Posted: August 16, 2010

Location of Sighting: Westhoughton, Bolton, Manchester
Date of Sighting: Friday 13th August
Time: About 22:00 for 10/15 mins.

Witness Statement: I was sat watching Peter Versus Life on TV with my girlfriend when she shouted out what's that and ran outside. I followed....

Outside there was an orange bright light flying above in the sky. It definitely wasn't a plane as occasionally there would be lines of light coming out of the circular centre, maybe about 10 straight lines coming out in all different directions.

The object hovered around at a normal plane speed for maybe 10-15 minutes with the lights coming out of the centre occasionally brightening and dimming.

I would describe the shape as being similar to that of the 'B in the bang' statue at Manchester City's stadium, in that there is a small circular centre with lots of lines coming out at different angles but all straight.

Definitely not a plane and I would love to know if anyone else saw this and what they made of it!!