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UFO sighted in south Bucks

9:20am Thursday 2nd August 2007

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By Ann-Marie Canavan »

MYSTERIOUS lights in the night sky have left residents in High Wycombe and Chesham wondering if there just might be life beyond the stars.

A number of strange bright lights have been spotted in south Bucks skies in recent days and it remains a mystery as to just what they might be.

Reports of the weird lights have also been discussed on radio station Mix 107 and radio controller for the station Andy Muir was one of those who spotted the lights last Saturday evening at around 11pm.

Andy said: "I live in Totteridge and from the top of the hill I noticed eight or nine lights over West Wycombe late on Saturday night. They were moving very slowly until they got really dim and disappeared. They weren't moving like anything else I've seen."

Just a few days earlier, last Thursday at around 10.30pm, an unusual sighting also caught the eye of Duncan Lund from Waterside in Chesham who emailed the Star a photo, pictured right, of what he could see.

Duncan said: "I was out in the back garden when I saw two glowing orange lights. I don't know how else to describe them. It could be anything but I think I'm still sceptical, but it is certainly like nothing I have seen before."

Mr Lund also described that the lights were moving across towards the Amersham area at a very slow pace.

However, any ideas that friendly little green men look set to visit Bucks in the near future have been dismissed by Paul Millington, chairman of Wycombe Astronomical Society.

He said:" Something that is described as moving slowly could be a planet which is not uncommon at this time of year and it is likely it could be Jupiter or Mars. Another possibility is that people may have spotted space satellites. It doesn't sound like E.T is on his way for a visit."

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Steve, Totteridge Hill says...
9:23am Thu 2 Aug 07

Nanoo Nanoo!

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Marmite, HW says...
9:30am Thu 2 Aug 07

However, any ideas that friendly little green men look set to visit Bucks in the near future have been dismissed by Paul Millington, chairman of Wycombe Astronomical Society.

He said:" Something that is described as moving slowly could be a planet which is not uncommon at this time of year and it is likely it could be Jupiter or Mars. Another possibility is that people may have spotted space satellites. It doesn't sound like E.T is on his way for a visit."


Marmite, next Mayor of Wycombe said of the people who reported the lights "They were obviously drunk or on some sort of drugs. This would be stamped out under my regime. Another possiblity is that they are all compulsive liers and feel the need to make up these claims to be noticed."

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slacker, Flackwell says...
9:39am Thu 2 Aug 07

Whilst planets do move slowly to us normally they do not look like they are moving at all because the movement is so far away. People would have reported it more staying still and perhaps moving over several hours. I am sure most people know what a planet looks like. I don't know of any planets at the moment which have 2 lights on them.

Its more likely to be some kind of balloon or blimp. In the extreme, it could of course be a UFO of the alien kind, I won't ever dismiss that sort of thing as its possible, however weird it may seem.

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Marsh Wanderer, Wycombe Marsh says...
9:55am Thu 2 Aug 07

I too have seen strange lights that have no explanation in the wycombe area, they are on the London Road and Oxford Road!
Scary stuff!

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erm, ermsville says...
10:05am Thu 2 Aug 07

they are on the London Road and Oxford Road!


Maybe they were stuck at the traffic lights

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Ivor, says...
11:56am Thu 2 Aug 07

It would have been nice if the UFO’s had landed in Wycombe but I fear the town centre parking charged would probably have driven them away!

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John, High Wycombe says...
12:12pm Thu 2 Aug 07

Why all the negative comments? Do you people not want to believe there is other life out there? I sure hope something has come to extinguish the scum of High Wycombe! (Don't take that personally, it's a joke) :-P :-D

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FH, Amersham says...
1:32pm Thu 2 Aug 07

If you can't prove what it is, then it is, by definition a UFO (= UNIDENTIFIED Flying Object). But of course that implies nothing at all about whether it might have been an alien space ship.

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Sue L, Hazlemere says...
4:12pm Thu 2 Aug 07

I believe in UFOs there must be a better place out there in the universe cos this world stinks!

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Edy, says...
4:36pm Thu 2 Aug 07

Is that why I saw Scully and Moulder wondering around....

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Muffy, says...
5:37pm Thu 2 Aug 07

I saw similar with my mum one summers evening, about 10 years ago, from downley looking towards lane end's sky. It was one of the most weirdest things we have ever seen. Never found out what it was, looked up, to see if any info was about to see if west wycombe was having any laser nights etc. But nothing.Very strange. I sure we are not the only beings in the universe. However, i often wonder with all the ufo sightings around the world and years since, why none of these ufo's had made contact with the place they are spotted??

