (PE-1B). (lufoin).

51/11/52. 16 October 2011 - 21:55 - Burbage, Leicestershire, UK - A silent, very bright slow-moving yellow/white light at low level was observed in the sky by lone male witness - duration 10 minutes. Witness stated: “I had just got out of my car when I noticed a very bright white/yellow light just above the rooftops on the opposite side of the road. It was close to the planet Jupiter at that time but a distance below it and about twice as bright. I could not hear any sound as the light just very slowly moved along. I thought I could make out a white flashing strobe light, but this wasn't obvious or continuous. It was heading west and I watched it for around 10 minutes in total. It didn't look like a Chinese lantern, it looked more like a large aircraft light. I am sceptical of lights in the sky reports being anything other than natural objects viewed badly, but this one has got me puzzled.” (IN-NL). (Lord). (uk-ufo).

51/11/58. 18 December 2011 - 16:30 - Burbage, Leicestershire, UK - A very bright stationary light was observed in the sky. (DE-3A). (lufoin).

51/11/59. 18 December 2011 - 17:05 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A very bright stationary light in the sky. (DE-3A). (Platton). (lufoin).

51/12/12. 19 February 2012 - 10:57 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - 2 very large slow-moving black triangular craft in formation were observed in the sky -10 minutes duration - short white vapour trails - no sound. (PE-1B). (lufoin).

51/12/17. 26 February 2012 - 19:00 - Hollycroft, Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - An extremely bright red flashing light was observed low in the sky flashing twice at regular intervals. Silently moved slowly towards the north-west. 10 minutes duration. (IN-NL). (uk-ufo).

51/12/19. 1 March 2012 - 14:55 - Coventry Road, Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A white cigar-shaped aerial object was observed. (PE-2A). (lufoin).

51/12/23. 6 March 2012 - 12:30 - Trinity Lane, Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A silver and bronze balloon-like object, shaped like a 5 point star. Hovered for 10 minutes whilst revolving then disappeared straight up into the clear sky. (PE-5B). (lufoin).

　51/12/34. 23 August 2012 - 20:45 - Ashby Road, Hinckley/Burbage Common, Leicestershire, UK - Several witnesses reported observing a strange flying object hovering above the Hinckley and Burbage Common areas. Object was said to be carrying blue, red and white lights and behaving strangely. Follow up investigations discovered however, that the objects seen were in fact, illuminated quadcopter models, being flown at dusk by model aircraft enthusiasts. (DE-6C). (lufoin).*Expanded - See Full Report By Jeff Lord.

51/12/36. 4 September 2012 - 22:15 - Rugby Road, Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - Approximately 10 small delta-shaped objects were observed crossing the sky in formation - no sound. Each object had attached red and green lights - travelled into distance. (IN-Med). (Brown). (lufoin).

51/12/43.(A). 21 September 2012 - 23:00 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A glowing object was observed crossing the sky by male witness. Witness stated: “I saw a glowing object flying slow and low across the sky, really long and thin, eventually breaking up in to smaller pieces before disappearing completely. It was travelling too slow and horizontal to be a firework.” (PE-4B). (Bradshaw). (Our UFO Society).

51/12/46. 9 October 2012 - 10:18 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A bright object in the sky was observed by male witness. Witness stated: “I was in my conservatory looking east, when a bright shiny object in the sky caught my eye. It appeared to be illuminated at first and then it turned dark and sped away.” (PE-1B). (lufoin).

51/12/48. 17 October 2012 - 19:50 - Hinckley, , Leicestershire, UK - A brightly lit aerial object was observed. Witness stated: “I went outside at around 10 to 8 and on looking up I saw, very low in the sky, what I first assumed was a plane. It was a roughly triangular in outline a set of 8 bright static white lights, 1 flashing red light and 1 white flashing light. There was a high pitched sound that soon faded away, and the object was huge, about twice the size of a normal jet aircraft. The object moved extremely slowly towards the north-west, making no noise, just above the house rooftops. The sighting lasted around 10 minutes before the object faded into the distance. Did anyone else see this? - I live on the Hollycroft Estate.” (IN-Med). (Brown). (lufoin).

