UFO Report 2001 DateTimeTown / VillageCountyOccupation of reporter (where known)Brief Description of sighting 04-Jan-0103:30Teignmouth Devon Bright, flashing lights. Moving to the South. 05-Jan-0117:15Ogwen Valley North West WalesLike a shooting star, but with a burning tail. About the size of a military aircraft. It looked like it was heading towards the ground. 05-Jan-0117:30Hunmanby North Yorkshire Twelve objects, pulsating coloured lights. The objects split and moved in different directions. 09-Jan-0114:45Humberside East Yorkshire A silver, cigar shaped object. Was moving near a military aircraft. Was stationary at first. 10-Jan-0118:22NorwichNorfolk One object that looked a bit like a star at first. It then split into about half a dozen lights, before cloud crossed over them. 10-Jan-0118:30Dundee Scotland Two objects. The first was triangular in shape and had three orange lights. The second was a bright white light. 10-Jan-0122:30Chelmsford Essex650-700 objects - appearance of clusters of stars. White and very bright. Arc from horizon to horizon, East to West. 11-Jan-0111:20Swinton ManchesterRound silver ball. The object was moving horizontally. 11-Jan-0120:29Blackpool LancashireWhite light flashing. Was a round shape. Was stationary, moved West and then disappeared. 12-Jan-0121:15Tottingham East Yorkshire Seven objects flying in arrow formation. They were moving at high speed from South to North. 12-Jan-0123:20Bootle Merseyside One object, aircraft type shape. Dark red in colour, quite dim. No sound. Very high up. Moving in fast, small movements. 12-Jan-0121:0025-30 miles over BathSomerset RAF PilotOne object, triangular in shape. Mainly stationary. 13-Jan-0105:22FarnboroughHampshire Bright lights were seen in the sky. Then followed what looked like people climbing down webbing into the house. 13-Jan-0119:00Liverpool Merseyside One square shaped object. Orange light in the middle. Was moving from South to the North and then to the West. 14-Jan-0121:00TarletonLancashire A flashing red and blue pulsing light was seen. Then the object glowed orange and started to move towards the ground. 15-Jan-0116:00Reading Berkshire A bright light that was changing shape and moving fast. Was white in colour. Erratic movements. 15-Jan-0107:30Kirkcaldy Scotland Single object, bright, white light that appeared to be moving North. The object went very bright like an explosion. 15-Jan-0118:00Southfields London Very large white light, which turned the sky blue. 20-Jan-0108:20GirvanAyrshire White flashing ball, with orange trails. Falling. 20-Jan-0101:15Canvey Island EssexSeven foot, silver dome, with a blue glow. Was climbing vertically in the sky, in stages. 24-Jan-0117:00Battle East Sussex One round, star shaped object, with one, white flashing light. Very bright. Stationary, but quivering. 24-Jan-0119:05Bush Hill Park, Enfield MiddlesexBright, silvery light. Delta shape. Very bright. Stationary, then circling, then moving back and forwards. 25-Jan-0116:40St Andrews Fife Strobe effect lighting. One above the other. The object moved very fast. 28-Jan-0120:20Liverpool Merseyside An orange object was seen to do circuits around the Liverpool area. There were flames coming out the front with burning bits falling off of it. 28-Jan-0120:20Childwall/Liverpool Merseyside An object, was moving slowly from left to right. The object had an orange glow. Had lights on it. 28-Jan-0109:34Folkestone Kent A silver spin top, bobbing at a height of 300 feet. Was about the size of a football. 29-Jan-0112:25Dundee Scotland One object, the size of a pin dot. Bright and shiny. 31-Jan-0121:10South Clifton Nottinghamshire One object, size of a helicopter. Red and white stripes/lights, with wings like a Phantom. Stationary then darted about the woods. 04-Feb-0104:00South Wales Object was a tri-angle shape, like an inverted ice cream cone. The object disappeared down a country lane. 06-Feb-0106:00St ColumbNorth Cornwall Big, bright light in the sky. Was making circular movements and then it hit the ground. 