UFO Reports 1997 DateTimeTown / VillageCountyOccupation of reporter (where known) Brief Description of sighting 02-Jan-9720:58ImminghamLincolnshire A large UFO, with all different colour of lights around it. Was stationary for some time, then started moving, making small erratic movements. 02-Jan-9723:35Scunthorpe North Lincolnshire An object that is continually changing colour. Normal star shape. 03-Jan-9707:45Formby/Liverpool Merseyside An oval, cigar shaped object. When the object speeded up, the witness could see red and white lights around or underneath it. 04-Jan-9723:20BeithAyrshire There were circular lights that were indistinct. The object was continually orbiting and tilting. 13-Jan-9721:00Brockton Staffordshire One, North Star sized object. Red and green colours, brighter than a star. Was moving from West to North. 13-Jan-9719:35PeacehavenEast SussexOne star shaped object. It had white, red and green flickering lights. It was very high and moving very slowly. 13-Jan-9719:40EynshamOxfordshire One object, larger than a light plane. Was circular and greenish in colour. Moved faster than a plane and then appeared to fall to the ground. 13-Jan-9719:00Watlington/Kings LynnNorfolk Two bright white lights and three green lights in a row, with a red light beneath, seen hovering above a field. 13-Jan-9722:30Kessingland/Nr LowestoftSuffolk Huge lights, like a child's sparkler, round, and as big as a house. There was no sound. 14-Jan-9720:00Selby North Yorkshire One, star shaped object. It was multicoloured. The object was stationary for over two hours. 16-Jan-9708:45Dunfermline Fife There was an orange glow in the sky. Small plane sized, cigar shaped object. It descended quickly. 20-Jan-9708:00Rock/Nr KidderminsterWorcestershire Five lights were seen in the sky. They then formed into two dashes. One moved off, and then they all disappeared. 20-Jan-9707:00Rochdale Lancashire Two white lights that were oblong shaped, and very bright. They were heading in every direction. 20-Jan-9706:55Coppull/Nr Chorley Lancashire Three lights in a triangular formation. The lights split up and then proceeded in three separate directions, at the speed of the car. 20-Jan-9707:00Henley-in-Arden Warwickshire A triangle of three stars. One was stationary and the other two were moving at the speed of a plane. They were brilliant white. 20-Jan-9719:15BradfordWest Yorkshire Five, round shaped flashing lights. Red and white in colour. They separated and went in different directions. 20-Jan-9719:01Invergary Invernesshire Intermittent light was flashing red. Then two flying objects were seen. 20-Jan-9706:50Dartmoor DevonTwo objects/lights that were parallel. Were stationary for about 10 seconds. They moved away at speed, and then became brighter. 20-Jan-9716:45Norwich Norfolk A green light seen in the sky, that moved in a curve, falling as it went. 20-Jan-9701:00Woodford Green Essex Three triangular shaped objects. They were bright white, but also turned red, green and orange. They moved spot and then zoomed off. 20-Jan-9719:45Caernarfon Bay Caernarfonshire A huge, blue, fast object in the sky. There was a cloud of smoke and it made the floor shake. 24-Jan-9703:10HainaultEssex A round, glowing object, with a dome on top and another underneath. It had port holes and glowed white/yellow. Disappeared after a few seconds. 24-Jan-9719:05Spey Bay Beach/Moray Morayshire One large, semi-circular shaped object. Blood red orange, very vivid. Similar to a street light. Object was stationary, then moved off. 24-Jan-9720:07B260/LongfieldKent Three very bright objects, pulsating - white, green and yellow. They sometimes moved into a triangular formation. 24-Jan-9719:00Spey Bay Morayshire One object. Was bright red/orange in colour. Bright light. The object was moving downwards. 25-Jan-9721:00HuddersfieldWest Yorkshire One object. Got larger as it came close. Was starlight shaped, with a blue light pulsating and was extremely bright. 