Posted: March 30, 2010

Location of Sighting: Bognor Regis, West Sussex
Date of Sighting: 27 March 2010
Time: 19:10

Witness Statement: [Yet another orange light... I have checked your Chinese Lantern video, but it looks nothing like what I saw - the lanterns move slowly on the wind, and their light is wavering, whereas my ball moved much faster in still air, changed direction abruptly, and had an unwavering light.]

I saw an intense orange ball about half the diameter and twice the brightness of a nearby high-pressure sodium vapour streetlight. It appeared to be about 500ft up and was moving in from the sea on a bearing of 040° at about 20mph.

As it reached Aldwick Road (which runs roughly East-West) it turned due East and slowed down. It then proceeded East for about 10 seconds, speeding up slightly then slowing down, and then turned back onto its original bearing and disappeared from view over the houses.

Five minutes later (19:15) another ball appeared in the same spot and performed the same maneuver, including the two turns.

At 21:00 the same evening there was a firework display over towards the pier (about 1 mile to the East), but I presumed this was unconnected with the sighting.

The balls were silent and of constant brightness, although their motion was somewhat irregular. Their colour was a deeper, more reddish orange than the streetlight.

I had the impression that I was seeing a ball of plasma, but what could have caused it to form I have no idea.