Posted: July 16, 2010

Location of Sighting: Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire
Date of Sighting: 09/07/2010
Time: 22:50
Witness Name: D & L Cooke

Witness Statement: A bright white light similar to an aircraft landing light approached the town from the NNW which is unusual as we are between two departure routes out of Heathrow and this was inbound. As the bright white light approached it turned and headed due east towards London. As the object turned the bright white light seemed to semi-separate into three orange fireballs. Once the object has finished turning it became one bright white light again. Now on an easterly path it faded until it resembled a distant star and hung in the sky for some time at which point I ran inside the house to document what I had seen.

I ran inside the house to document what I had seen. Myself and my wife are both witnesses, it was a warm night about 20c and little or no wind at all. I don't think this was a chinese lantern as it changed direction and I would also add that as it was turning it did look like three fireballs not a flame or glow from a lantern, the fireballs seemed to have definition as if it was a considerable size although we had no other object to scale it against. It took approx 30 seconds to move across the sky. For a short time we even considered dialing the emergency services as it looked like an aircraft was in serious trouble.

We have never seen anything like it.