25-Jan-9720:30Marske By The SeaNorth Yorkshire One bright object. Collection of red, green and blue lights. 26-Jan-9700:30Edinburgh Fife One object, in the shape of three dots. Flashing red, purple, blue and yellow lights. They looked like disco lights. 26-Jan-9720:40A537/Chelford/Nr MacclesfieldCheshireOne object, 50 metres across. Was round and dark, with white incandescent lights around it. With two very bright, red lights beneath it. 27-Jan-9710:55DroylsdenGreater Manchester One, silver/white metallic object. Stubby wings further back. Cylindrical. Low, growling hum. Two more objects were there for 2-3 minutes. 27-Jan-9720:23FlamboroughEast Yorkshire Two blue lights. Shape described as a flint sparking continuously. Both lights varied from being 30-100 yards apart. 27-Jan-9722:40Newport South Glamorgan A 'tube of light' coming down from the sky. It first looked like a star moving towards the car. Left a dust cover on the car. 28-Jan-9720:00SwanseaGlamorgan Three white lights accompanied by a red light. They seemed to be many miles away. 30-Jan-9717:55MarlowBuckinghamshire One sphere shaped object. White light. It descended slowly to eye level and slowed and appeared to spin and accelerate and then disappeared. 31-Jan-9720:00YorkNorth Yorkshire Two to three UFOs circling the area. They looked like fast moving, cloud shaped objects. 02-Feb-9720:10ChesterCheshireOrange, round object that was very bright. Was high up and made a rapid downwards descent. 02-Feb-9714:25SelkirkSelkirkshire Mirror like object. It was flickering. 02-Feb-9707:30Caerphilly Mid-Glamorgan Cigar shaped object, with wings but no tail. Jade green in colour. White lights through windows. Moved in a straight line. 03-Feb-9721:35Coventry West Midlands One large, triangular shaped object. Very bright, and white in colour and green at the top. It was moving North. 03-Feb-9710:52Farringdon Oxfordshire An oval shaped object, moving very fast. 05-Feb-9708:30Beeston/Nr Leeds West Yorkshire One object that was spherical shaped. It was silver in colour and very shiny and bright. It remained steady and then disappeared. 06-Feb-9723:30Manchester Greater Manchester Disc shaped objects were seen. They were surrounded by lights. A Droning noise was heard. One shot off, but returned later with another identical object. 07-Feb-9708:05Bathgate/Falkirk Central One object, like a vapour trail, (but too low down). White, but not bright. Not very fast. 08-Feb-9718:37Southend to LondonEssex Two strange, white lights surrouned by coloured lights. Then two more lots of lights appeared. They were moving slowly towards London. 08-Feb-9719:30Cross Green/LeedsWest Yorkshire One object, round shaped, consisting of a large, bright light. It was moving from East to West. 09-Feb-9719:00Mons Mill/Todmorden West Yorkshire The object was spherical in shape. Was a solid blue colour in the centre. It was moving in a Westerly direction. 09-Feb-9719:00A very bright meteorite or space debris. 10-Feb-9723:00Near PlymouthDevon A round, deep, red object. It was not lit up and didn't have any lights. It was moving from West to East and was very high. 4-5 times faster than an airliner. 10-Feb-9709:35Barry Glamorgan One oblong object. It was red in the centre and had up to fifteen lights. There was constant movement. UFO Reports 1997 13-Feb-9717:30CroydonSurrey Two objects that had one blue and one orange light. They were very bright. They were stationary and then there was erratic movement. 14-Feb-9715:10MaidstoneKent Two, small, triangular shaped objects. Black in colour. The objects were heading North and then disappeared into cloud. 14-Feb-9707:45StrethamLondon One airship shaped object. It was black. It was drifting smoothly. 14-Feb-9708:15Roath/CardiffGlamorgan One, triangular shaped object. A shiny, golden colour. It was moving in a straight line and was fast. 15-Feb-9723:00WestburyWiltshireThe object was believed to have landed on top of the Westbury White Horse Beauty Spot in Wiltshire. 