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somewhereelse, home says...
8:38pm Thu 2 Aug 07

MUFFY lane end is full of strange beeings they are called LEVI's and looking toward that area or visiting there you would of encountered many weird things

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planepower, High Wycombe says...
9:13pm Thu 2 Aug 07

We also noticed these lights on Saturday evening there were 9 of them, my husband suggested that they may have been released by Disraeli House and were ballons with a night light in them

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erm, ermsville says...
10:36pm Thu 2 Aug 07

well we have a multicultural society in Wycombe so I guess it was inevitable that the Martians would want to move here next.

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Capo, hw says...
12:51am Fri 3 Aug 07

at least you would expect martians to be able to contibute to society with their advanced technology and space gold. Rather than leach off the state, get plastic surgery on the national health and kill people by not being able to read and driving buses.

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George - Wycombe, says...
2:10am Fri 3 Aug 07

West Wycombe Estate
Concerts Etc.
Laser Lights
Fireworks
Big Bang?

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nickcc, Sands says...
8:23am Fri 3 Aug 07

My wife and I got back from the Womad festival on Saurday night where we had seen a stream of candle balloons being set off and while we were unloading the car, back home, we saw another load being set off from what looked like the Pinewood Road area. Here's a photo of one I found http://www.bbc.co.uk
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DevChuraman, High Wycombe says...
12:19am Sun 5 Aug 07

Its just gone midnight and I have just seen about 10 of these from the totteridge area. They were grouped with about 3 or 4 together, bright orange and moving steadily across the sky. I followed them up to the kingswood area and then they disappeared. I cant think of any logical explanation for what they were

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Len pearson, chesham says...
1:44am Sun 5 Aug 07

I have also seen 4 of these flying over chesham tonight at sbout 11pm. Have we been invaded?? teehee
They were coming over from the chesham town centre area north towards us at nashleigh hill. They were flying quite fast and looked liked orange dome shaped objects.. They went up and down in height and flew right inot the distance until we couldn't see them. This is so exciting!

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Michael, Chesham says...
10:17am Mon 6 Aug 07

I saw these last night... I saw two of them.. the first one went across the sky.. after about 1 minuet I saw something fall from it.. then as it dissapeared I saw another.. this flew on the same path at the first one.. the weird thing was that therer was no sound at all.. very strange and exciting

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Edy, says...
12:43pm Mon 6 Aug 07

I wonder what Thames Valley is adding to our water supply?

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rachael, downley says...
2:11pm Mon 6 Aug 07

Me and my friends were sitting in my friends garden and we saw them. About nine in a row going slowly. My dad, who lives in downley, also saw them . Neither him, nor my friends had any drugs or alcohol, so what are they/ And if sooo many people ahve seen them, not everyones a lier!!!

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vannpenguin123, Chesham says...
9:55am Tue 7 Aug 07

I saw 3 orange bright lights last night about 11 45pm. I looked out my window and saw 3. The 3rd one was moving weirdly and went down into the valley and looked as if it went near Powwow and the McMinn centre. This is deffinantly not a planet. It came infront of the horizon. I didnt get tht on video but I got them floating in the sky on video.
I have a good view accross the waterside area and of the valley.

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whyhellothere, High Wycombe says...
2:17pm Tue 7 Aug 07

why the hell would anyone choose to present themselves for the first time to the planet.. in High Wycombe?


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gonzo300169, downley says...
11:04am Thu 9 Aug 07

They were more than likely from someone firing a naval flare!

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Len pearson, chesham says...
1:46am Fri 10 Aug 07

Naval flare! Dont be daft. I saw these strange lights again tonight at about 11pm over chesham. 1 came over and then another 2 pretty much together. Amazing to watch! They went over the valley of waterside towards amersham until they disappeared. Im fasinated by them. I have read people think they are sky lanterns. They certainly dont look like balloons of any kind to me.

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aidy1978, Nottingham says...
10:46am Fri 10 Aug 07

hi yes last night around 1am i too have seen these lights 3 of them which i first site i thought where planes in the night sky but after watching them for about 20 mins and not noticing that they did not move for some time they where not planes does anyone know what they r i have tried to see if there is any thing on the interent about it but nothing does it have anything to do with the nasa launch ? i am in nottingham

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ashman, nottingham says...
2:27am Thu 13 Dec 07

hi im from nottingham about 3 months ago in arnold me and my freind saw 4 oronge lights moving weird not like the would if they we planes or helicopters this was around 12:45 then 1 at a time they dibanded and faded away and then just last saturday at around 1:00 i saw it again only this time there was only one it flew across the sky coming from the north heading south west

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