51/12/49. 27 October 2012 - 17:30 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A round black object was observed low in the sky. Witness stated: “I looked out of our rear window facing east, thinking how sunny it had become with hardly any breeze, when I noticed a black object low in the sky. The object was flying quite quickly and low on a straight trajectory towards the south, and was about half a mile away (I would estimate), just above the treetops. It appeared to be a large, round solid object with clearly defined edges, and making no sound that I could hear. I pointed it out to my Son who was in the room at the time, and when he saw it, he said it was a bird - but I disagreed, I see birds crossing the sky all the time, and this to me seemed totally different. It finally flew into the distance.” (IN-Med). (Johnson). (lufoin).

51/12/53. 23 November 2012 - 18:35 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A bright orange/red aerial object was observed falling slowly out of the sky by male witness. Witness stated: “I was looking out my loft window, when I saw a bright orange/red object straight ahead of me in the northern sky . The object appeared to be falling straight down towards the horizon and seemed to burn out at the last minute.” (DE-7B). Explanation: meteor. (lufoin).

　51/13/06. 27 January 2013 - 21:50 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - An indiscernible aerial object was observed low in the sky with what appeared to be two very large and extremely powerful flashing white oblong-shaped anti-collision lights attached to it. It was in view by three witnesses for approximately fifteen minutes during which time no sound whatsoever was heard even though it appeared close. The object moved slowly towards the north-west, before slowing slightly and then changing direction to head direct west for approximately eight minutes, finally changing direction again to fly southerly at an accelerated rate of speed before finally disappearing. (PE-1A). (lufoin).

51/13/11. 2 April 2013 - 23:00 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A bright flash in the sky was observed. Witness stated: “I looked up towards the north when suddenly, a small area of the sky seemed to explode with light - this lasted for a few seconds and then vanished. There wasn’t a sound.” (IN-NL). (lufoin).

51/13/12. 16 April 2013 - 16:00 - Wykin Village, Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A black ‘teardrop’ - shaped object was seen in the sky. Witness stated: “My Wife and I were approaching Hinckley by car along Wykin Road, when I noticed a black object hovering low in the sky above a field over to our right. This object seemed to resemble an elongated teardrop. I told my Wife to stop the car so that I could see it clearer and to see if I could hear any aircraft engines. We eventually stopped, but the object was nowhere to be seen. I then caught sight of the object again, this time it appeared over to our left, and it was moving away from us very fast. It remained in view for a few minutes, never changing it’s shape, and still looking like an elongated teardrop.” (PE-2B). (lufoin).

　51/13/17. 15 May 2013 - 20:30 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A shiny blue object was observed crossing the sky that resembled a small balloon. (DE-5B). (lufoin).

　51/13/18. 25 May 2013 - 15:20 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A silent oval-shaped object was observed slowly crossing the sky at low height by three family members - when it was looked at through 10x 50 binoculars, the object appeared partly silver with some black areas, also appearing to have what looked like a tall rotor- like structure in the centre. This was described as looking clumsy and turning slowly in a clockwise direction - An attempt to film the object using a smart phone was unfortunately unsuccessful, and no image was visible on the viewed footage. (DE-2F). Explanation: Autogyro. (lufoin).

51/13/22. 7 July 2013 -18:35 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A white oval-shaped aerial object was observed crossing the sky. Witness (A) stated: “Whilst standing in our garden, my Wife and I noticed a low-flying red micro light aircraft slowly crossing the sky. As we watched it pass overhead, I noticed what appeared to be a silent, white oval-shaped object cross virtually in front of the aircraft, appearing to almost collide with it. The object then slowly travelled towards the north-west finally disappearing from our view behind trees. I then ran indoors to get my binoculars, also running upstairs to look out of our bedroom window in an attempt to see more of the object, but on looking, strangely, it had completely disappeared. The object, when in view, did not appear to be a balloon of any kind, or a Chinese lantern etc. However, I would have liked to have obtained a better view through binoculars to be sure it wasn’t something like a gyrocopter for example which I believe have been seen over Hinckley quite recently.” (Freeman). (IN-Med). (lufoin).