18-Feb-9722:06A449/Llanwern/NewportMonmouthshire There was a cream coloured light. 27-Feb-9721:00Gloucester Gloucestershire Five round, glowing objects. They were moving up and down and side to side, and were quite fast. 23-Feb-9719:20Chelsea London One, very large, oblong shaped object.Yellowy/blue in colour. The object was stationary. 26-Feb-9721:45A346/Nr Marlborough Wiltshire One object, green in colour and about 200 feet in the air. It had a very, long, green tail behind it. 05-Mar-9702:30East Winch/Kings LynnNorfolk White light, not unlike A/C landing light, with a faint beam or trail. Was stationary and then there was some movement. 05-Mar-9721:00Edale/Lake DistrictDerbyshire Triangular shaped object. It was green/yellow in colour and had pulsing lights. It made rapid, jerky movements and moved position. 05-Mar-9723:00East Woodford London One object, similar to aircraft size, but triangular shaped. It was light in the centre, but the rest was dim white. Moved left/right, and stop/started. 05-Mar-9722:35Enfield Middlesex A pink/red, round object. A bit came off the side and fell down. The object was flying in a North Westerly direction. 06-Mar-9718:30Crondall Surrey The object was at an angle. It was round with a dome on top. It had lights all around and internal lights. It was stationary and then hovered. 08-Mar-9707:10Childwall/Liverpool Merseyside One object, car headlight size. Was white and very bright. 08-Mar-9719:05AyrAyrshire The object was like a star with a tail. There was a glow all around it. It was stationary. 08-Mar-9705:30Salford Greater Manchester Two objects. One was solid and charcoal grey and the other was more like a bright light. They zig zagged and then moved away vertically. 09-Mar-9703:45Southend BeachEssex A metallic blue object. It hovered above the sea, and then crashed into it. 10-Mar-9703:45Llanfair CaereinionPowys A round ball with a tail. Was like a torch with a flare. There was no movement. 11-Mar-9720:26Lynas-Wal/LlaneilianIsle of Anglesey One object with white and red lights. 12-Mar-9719:30MontroseTayside One, round, very bright object, with static beams shining down. 12-Mar-9720:45M40/Gaydon Warwickshire Five, pure white lights. They were very fast, and went from horizon to horizon in two-three seconds. 13-Mar-9720:50WarwickWarwickshire One huge big circle of bright white light. Was high in the sky and was circling around. 15-Mar-9720:30A483/Wrexham-NewtownDenbighshire One, large, oval, white and very bright object. The object was straight and level and was moving parallel with the car. 18-Mar-9723:20Elgin Morayshire Three lights. Then there was a blue flash about 500ft up. 18-Mar-9704:00Kingstanding/BirminghamWest Midlands One large, triangle shaped object. Lit up blue. 200 ft in length. A very bright light in each corner. Hovered, then shot off. Left a substance of which he has some in a jam jar. 19-Mar-9708:40Birmingham Airport West Midlands A small object that was moving very strangely. 19-Mar-9721:50KidderminsterWorcestershire One, large, cigar shaped object, with four individual red/green lights. Very bright. Was moving very slowly and moving from left to right. 19-Mar-9721:15Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire One large, round, white object. It was larger than aircraft lights. Very bright. 20-Mar-9706:00Coventry Airport West Midlands Saucer shaped object, like a dull grey cloud. It was moving slowly, but faster than a cloud. 21-Mar-9722:31CrawleyWest Sussex A peculiar object, that looked like a flock of birds, with a hole in the middle, leaving a vapour trail across the sky. Had orange lights around it. 27-Mar-9720:40Bedworth Warwickshire Two objects were side by side. They were white and very bright. During the incident, the car radio was producing static. 28-Mar-9720:00A70/Edinburgh Fife Two, very large, round objects. Larger than aircraft lights. White and very bright. They were in line with each other. Were moving Northwards. 