20/01/2014 – Church Village, Pontypridd – Glowing Boomerang Shaped UFO Sighting
Author: Dave Hodrien
Last Updated: 22/05/2014
Forwarded by UFO Info
Note:
For reasons of anonymity pseudonyms have been used
Sighting
Details
On the evening of 20th January 2014 George
was out walking in a rural area close to Church Village, several miles South of
Pontypridd. It was a clear but cold evening, and the sun had already set.
George was walking alongside a rural area of land, with a patch of woodland about
700 m away. He suddenly noticed a glowing object rising towards the trees. At
first he assumed it was a Chinese lantern, as it was glowing an orange-yellow
colour. However it appeared to be moving too fast. He then saw it was a
boomerang-shaped object which seemed to be completely glowing along its length, except for the end points. There were no markings visible on the object. It was hard to judge its size but
it did not look small. It appeared to be completely silent, George felt that he
was close enough to hear sound if it was making any.
Photograph
of sighting location. The UFO was seen over the further patch of trees visible:
Witness drawing of the UFO:
The UFO continued to ascend until it was
over the trees, then began flying back and forth, East to West over several
hundred metres, almost like it was looking for something. Each time it turned
it appeared to stop for a brief moment. George noticed two other elderly people
outside their house which overlooked the area. He called them over to also take
a look at the object.
After the UFO performed the same manoeuvre
a few times, the object began to descend at 60 degrees and was lost from sight
behind the trees. The whole sighting had lasted for between 2-3 minutes.
Close
up photograph of the area where the UFO descended to:
Sighting
Analysis
George has tried his best to explain what
he saw as something mundane but has found that he cannot. He does not believe
the object was some kind of radio controlled aircraft with lighting. It was flying
too close to the trees and the area it was over was extremely overgrown.
Between the path and the area of trees there is a bog which would have been
very difficult to cross, and it would have taken someone a lot of effort to get
over to the location after dark. A radio controlled plane would have made an
audible noise but this object seemed to be completely silent.
Rather than have specific lighting, it
appeared that the entire object was glowing. He was certain that the glow was
coming from the object itself rather than reflection of lights on the ground,
as there are no lights in the area over of woodland over which the object was
situated. This would not really fit with a radio controlled model. For this
same reason the object could not have been a bird. Also the shape was too rigid
and did not change, and the manoeuvres it was performing were too structured
and controlled.
The object could not have been an
unusual-shaped Chinese lantern or other lit inflatable. While this could
conceivably be launched and ascend upward into the air, it is very unlikely it
would then proceed to drift back and forth at a fast speed over the same area
before descending back down.
A number of days after the incident George
returned to the area to get the daylight photos seen elsewhere in this report.
He also spoke to the two other witnesses. They confirmed that the object had
been boomerang-shaped and was glowing an orange-yellow colour. One of them also
remembered seeing a blue glow coming from within the object, although George
and the 3rd witness do not recall seeing this.
What was seen that night by the three
witnesses remains an intriguing mystery, and one which cannot be easily
explained.
Copyright
Dave Hodrien 2014