51/13/34. 22 August 2013 - 21:35 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A silent hovering aerial object was witnessed 20 feet above trees in Clarendon Park by three witnesses - Multi-flashing coloured lights - various sequences and designs including red, green, blue yellow etc. Witnesses suspected model UFO - i.e. kite, quadcopter etc. as object seen to descend to the ground after 20 minutes. (IN-Med). (lufoin).

51/13/55. 31 December 2013 -19:35 - Burbage, Leicestershire, UK - A bright orange ball shape with fuzzy edges was observed in the sky by male witness. Witness stated: “ I saw a bright orange ball-shape with fuzzy edges moved parallel with Boyslade Road from south to north covering the sky line in some 2 minutes - it looked to be at low level with no noise at all.” (PE-5C). (ufosightings).

51/14/04. 09 March 2014 - 11:55 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A 'kite-like aerial object was observed circling the town for over 20 minutes - Identified as a micro light aircraft. (DE-1F). (lufoin).

51/14/07. 6 May - 21:55 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - Male witness reported seeing a large pulsating bright red light in the sky. Witness stated: "I was just drawing my bedroom curtains when my eyes were drawn to an extremely vivid red light that was flying towards the east, very low in the sky (just above the rooftops) - I opened the window to listen for sound, but there was nothing! just silence. I watched the object moving very slowly through the sky for about 5 minutes until it finally disappeared behind St. Mary's Church. I used my binoculars at one point, but the strange thing was that I couldn't get them to focus on the object - even though I keep them ready for normal use and never have any trouble." (IN-NL). (lufoin).

51/14/07. 6 May - 21:55 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - a large pulsating bright red light in the sky was observed. At approximately 9.55 pm. on the evening of Tuesday, May 6th., a male witness was entering the Hinckley Leisure Centre car park from the direction of Trinity Lane, when he observed an extremely bright red pulsating red light hovering very low in the sky above the car park - at the rear of the main red light there appeared to the witness to be a 'tail' of some kind that was apparently being illuminated by the main light. There were no flashing lights seen, or any other colours as on a normal aircraft. The witness was amazed also because the object, whatever it was, was completely silent, and very, very low. After a few seconds, it began to move off in the direction of St Mary's Church, appearing to the witness to 'swim' through the night sky, giving the impression of a 'jellyfish' as it moves through water, varying it's appearance as it went, before moving very fast and then finally disappearing over rooftops. (IN-NL). (lufoin).

51/14/10. 31 May 2014 - 01:34 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A bright light in the sky was observed by a male witness. Witness stated: “I saw a bright light, about the size of a usual plane, but there was no sound, there may have been a red tinge to the light but mostly yellow. no lights were flashing so I've ruled out planes, and it was also travelling at a steady speed to the east of my position. It mostly went in a straight line but wavered every now and then, I watched until it went behind some trees out of my view.” (PE-5C). (lufoin).

　51/14/11. 31 May 2014 - 21:20 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A bright blue light was observed in the sky. Witness (A) stated: “I was sitting in Marcian Close Hinckley, it was 9.20ish.. I spotted a blue light travelling at speed. It moved across the sky quickly then hovered from side to side for a while and disappeared. Less then 20 minutes later, it was spotted again by my partner, who alerted me. At this point I stood in my back garden and took pictures using my iPad. It was hovering from side to side, over what looked like the Hollycroft area.” (Jones). (IN-NL). (lufoin).

51/14/13. 12 June 2014 - 23:40 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A bright yellow star-like object was observed in the sky by a female witness. Witness stated: “I saw an object in the sky, it was a bright yellow colour, it looked like it was in the shape of a star. It moved across the sky, at a reasonable and average speed, wasn't too quick or too slow. It moved off to the left going in an upwards direction, and then passed the house next to me, so I couldn't see further. Possibly it came back, around 10-20 minutes later, although not 100% sure.” (Harrison). (PE-5C). (lufoin).