28-Mar-9719:43Manchester Greater Manchester One object. Dark black and a triangular shape. Small red light on the nose. Two white lights on the edges that were flashing. 29-Mar-97SouthportLancashire A triangular object. Was hovering off of the coast. 29-Mar-97Burslem/Stoke-on-TrentStaffordshire Three objects (lights), that were orange/red in colour. Were 500 yards apart of each other. They were moving from left to right. 30-Mar-9722:30WiganGreater Manchester The object was a similar size and shape as a star. Blue and white in colour. It occasionally changed to red. It twinkled. 31-Mar-9722:00Didcot/OxfordOxfordshire Lights in the sky, which were white, then green, red and blue. Was stationary and then moved from left to right. 31-Mar-9718:50Wythall/Nr BirminghamWest Midlands One jumbo sized, missile shaped object. Very long. Had fins at rear. White, with an amber glow at the rear. Engine noise. Straight and level. 31-Mar-9723:45Hemel HempsteadHertfordshire An object with pieces of fire coming off of it. It was moving fast through the sky, and the witness thought that it may crash. 01-Apr-9720:05Hanwell London One, round object. Very bright. It was slow. 01-Apr-9720:00Notting Hill Gate London An orange blob, with a long fiery trail from the top, and twenty times longer than wide. Like a hot air balloon coming down, leaving a trail. 07-Apr-9720:50East GrinsteadWest Sussex One star shaped object. White and bright. Travelling in a direct line and was exceptionally fast. 08-Apr-9709:01PenycaeDenbighshire An object was moving in 90 degree angles. It sped up and then slowed down. 08-Apr-9721:00Wallington Surrey One object, like a dot of light. White and fairly bright. Was vertical. Moved very fast. 08-Apr-9721:30Over Isle of ArranIsle of Arran A circular ball of light, which changed to green and then red in colour. It travelled horizontally across the sky. 09-Apr-9709:15LowestoftSuffolk A bright, white light, which had a circle of lights and a triangle in the middle, and also, three large, mauve/blue spots. It hovered, then shot off to the West. 09-Apr-9720:30EllandWest Yorkshire Three objects, green in colour. Horizontal - and approximately the size of traffic lights. Were steady and going from West to East. 10-Apr-9718:24Aylesbury Buckinghamshire A sequence of flashing lights, which changed colour - red, blue, green and white. 10-Apr-9704:30Brighton East SussexBright light which was green. It had a purple haze. It moved in a straight line and was low in the sky and slow. Very quiet. 11-Apr-9721:45West Parley/FerndownDorset A saucer shaped object. Had red and blue lights on it. It was hovering silently, and then disappeared behind trees. UFO Reports 1997 12-Apr-9716:25Seaford Head East SussexTwo, small disc shaped, bright silver objects. Steady movement and level elevation. 12-Apr-9715:45WarminsterWiltshireA dish shaped, very shiny metallic object. 15-20 metres in diameter. 5-6 metres deep. It moved slowly and then sped off. 13-Apr-9721:30ErithKent One, round shaped object. Very bright. It was white in colour, then turned to a red dot and sped off. 13-Apr-9722:00Penarth Marina South GlamorganThere were two identically sized crafts. Extremely bright and both an obscured shape. They oscillated in an eliptical pattern. 14-Apr-9700:45Thornley Bank County Durham One, bell shaped object. It had one red light and one bright, white light. It was moving across the sky from West to East. 15-Apr-9721:15ChichesterHampshire One triangular shaped object. It was light yellow at the front and the rest was black. It moved sideways then stopped. It disappeared at speed. 15-Apr-9720:00Lower Morden/WimbledonSurreyOne object that was saucer shaped. Was white/orange in colour and very bright. 16-Apr-9721:30PaigntonDevon One object, like a star, but larger. Star coloured and very bright. It was moving very fast. 17-Apr-9700:08Datchet/SloughSurreyTwo round, white lights. They were performing circles. 