Posted: May 29, 2009

Date of Sighting: 22 May 2009
Time: 12.30am

Witness Statement: There has been a few clear nights in Manchester over the past couple of weeks. Enough to see the rings of Saturn from my scope.

Three friends and I actively look out for satellites in the sky so we have a good understanding of basic astronomy and what passes over head.

On the 22 May we saw a very bright glowing object (much brighter than a star) that traveled slowly from West to East. We initially thought it was a plane as sometimes at night time their lights can glare at you. Usually in these instances they fade away because they are no longer in your sight path.

This one didn't, it traveled over my house (it was fairly high up, as high as a high flying plane??) from West to East and the brightness did not fade. It was white and not orange as others have mentioned.

Very strange.