Posted: July 1, 2009

Date of Sighting: 01 July
Time: 12 am

Witness Statement: I had just woken up and stepped on to the balcony when I noticed a large orange shape in the distance. Initially I thought it was the moon partially hidden behind the clouds. However this bright orange diffuse light gradually became less diffuse forming a cigar shape. It then split gradually in two and then faded into just one shape again .

At this point I woke my friend who came out to see. It continued to change shape getting brighter and dimmer over the next 20 minutes before disappearing. We live near Heathrow so are used to all sorts of lights, this was completely different. We are both science teachers.