Introduction: A sudden upsurge in UFO sightings over the Leicestershire and Warwickshire regions, some of which contain a relatively high strangeness rating, has been reported to LUFOIN in recent weeks, and the relevant reports are listed here.

(1). All the reports are outlined below and are at present only at an early stage of investigation.

(2). NO responsibility whatsoever regarding the validity each report is taken by either LUFOIN head office or members of the investigation team at this stage of the investigations procedure, and NO press releases have been issued so far regarding these alleged events.

(3). Report groupings or “flaps” of this type are found to be relatively quite rare, and as such, If any or all of the received information is found at a later date to be suspect or a perpetrated hoax, usually by none recognition of original names, E-mail addresses or phone numbers provided at the time of reporting, then a further statement with regard to this matter will be published at a later point in time.

(4). It is worthy of note that no publicity regarding UFOs or the UFO topic had previously recently been published in the local media which may be considered to have suddenly generated these particular reports, and none of the mentioned reports or similar, have obtained recent media interest.

(5). None of the alleged witnessed appear to have contacted the press or official bodies regarding their sighting(s), with the exception of the witness involved in case ref: 51/15/29, Higham-on-theHill.

(6). Little or no photographic evidence that would corroborate the individual statements, has been provided by any of the alleged witnesses.

JUNE 16 - Pink - Purple Aerial Object 00:10 - 00:30 Hours.

51/15/17. 16 June 2015 - 00:15 - Country Lanes, Nr. A5, Warwickshire, UK - An unusual aerial object was observed by a male witness. Witness stated: “What I saw was a glowing lilac coloured object that was travelling across the sky in a straight line at first. It then hovered for a minute, before rocketing upwards at a very fast rate of speed.” (Baldwin).

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

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

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

51/15/29. 5 July 2015 - 21:10 - A5, Nr. Higham on the Hill, Leicestershire, UK - 2 glistening objects were observed in the sky by a male witness. Witness stated: “I was travelling back to Nuneaton, past the new road works at the Motor Industrial Research Association centre, when I saw 2 glistening objects about 200 feet in the air - they appeared to be hovering near the lane leading to Higham-on-the-Hill. I drove past in disbelief and one shot off towards Nuneaton way. I called my wife and she said to ring the police, I did and they didn’t seem interested.” (Cuddy).

51/15/30. 5 July 2015 - 22:12 - Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, UK - I had a sighting that lasted approximately 1 minute, of two small glowing orbs of fire over the Earl Shilton Sewage-Works . they were spinning in a circular pattern about the size of dustbin lids but spherical. they rose into air and moved right over Clickers Way towards the farm. About ten seconds later I heard a crackling fizzing sound from the direction of the spheres then it went silent. I wanted to investigate but my dog was shaking with fear so I didn’t.”

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

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

51/15/34. 7 July 2015 - 23:00 - Thurlaston, Leicestershire, UK - A yellow pear - shaped object was observed in the sky by a male witness. Witness stated: “I saw a yellow pear - shaped plane shooting across the sky at fantastic speed - no jet noise could be heard, just a humming sound and a smell of sulphur in the air.” (Singh).

51/15/40. 8 July 2015 - 19:00 - A447 Road, Nr. Ibstock, Leicestershire, UK - An orange fiery object was observed hovering over a field by a female witness. Witness stated: “Whilst driving back to Hinckley from Ibstock, I saw in the distance, an orange fiery object hovering over a field. Very difficult to say how big it was but it was big and round.” (Healy).

51/15/42. 8 July 2015 - 00:00 - Bramcote, Leicestershire, UK - A neon light in the sky was observed by a male witness. Witness stated: “I saw a neon light in the sky near to the fishing pools, not far from Bramcote. It was spinning and was very bright. It looked quite big, and was hovering making a gushing noise in the air, and blowing the nearby trees.” (Walker).