07-Feb-0119:00Dumbarton Scotland Elliptical and bright like a star. Movement within object. Moving slowly. 07-Feb-0110:00Morecambe Bay Lancashire Lights in the sky. Like three triangles. 07-Feb-0119:40Caernarfon North WalesIt initially looked like a star. Looked like it was going to crash into the witness's house. Was a green colour, with red on the side. 07-Feb-0119:45Amlwch, Anglesey North Wales One object, with a blue glow, which then turned green. It broke up and left smoke. It seemed very large. 08-Feb-0119:30StaffordshireObject, burning up in the sky, breaking into two-three pieces, looked like a shooting star, but lower in sky. Turned green. 08-Feb-0120:00Preston Lancashire Orange ball in the sky, looked to be on fire. Was coming from an Easterly direction. 08-Feb-0119:40Lincoln Lincolnshire The object looked like a rocket. Had a white/orange glow. 08-Feb-0119:20Duffield Derbyshire Large blue, fluorescent, cigar shaped object. The object hovered and then moved away quickly. 08-Feb-0119:42Wrangle Lincolnshire Bright ball one end, about the size of a tennis ball, which was lit up. Behind it, a long tail tapered off with a smaller ball at the end of the object. 08-Feb-0119:45ScunthorpeLincolnshire White ball of light. Was moving from West to East. Stopped and then went up into the sky vertically. 08-Feb-0119:40AldboroughEast YorkshireOne, main object which was very bright. White in colour. Stationary 08-Feb-0119:40West Yorkshire A huge fireball streaking across the skies of West Yorkshire. 09-Feb-0120:23KiltarlityInverness-ShireOne multi-coloured object. Round at the front and tapered towards the tail. Was moving from left to right. 09-Feb-0106:15SloughMiddlesex Three elongated objects. They all had a white light at each end. They hovered and then moved in formation to the North. 09-Feb-0120:35Stevenage Hertfordshire One object, shaped like a half circle. There were three lights on it, changing from white to green to red. Whirring sound. 09-Feb-0107:30South Kirkby West Yorkshire A large orange ball, with a triangle like structure inside it and two white lights at the edge. 12-Feb-0119:30Trehafod, Ponty PriddMid-GlamorganOne bright object. Looked star shaped. Rose fast in the sky and then disappeared. 12-Feb-0121:25ColchesterEssex One, spherical, with a reddish hue. Very bright and visible the whole time. Zig zagged across the sky, and very fast. 13-Feb-0102:30Morton LincolnshireCircle of flashing white light, shaped like a bracelet. Moved over to the right, then left. Lights turned green and red. NW direction. 13-Feb-0110:15SaltashCornwall One object. Point source of light. White in colour. Stationary for about 10 minutes. 13-Feb-0118:45Liverpool Merseyside Four, round objects with orange lights. Very bright. Were moving from left to right. UFO Report 2001 13-Feb-0122:10BaschurchShropshire One object, the same size as a star. Multi coloured/very bright. Fluctuating/glowing. Blackhole in centre. Rapid movement. 13-Feb-0121:00New Milton Hampshire Bright orange ball in the sky, which 'hopped', before disappearing. 14-Feb-0100:15Salisbury Wiltshire Very bright, like a shooting star. Tri-angle shaped. Flashing lights - red, purple and green. Moving in a Southerly direction. 14-Feb-0119:15North KelseyLincolnshireLooked like very bright stars. They were still, and then moved from side to side. 14-Feb-0120:00North Muirton/PerthScotland Two objects with white lights. The second object seemed dimmer. Moving at 90 degree angles. They moved at high speed. 16-Feb-0121:00Bishops CastleShropshire One object, with red, yellow and green lighting on it. Was flying towards Shrewsbury. 16-Feb-0118:20RuskingtonShropshire Two lights, that were white and constant. They were heading East. 16-Feb-0118:30Ryhall Lincolnshire Two large objects. Very bright and the intensity of Saturn. They were moving from North to South. 