51/14/18. 27 July 2014 - 21:40 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A (very bright) blue/white light was observed in the sky. Witness stated: “I live on the Hollycroft Estate, and on the evening in question I was looking out of my bedroom window which faces directly towards the west, admiring the sunset - I have a perfect view over the whole area from this window, and on Sunday, July 27^th., at 9.40 pm (approximately) I happened to notice a stationary (very bright) blue/white light, that appeared to be hovering at first, but then appeared to slowly descend out of the sky, turning to a beautiful blue/green colour - there was not a sound, as I opened my window to listen for anything like engine sounds etc. It was dead quiet - nothing - The light slowly descended, very slowly, gradually turning more emerald green as it did so, until it appeared to 'drop' behind a clump of trees and vanish - I kept looking for about half an hour afterwards, but I saw nothing more." (IN-NL). (lufoin).

51/14/19. 27 July 2014 - 23:00 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A bright green beam of light was observed in the sky. Witness stated: “I had just finished watching a film and I went into my back bedroom to have a look at the sky. It was clear except for one white cloud. It was fairly dark but the sky and stars were clear to see. All of a sudden a bright green beam came down out of the cloud for about three seconds before disappearing. It was a continuous beam down. I thought it might have been a comet but I’ve not heard anyone mention anything about a comet.” (Willis). (IN-NL). (lufoin).

51/15/05. 21 February 2015 -14:35 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A black cigar-shaped object was observed in the sky by whole family. Object hovered for a short time before moving off at great speed towards the north - west. No sound was heard throughout the observation which lasted approximately 3 minutes. (PE-8A). (lufoin).

51/15/04. 3 February 2015 - 05:00 - Middlefield Lane, Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - Two very large bright lights were observed by lone male witness. Witness stated: “I had just got up when I noticed two bright glowing lights outside through my bathroom window - the window has frosted glass and before I had chance to open it to see what was causing the lights, they must have flown off at great speed because on opening the window, there was nothing to be seen.” (Morton). (IN-NL). (lufoin).

51/15/06. 21 February 2015 -14:35 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A black cigar-shaped object was observed in the daylight sky by family of four. Object hovered for a short time before moving off at great speed towards the north-west. No sound was heard throughout the observation which lasted approximately 3 minutes. (PE-8A). (lufoin).

51/15/35. 8 July 2015 - 15:00 - Wykin Village, Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - 2 “apple pip” shaped aerial objects were observed by a male witness. Witness stated: “I saw 2 apple pip - shaped very shiny silver objects in the sky whilst I was fishing in Wykin. They were flying high in the air, and seemed to be racing each other. About 2 minutes later, a RAF Typoon was heading very fast in the same direction.” (Brent). (PE-1B). (lufoin).

51/15/48. 11 July 2015 - 22:00 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A bright red ‘orb’ was observed in the sky by a male witness. Witness stated: “I witnessed a large, brilliant red orb flying in a zigzag manner over Outlands Drive, heading towards the Triumph Motorbike factory.” (Stringer). (IN-NL). (lufoin).

51/15/57. 22 July 2015 - 13:00 - Burbage Common, Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A silver disc - shaped object was allegedly witnessed by a female witness and family. Witness (A) stated: “I took the children to the park at Burbage Common - We all played on the swings for ten minutes then we heard a crackling sound coming from the sky. We looked up we saw a silver disc rotate in sky at maybe 250ft high. It looked solid, it was no cloud or balloon. We continued to watch when it until it went back into clouds - it then whooshed off very fast.” (Lin) .(INV). (lufoin).

51/15/58. 25 July 2015 - 21:38 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A brilliant row of sapphire coloured lights were observed by a male witness. Witness stated: “Walking back from the shops along the Outlands, in the distance, I saw what I first thought was a low flying aircraft - it was very slow moving, and had a brilliant row of sapphire coloured lights which were beaming towards the ground. As the craft got closer, I noticed it was the shape of a cut diamond, and it was spinning like a top. It also appeared to be a dirty metal colour. As it passed overhead, it let out a loud hiss - I jumped and dropped my bag, breaking my eggs. There were four red lights, two front and two at the back.” (Lunn). (IN-Med). (lufoin).