77/15/45. 10 July 2015 - 15:45 - A5 Nr. Nuneaton, Warwickshire, UK - A stationary bell - shaped aerial object was observed by a male witness. Witness stated: “I was cycling home from work along the A5 passing by Nuneaton, when I saw a big, bell - shaped object in the sky - it was very shiny and glistening - I can also remember hearing a buzzing noise like bees - It was just hanging there doing nothing.” (Dasilva).

51/15/47. 11 July 2015 - 21:44 - Kirkby Mallory, Leicestershire, UK - An unusual orange aerial object was observed by a male witness. Witness stated: “I witnessed a strange aerial object, it resembled a giant orange wobbly ball - there were no smoke trails but it was making a strange whirling sound.” (Dennis).

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).

51/15/49. 11 July 2015 - 22:56 - Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, UK - A doughnut - shaped aerial object was observed by a male witness. Witness stated: “I saw what looked like a ring doughnut flying low over Bosworth water park - I estimate that it was 200 feet diameter, and 15 feet deep. It had bright blue lights around the outside. The bottom of it looked like metal honeycomb.” (Hextall).

51/15/50. 11 July 2015 - 23:15, Stapleton, Leicestershire, UK - A male witness observed An orange aerial object that shot a beam of light to the ground. Witness stated: “Driving back from Ibstock, just past the Nag’s Head public house on the corner, when I noticed a blinding blue light roughly in the direction of Barwell tip. I came to turn left into Barwell, when I saw a giant orange ball rising from the wood yard. I estimate this object as being 20 - 35 feet in width. It was pulsating orange and firing a blue strobe light to the ground. It then shot up into the air and disappeared.” (Greep).

51/15/52. 12 July 2015 - 06:05 - A47, Nr. Desford, Leicestershire, UK - Several aerial objects were observed by a male witness. Witness stated: “We were setting my paste table up for car boot when we heard a whoosh in the air, looked up to see 4-5 coppery flying egg - shaped UFOs moving at some speed toward Leicester city.” (Beckworth).

51/15/53. 12 July 2015 - 06:23 - A47, Nr. Desford, Leicestershire, UK - Several aerial objects were observed by two witnesses. Witness (A) stated: “I was setting up my stall at the car boot sale, when my daughter pointed out several goldish objects moving very fast in the sky - hard to say how fast. From what we could make out, these objects were egg-shaped.” (Symonds).

51/15/55. 17 July 2015 - 21:00 - Desford, Leicestershire, UK - A black triangular flying object was observed by several witnesses. Witness (A) stated: “We live in the USA and are presently staying with friends in Desford. We were enjoying food and wine in their back garden when my wife looked skyward and said ‘My God, look’ - All six of us saw what I can only describe as a giant black flying triangle with 3 lights. It was huge and noiseless. It glided past us heading towards Leicester City centre.” (Lord).

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).

51/15/60. 28 July 2015 - 13:14 - Peckleton village, Leicestershire, UK - A large, orange ball - shaped aerial object was observed by a lone, male witness. Witness stated: “Driving along, I pulled off road for a cigarette - As I was there standing watching the world go by when I heard what I thought was a giant swarm of bees. There was a lot of buzzing. I looked towards the horizon and saw a giant orange ball in the sky - it was moving slow from side to side. It stopped, then ejected what I can only describe as a silver pole type thing which shot off in a westerly direction. The orange ball shimmered, made a beeping noise and then vanished into thin air.” (Mallabone).

77/15/62. 28 July 2015 - 23:00 - Attleborough, Warwickshire, UK - A red aerial object was observed by a male witness. Witness stated: “I saw a red object shaped like a shield flying in the sky near Nuneaton Football ground - it had purple smoke coming from the rear as it zigzagged across the sky.”

　51/15/63. 30 July 2015 - 12:00 - Bramcote, Leicestershire, UK - An ‘horseshoe’ - shaped aerial was observed by a 2 male witnesses. Witness (A) stated: “My mate and I were casting off at Makins phase two fishing pool near Bramcote, when he signalled me to look up in sky. We both witnessed a horseshoe shape vehicle in the sky moving slowly. It was shiny in colour and a pulsating lilac/purple vapour coming out the back end. My mate filmed it but you can't see a lot.” (White).

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

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