16-Feb-0118:20ScarboroughNorth Yorkshire Two very bright balls of light. They were moving from the West to East. 18-Feb-0120:10Starvation Island NorfolkOne main object, very bright. White in colour. Stationary. 19-Feb-0123:00Staithes North Yorkshire One, large green ball which was shining brightly. Moving straight downwards - would have hit the sea 3-4 miles from the coast. 22-Feb-0123:00Woodford Green EssexTwo small orange lights, far away in the distance. The lights joined and then look bigger. Looked like two sparklers. 23-Feb-0118:30HampsteadLondon One object, that was white in colour. Slow moving. 24-Feb-0111:00TruroCornwall Explosion in the sky, but with no sound. It looked like a rocket. Was very large and had a blue and red light. 24-Feb-0116:45Bracknell Berkshire A white ball, followed by a USAF jet that was contrail ling. Was moving at high speed in a straight line. 26-Feb-0123:00LeicestershireA UFO. It had bright red, blue and orange flashing lights, in the shape of a tri-angle. Remained stationary for 15 minutes. 28-Feb-0112:00WhitchurchShropshire A white, circular object with a ring around it. The object moved ten miles in about 2 seconds, then left to right, and then moved East. 01-Mar-0119:00FleetwoodLancashire An unconventional silent craft, consisting of four red lights, flying low over the witness's house. 01-Mar-0119:00Morecombe Bay Lancashire Unusual lights were seen over the bay. 01-Mar-0110:00HolyheadNorth Wales Looked like a bright star. Had a pulsating red and green light. Was stationary and then moved off. 01-Mar-0119:05Fleetwood Lancashire Five flying saucers, that were orange in colour. They moved from East to West and then moved quickly over the sea. 02-Mar-01East Midlands A UFO was running parallel to the landing lanes of an East Midlands Jet. (Message taken 2 March 2001). 08-Mar-0118:45FleetwoodLancashire Two very bright lights, surrounded by smaller lights. 12-Mar-0122:00FinchleyLondon Soft orange lights in formation. They were moving fast to the South East. 12-Mar-0118:00Carnforth Lancashire Three small lights above a large star shaped object. Very bright light. Was stationary. 20-Mar-0101:00MoseleyWest Midlands A very, bright light was seen. A couple of hours later, a dark object was seen with lights underneath. 21-Mar-01Big bright sphere, looked like Saturn. 21-Mar-0119:15AnnanScotland Red lights, but could not make out the shape. Hovered for a short time, then headed South East at speed. 26-Mar-0122:45Leith/EdinburghScotland Two fuzzy white lights, dancing around each other. They were moving to the East. 29-Mar-0109:00Chesham Buckinghamshire Two UFOs with flashing red lights. Objects seemed to interfere with the witness's radio and television, while heading South West. 29-Mar-0115:03Nr Gunnersbury Pk London Fifty five suspicious circles in the sky. 31-Mar-0118:15WhaplodeLincolnshire Like a bag with two hanging straps, and one lose hanging strap. It was black and changing shape. Was stationary. 03-Apr-0102:35ChippenhamWiltshire A pair of bright red lights were moving from the South East towards the North West. Each light had a double flashing pulse. 03-Apr-0122:29Aberdeen Scotland Star like object in the sky. Changing colours - red, blue and green. 04-Apr-0102:15RenfrewScotland Like a spotlight in the sky. 04-Apr-0121:14AberdeenScotland Looked like a star twinkling, but when seen through binoculars, it had a red, orange and blue light. 04-Apr-01Ashford Kent Three fob shaped objects bobbed about in the sky. 13-Apr-0123:15DoncasterSouth Yorkshire The object was high in the sky and was described as having headlights along the side of it. 13-Apr-01SyderstoneNorfolk One bright light. Was low on the horizon. Was seen for about 20 minutes. 16-Apr-0101:30GrimsbyNE Lincolnshire A ball shaped object. It gave off a glow, like a hot coal ember - orange/red. It dropped through the air and then shot up and disappeared. 