51/15/59. 27 July 2015 - 05:50 - Burbage Common, Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - An aerial object shaped like an ice cream cone was allegedly observed by a lone, male witness. Witness stated: “I saw a gold - coloured flying ice cream cone shape in the sky, large as a Midland Red bus.” (Tarby). (INV). (lufoin).

51/15/73. 13 August 2015 - 18:50 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A glowing blue crescent - shaped object was allegedly observed in the sky by a male witness. Witness stated: “I was pushing my trolley back to my car in Morrisons car park, when I noticed several women and youths pointing to what I can only describe as a glowing blue crescent - shaped object in sky. It was moving very erratically and jittery. In size, it looked roughly the size of a sprinter van to me guess.” (Lincoln). (INV). (lufoin).

51/15/74. 15 August 2015 - 21:00 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - Five people allegedly observed an unusual large aerial object. Witness (A) stated: “Five of us saw an aerial craft about 30 metre long - copper in colour, arc shape - it was large was and it had blue lights on underside - headed over field toward industrial land in Hinckley.” (Krystovlich). (INV). (lufoin).

51/15/75. 16 August 2015 - 22:34 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - Strange lights in the sky were allegedly observed by a male witness. Witness stated: “I witnessed a very odd row of lights in the sky moving along the Long Shoot, on the A5. They were purple in a half circle shape.” (Paul). (INV). (lufoin).

51/15/77. 18 August 2015 - 22:00 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - An unusual aerial object was allegedly observed by a male witness, described as shimmering in different colours - I.e. blue, green and red. Witness stated: “I popped to see my son who lives in Wykin - I went out for a cigarette and noticed a fairly large thing in the sky, shimmering blue, then emerald green and then red. I would say that it was as big as 2 cars together in length, about 80 feet high and a quarter of a mile away. I think it was shooting an orange beam to the ground.” (Clarke). (INV). (lufoin).

51/15/78. August -2015 - (Exact date un-noted) - 23:00 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A bright purple light was observed in the sky by a male witness. Witness stated: “I was driving along Normandy way, when a bright purple light was flickering on and off in the sky - it was difficult to ascertain size and shape as it was that brilliant a light - my car sputtered as it passed overhead.” (IN-NL). (lufoin).

51/15/84. 26 September 2015 - 20:32 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - An unusual aerial object was observed by a male witness. Witness stated: “Driving on the Dodwell’s Bridge estate I saw several red flashes in the dark sky, followed by a brightly lit Frizby-shaped aerial object which appeared to be spinning - I could see that underneath there was a purple light.” (Barrit). (IN-Med). (lufoin).

51/15/85. 1 October 2015 - 15:09 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A circle of coloured lights was observed by a male witness. Witness stated: “Coming home from work I saw a ring of blue and green lights pass overhead. They appeared to be the same size as a circle on a football pitch.” (Jordon). (IN-NL). (lufoin).

51/15/84. 26 September 2015 - 20:32 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - An unusual aerial object was observed by a male witness. Witness stated: “Driving on the Dodwell’s Bridge estate I saw several red flashes in the dark sky, followed by a brightly lit Frizby-shaped aerial object which appeared to be spinning - I could see that underneath there was a purple light.” (Barrit). (IN-Med). (lufoin).

51/15/85. 1 October 2015 - 15:09 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A circle of coloured lights was observed by a male witness. Witness stated: “Coming home from work I saw a ring of blue and green lights pass overhead. They appeared to be the same size as a circle on a football pitch.” (Jordon). (IN-NL). (lufoin).

51/15/87. 3 October 2015 - 16:09 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A gold crescent-shaped aerial - shaped object was observed by a male witness. Witness stated: “I was driving home, turned into Barrie Road, and saw a glowing gold craft in the sky. - It banked, and I saw that it was actually crescent-shaped. I could make out a pink light at the rear of this object.” (Southam). (IN-Med). (lufoin).

51/15/90. 6 October 2015 - 03:00 - Wykin Village, Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - An oval -shaped aerial - shaped object was observed by a male witness. Witness stated: “I was awoken by a painful feeling in my stomach - I went downstairs and through the window I noticed a cigar - shaped object in the night sky - it appeared to be a bright purple neon light and it hurt my eyes to look directly at it. After a few seconds, it shot vertically into the sky and disappeared.” (Stafford). (IN-Med). (lufoin).

