Posted: June 3, 2009

Date of Sighting: 30th May 2009
Time: 10.30 p.m.

Witness Statement: On Saturday night we had been for a meal on Abbeydale Road and left sometime after 10 o clock. I didn't take notice of the exact time. There were four of us including a college lecturer and a G.P. As we crossed the road to get a taxi into town we saw a series of orange glowing lights coming towards us from the centre of town.

At first we thought they were some kind of lanterns but as they got closer they were far too big and bright and as it was a warm still night - they were traveling at a very fast speed - far too quickly to be wind driven.

We were greatly puzzled as we watched them veer off in a curve and disappear. It was a bit spooky because they seemed to 'know' where they were going and were very controlled however that was nothing to what we saw next.

We flagged down a taxi and got in and as the taxi set off, I turn around and looked out the back window of the taxi and almost screamed as I saw about eight or ten glowing lights had gathered in formation like a constellation. We'd never seen anything like it. We turned up into Nether Edge and still shone - the formation may have changed but that could have been the position of the taxi turning but nevertheless they hung in the sky in full control of their position.

I know it sounds a bit wimpish but we hurried in doors because hardly anyone was about (everyone was watching Britain's Got Talent!) and whatever those glowing orange globes were they weren't Chinese Lanterns. We just don't know what they were. They were flying - the objects and we couldn't identify them. And we found them a bit scary. If anyone knows of anything happening in Sheffield that night that could explain them we'd be more than happy to hear from you.