17-Apr-0122:00Nr Montrose Scotland Big fans of light, which made a circle. There were flashes in the centre of it. Was stationary. 19-Apr-0119:35Isle of ManThree very large objects. They were travelling in formation. The distinct formation separated and they headed off South East. 06-May-0119:50Oxford OxfordshireOne object, was white and bright. It had a halo above it. Was heading North West. 07-May-0120:30Dersingham Norfolk Large orange, tadpole shaped object with a long tail. Was followed shortly afterwards, by two more similar objects. 12-May-0122:10Bristol Channel Somerset Two satellite shaped objects. White and very bright. 14-May-0106:50Rhonda ValleyWales One tennis ball sized object. Was round at the front and had a triangular back. Was rainbow coloured and very bright. 20-May-0101:15Humberside Small blobs of rings with a larger ring around them. White and very bright. Stationary. 24-May-0122:25Forest Hill London An alien craft was near to the witness's house. Disc with a beam of light coming from it. Electrical equipment was disturbed. 31-May-0101:35GrimsbyNE Lincolnshire Bright light travelling across the sky. Was very high and going faster than a jet. 31-May-0103:00Worcester WorcestershireOne shooting star, very bright. The movements were slow and then very fast. 01-Jun-0110:30Glasgow Scotland A black cylinder. It was moving West and making sharp movements. 03-Jun-0102:14Hitchin Hertfordshire Saw an object. It was emitting a bright mauve light. 04-Jun-0114:00Moota/Cockermouth Cumbria A large triangular craft hovered over a field. Was very colourful with white and red lights. UFO Report 2001 08-Jun-0100:05KeighleyWest Yorkshire Three lights, triangle shaped. There was a static red light. They moved slowly in a straight line. 10-Jun-0111:05Kennoway Scotland Small to medium sized object. Pebble shaped. Was black. Was travelling from South to the North. 10-Jun-0118:00FenwickNewcastle-upon-Tyne A white spherical object. Object was seen for about one minute. 10-Jun-0101:56ArbroathScotland One triangular shaped, pulsing white light. Was about twice the size of a star. Object was stationary. 16-Jun-0111:30Diss NorfolkA hovering, orange light that was low in the sky. It turned white. 17-Jun-0122:10Weston-super-Mare Somerset Round, red, glowing ball, which changed colour as it slowed down. A second object then appeared. 19-Jun-0118:00Golders GreenLondon Sixty - eighty jelly fish shaped objects that were white. There was also one single, pulsating red light amongst them. 25-Jun-0121:00Llanelli Wales One large, disc shaped object. Black in colour. It then changed to oval shape. The object was moving fast to the West. 28-Jun-0123:59Eynsham Oxfordshire One object, four times the size of a star. Round in shape. Bright light that was yellow/white. Moved North. 29-Jun-01Sutton Coldfield West Midlands A UFO was floating high up in the sky over Sutton Park. 02-Jul-0119:30Hampstead Gardens London One dome shaped object. Very dark. Was directly above and moving slowly. 04-Jul-0107:00KentOne object. Had a bright light too. Was moving from West to East. 08-Jul-0122:15Cricklewood London The object was like a star, but was moving. 14-Jul-0109:08Holmpton Yorkshire One object, a circle. Beige in colour. Was flying from North to South West. 15-Jul-0116:55Hellingly East Sussex Pilot One large object, the size of an eagle. It looked like three circles joined together. Was dark brown and black. Quite fast. 16-Jul-0110:55Burton Joyce Nottinghamshire One round shaped object. Was silver and reflecting the sun. It was high up and bobbed about. 18-Jul-0121:15Milford Haven South West WalesEight star sized objects, with lights that were red, white, blue and yellow. Six were following two. 18-Jul-01Exmouth Devon The object was cream coloured. Was travelling at an altitude of about 8,000 feet. 18-Jul-0123:55Barrhead/GlasgowScotland One spherical shaped object. Was orange and yellow. Was stationary for a short amount of time. 21-Jul-0121:25Countesthorpe Leicestershire A UFO was flying North East. 21-Jul-0122:31LetchworthHertfordshire A sequence of bright lights. Were moving from right to left, then back in a random fashion. 