17-Apr-9721:30Ramsey Cambridgeshire Red, white and blue lights in a triangle shape, were flying across the sky. 18-Apr-97Dublin/AmsterdamAirline crewAn unidentified flying object was seen. 22-Apr-9719:50Bristol Somerset Two-five disc like objects. Green on left and yellow on the right. They were bright. Were moving, dropping and then re-appearing in the sky. 22-Apr-9721:55Andover Hampshire A very large, grey object, with red, blue and green lights. There was a very loud humming noise. It came lower and nearer to the witness. 30-Apr-9712:45Liverpool Merseyside Two objects. The first one was disk shaped and the second one was cigar shaped. Both were black. They were slow moving. 30-Apr-9712:40Birmingham Airport Merseyside A bright object rose from a roof top vertically, to a great height. It was a flat elongated shape and appeared to be grey inside. 01-May-9703:56Cathays/CardiffSouth GlamorganOne round object with lights. There was one medium constant light.There was an unusual noise. It made erratic jerky movements. 04-May-9704:00Epping Essex One round object, 15 ft in diameter. Was emitting 7 or 8 green lights downwards. Quite bright. There was steady movement. 04-May-9722:00WorcesterWorcestershire One object, the size of the North Star. Round and orange and yellow in colour. Quite bright. Was stationary and then there was steady movement. 05-May-9709:40MaidstoneKent One round shaped object. Green in colour and was very bright. It was very fast. 07-May-9703:00Edinburgh Fife Diamond shaped object. Yellow and white in colour and was flashing. It was darting around the sky. 07-May-9700:00Calne Wiltshire One, triangular shaped object. The size of a small light aircraft. Was very bright. It made a sort of a buzzing noise. The object followed the witness. 11-May-9720:05Looe Cornwall One cube shaped object. Was the size of a micro light aircraft. Was black in colour. It moved straight across the sky. 14-May-9723:30WitneyOxfordshireOne very large star, with a slight beam, twinkled all different colours. It hovered back and forth for about 1 and a half hours. 15-May-9701:40Bathgate West Lothian Cylindrical object. Was slow moving. 15-May-9723:59RuncornCheshire 15-20, tail shaped objects, making snaking movements like a tail on a kids kite across the sky. They were orange and very bright. 19-May-9723:17Bromley Kent One round shaped object, double the size of a star. White (pale), but very bright. It was stationary for a while and then travelled straight and level. 21-May-9700:45Bradford-on-Avon Wiltshire Blue flashing lights with no shape. There was a strange noise that woke the witness. The flight was straight and the lights were moving North. 22-May-9723:10Abergavenny Monmouthshire One large, triangular shaped object. Black in colour. Was moving to the West. 23-May-9723:30Zennor Cornwall A brilliant white light, travelling at alternating speeds. It disappeared and then minutes later, the same light came from an egg shaped object, that was hovering. 27-May-9704:20Gorseinon nr Swansea West Glamorgan One round object. Yellow in colour, bright and shimmering. It was moving from left to right. 29-May-9723:55Suffolk 10-20 lights in the sky. The objects were flashing red, orange and green like traffic lights. They were stationary and silent. 29-May-9720:58HarpendenHertfordshire One short object, like an aircraft and trail. Was white and very bright. Stationary, then moved to the North from the South. It disappeared instantly. 30-May-9700:20Hatfield WoodhouseSouth Yorkshire Large object, helmet shaped. Had bright, white lights on the underside, and was completely silent. Was moving slowly and then sped off. 30-May-9710:57Wrexham Denbighshire One object, with one light on the front. About 450 ft up. It moved West and picked up speed. 31-May-97Wandsworth London One large, star like object. White in colour. Was moving slow from North to South. 31-May-9722:55Barton/Torquay Devon A