04/07/2012 – Rockingham – Flying Triangle Sighting & Possible Landing
Author: Dave Hodrien
Release Date: 14/08/2012
Throughout his life, David has been lucky enough to have numerous
fascinating UFO sightings, these have included a multiple witness sighting of a
large disc-shaped craft by him and a number of child-hood friends, and a
sighting of some UFOs at the infamous Rendlesham Forest in 1987. Due to the
detail involved, these sightings have been written up in separate reports (See
later for links). However this report covers a more recent sighting which was
witnessed by David alongside Tim, a long term friend of his.
Note: Name of 2nd witness has been changed in this report
for privacy reasons.
Sighting Details
It was around 9.35pm on the evening of 4th July 2012. David had been
across Tim’s house for the evening. David had ridden across there on his bike
but because he felt tired Tim decided to drive him home with the bike in the
back of the car. They were on Cottingham Road. There was low dark cloud
covering the sky but it was not raining or windy. Due to the time of year there
was still some light in the sky.
The men were talking when out of the blue Tim said “I always thought
this would be a good area to see UFOs!” David asked him if he had seen anything
lately to which he replied “No, not seen anything for a good few years now.” A
moment later he shouted out “What is that?!” David couldn’t initially see what
he was looking at so leaned over and peered past him through the driver side
window. Off to the right of the car towards the North West he saw a bright
white light with a dark elongated shape behind it. Due to the light it was hard
to see the shape of the object. It was underneath the low cloud so clearly only
a few hundred feet in the air, and appeared to be moving slowly in their
direction. David estimates it was moving around 20-30 mph and about 300-400m
from their location. At first he assumed it must be a helicopter, but the light
on it looked too big and too bright. David believes it was between 80-120 feet in
length and 12-15 feet in depth, though this was hard to judge.
Witness drawing of how the UFO
initially appeared:
They reached the junction with the Uppingham Road that leads to
Rockingham. Usually they would have turned here but David said that if they did
that they would lose sight of the object. So instead Tim drove straight over
the crossroads onto Corby Road and parked in a lay-by a few hundred feet
further on so they could continue to watch it. They both got out of the car.
Aerial map of the sighting
location indicating the position where the witnesses parked:
Photograph of the sighting
location in the direction the UFO was seen in:
The object was now turning towards Meadbourne, still at very low
altitude. It was completely silent. They could now see that it was
wedge-shaped. David felt that it was possibly triangular but could not be
absolutely certain of this due to the viewing angle. At the front was a bright
white light (or cluster of lights). Along the edges were what appeared to be
very small coloured lights moving in an anti-clockwise direction at quite a
fast speed.
Witness drawing of how the UFO looked
after it had turned:
David asked Tim “Do you realise how long that object is? We will see in
a minute because if I’m right you will see that distant hill behind the
object.” As expected, as it passed in front of the hill the witnesses could see
the land behind it, giving them a better estimate of the large size of the
object.
The UFO then descended over
about a minute until its front point was just obscured by some trees and the
lights slowly faded out of sight. From where the men were it appeared to have
touched down on the ground. They could just about make out its dark shape at
ground level. The back end was still visible sticking out from behind the
trees, but it was getting harder and harder to see due to the failing light.
The witnesses decided it was time to go, and left the area making their
way back to Kettering. They did not attempt to get nearer to the object as it
appeared to have landed in an area of fields without easy access.
Soon afterwards they discussed the sighting together. They both agreed
that it was not a mundane object, and also found it extremely odd that it had
appeared while they had been discussing UFOs. David discussed the sighting with
his work mate and father, both of whom believed him.
Sighting Analysis
This is a very interesting sighting of what could have been a Flying
Triangle craft. The colour, estimated shape, apparent size, lack of sound and
slow movement of the object would all fit with this possibility. The object was
clearly not a conventional aircraft of any kind. Although planes and
helicopters can sometimes have a bright white light at the front, the small
rotating coloured lights do not fit in with any known navigation lights. The
object was moving too slowly to have been an aeroplane, nor would an aeroplane
have come in the way that it was seen to do. The shape was incorrect for a
helicopter, and due to the low altitude and proximity David says it would have
been easily possible to hear the rotor blades, yet it was completely silent.
The possibility that the object was some kind of large electronically
lit inflatable cannot be entirely ruled out, but seems quite unlikely. Firstly the object seemed too large for this
explanation given the estimated distances. Also the object seemed quite
controlled in its movements, it did not change angle or rotate in the sky in
the way a drifting inflatable would tend to do.
Flying Triangles have been reported to display a variety of lighting configurations, some more commonly seen than others. I have investigated other cases where Flying Triangles with small
coloured lights along their edges have been seen, and others where there has
been a bright white light at the front but no lights on the other corners. The witnesses could well have seen one of
these craft actually landing on the ground, something which they have rarely
been seen to do. There have been other reported incidents where landed FTs have
been seen, such as during the well-known incident which occurred in Fyfe,
Scotland.
Report Links
Below are links to reports detailing David’s other stunning UFO
sightings:
Copyright Dave Hodrien 2012