21-Jul-0120:50Milton KeynesBuckinghamshire Kite shaped object. Black in colour. Headed West and often changed it's speed. 23-Jul-0118:15Harrow London One, small, balloon shaped object. Brown in colour. Was moving up and down and sideways. 23-Jul-0111:00Perton South Staffordshire A dark, possibly circular object, as it looked like a rocket at first glance. Part of the object was metallic and glistened. 25-Jul-0114:10Folkstone Kent One circular object with flashing bright lights. Was at a high altitude. 27-Jul-0119:00Liverpool Merseyside One dome/bell shaped object. It had two red lights either side. Other colours were seen on and off. Stationary. 30-Jul-0123:10Nottingham Nottinghamshire One circular object, orangey/red. Was very bright. Was moving in a regular figure of eight pattern. 30-Jul-0123:30Bath Somerset One oval shaped object. It had rotating lights. Was moving to the West. 01-Aug-0108:20IlkleyWest Yorkshire One, silver, fountain pen shaped object, described as an aircraft without wings. 04-Aug-0100:40Port Talbot Wales Two large, shining golf ball like objects. They were moving in and out of the clouds. 04-Aug-0100:40Rickmansworth Hertfordshire One large, circular object and a number of small fragments, size of 10p pieces. White and a glow of red and blue. Very bright. 04-Aug-0101:40BusheyHertfordshire Strange formation of lights flying overhead. 04-Aug-0102:30Glasgow Scotland Big bright, white light. A smaller white light was then moving towards and away from the bigger white light. 05-Aug-0123:40Chipping Norton Oxfordshire Several objects. Different colours - purple, green and white. Very bright. Moving very fast to the South. 05-Aug-0102:00Barnstable Devon Two, 18 inch across, round shaped, spinning objects. White and very bright. 06-Aug-0116:30Ashton-Under-LyneGreater Manchester The witness saw something that they could not identify, but it was not a plane. 06-Aug-0103:08Berwick Northumbria Two, stationary cone shaped objects. One below each other. They were extremely bright. 11-Aug-0100:30Tipton West Midlands Bright round light that moved in steps. It reduced in size, and then when smaller, shot off to the left and disappeared. 14-Aug-0111:05Buxton Derbyshire One, size unknown. Circular ring, horizontal with tail, hanging below with a black ball at the bottom. 16-Aug-0121:30NewportGwent One large, round shaped object. White and very bright. Moved fast upwards in the sky. 17-Aug-0121:45Abbotskerswell Devon The object looked like a circle within a circle. 18-Aug-0102:10PaisleyScotland A red flash fell from the sky. It was falling to the ground in a wide spiral. 19-Aug-0122:45Shoeburyness Essex One large, square - grid like object. Grey and orange and very bright. Was static and then moved North. 20-Aug-0110:00One 15 inch across, circular shaped object. Metallic grey. The witness got up close and touched it. 21-Aug-0101:20BerwickNorthumbria Four cone shaped objects, which were brightly lit. They were in a line, and moving North East. 22-Aug-0122:56Newport Pagnall Buckinghamshire In between two to three stars, there was a something/star which exploded in to a large mass. 27-Aug-0121:00Nantwich Cheshire Eight to nine smokeless flares. Two were falling - parallel. 27-Aug-0119:35Poynton Cheshire Circular object with a depression in the middle. Was a grey/metallic colour. Very bright. It was emitting smoke. 28-Aug-0102:00Cherry Valley, nr BelfastNorthern Ireland One large, white, circular light, moving at high speed with no sound, at about 500 feet. 01-Sep-0116:30Wallington Surrey One object that looked a bit like an inverted U. Moving due West. 02-Sep-0101:00Royston Hertfordshire One rectangular/triangle shaped object. It had a white light that was pulsating. Was of average brightness. Moving North East. 03-Sep-0112:00Gosport Hampshire A twin