51/15/95. 10 October 2015 - 16:16 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A black bat-like aerial object was observed by two male witnesses. Witness (A) stated: “Coming from the direction of Barwell, my cousin and I were walking my dog past the Hinckley football ground along the A47, when we saw a black bat-shaped object I the sky. It looked to us exactly like the Batman signal appears in the sky in the films and magazines etc.,- shiny black - no insignia, but it had red lights on its underside. We noted that there were no birds or anything else in the sky at the time, and strangely, my watch stopped at the very same time as the sighting. This object looked about 30 feet long, and about 180/200 feet high - just gliding through the sky - no exhaust seen but a definite feeling of electricity in the air at the time. Also strange was the way that my dog began whimpering loudly as this object passed overhead. I must admit that this sighting shook both me and my cousin up a lot as we cannot explain what we saw.” (Heathcote). IN-Med). (lufoin). *For Comparison, See: Lufoin Case Ref. 51/70/08 - August 28^th., 1970 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, and Case Ref: 77/14/17 -June 25^th., 2014 - Polesworth, North Warwickshire.

51/15/90. 6 October 2015 - 03:00 - Wykin Village, Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - An oval -shaped aerial - shaped object was observed by a male witness. Witness stated: “I was awoken by a painful feeling in my stomach - I went downstairs and through the window I noticed a cigar - shaped object in the night sky - it appeared to be a bright purple neon light and it hurt my eyes to look directly at it. After a few seconds, it shot vertically into the sky and disappeared.” (Stafford). (IN-Med). (lufoin).

51/15/95. 10 October 2015 - 16:16 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A black bat-like aerial object was observed by two male witnesses. Witness (A) stated: “Coming from the direction of Barwell, my cousin and I were walking my dog past the Hinckley football ground along the A47, when we saw a black bat-shaped object I the sky. It looked to us exactly like the Batman signal appears in the sky in the films and magazines etc.,- shiny black - no insignia, but it had red lights on its underside. We noted that there were no birds or anything else in the sky at the time, and strangely, my watch stopped at the very same time as the sighting. This object looked about 30 feet long, and about 180/200 feet high - just gliding through the sky - no exhaust seen but a definite feeling of electricity in the air at the time. Also strange was the way that my dog began whimpering loudly as this object passed overhead. I must admit that this sighting shook both me and my cousin up a lot as we cannot explain what we saw.” (Heathcote). IN-Med). (lufoin). *For Comparison, See: Lufoin Case Ref. 51/70/08 - August 28^th., 1970 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, and Case Ref: 77/14/17 -June 25^th., 2014 - Polesworth, North Warwickshire.

51/15/97. 16 October 2015 - 02:04 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - Male witness allegedly observed a spotlight type light beam onto his car on entering Morrison’s car park which immobilised the vehicle’s engine. Witness stated: “Coming up by morrisons and my radio in my car started loosing reception - as I came to the island by Morrison’s, my car cut out then my radio. I heard a crackling noise - thinking it was the engine I put hazard lights on and popped my bonnet. As soon as I got out it was as if a spotlight from above shone on me, really bright, I felt sea sick immediately, this lasted only seconds then as if a click the light was gone leaving a round object above me at about 40\50 foot high. It had blue lights on it’s perimeter, then there seemed to be a garbled noise I could not make out above me, as if it was a mechanical voice in a weird accent ???.Then as if by magic poof everything was gone above me. I’m bit nervy still. My car started I raced home, my hands were shaking with nerves.” (Hatton). (INV). (lufoin).

51/15/103. 20 October 2015 - 12:00 - Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK - A silver bat-like aerial object was allegedly observed by a female witness. Witness stated: “I was outside the Lidl shop when I saw what I can only describe as a silver bat vehicle in the air at around 1,000 feet -it was just circling over and over in the sky and looked to be about half the size of a commercial aircraft.” (Fleek). (INV). (lufoin).