Triangular aircraft and strange lights: Every UFO sighting in Leicestershire between 1997 and 2009
Are we alone?
It’s a question a lot of us ponder when we look up to the sky and consider the vast amount of space beyond it.
But aliens might just be that bit closer than most of us think.
There have been countless reports of strange things in the sky believed to be alien aircraft. Just look on YouTube and you’re bound to come across plenty of UFOs (unidentified flying objects) caught on camera.
But as real as it is for some, there are just as many people out there who will say “it’s fake” or that there is a reasonable explanation for what has been observed.
The Ministry of Defence has published lists of reports of UFOs that they have recorded between the years 1997 and 2009.
Below is a list of every sighting, as revealed by government figures, in Leicestershire between those years.
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1997
1. 12-Aug-97 00:45 Leicester Leicestershire: One large, round object. Was white and very bright. It was moving from right to left and then back again, quickly. There was a low humming noise.
2. 08-Sep-97 03:50 Brooksby Village, Leicestershire: One small, oval-shaped object. It was white with blue and red lights. The brightness was glaring. It hovered, then disappeared behind a church.
1998
1. 17-May-98 15:00 Market Harborough, Leicestershire: One flattened rugby ball-shaped object, with a long needle hanging. White or silver in colour. Extremely fast.
1999
No sightings reported according to government records.
2000
1. 17-Jan-00 21:40 Cottesmore, Leicestershire: Several lights falling to the ground, towards a bright larger light. The lights were white in colour.
2001
1. 26-Feb-01 23:00 Leicestershire: A UFO. It had bright red, blue and orange flashing lights, in the shape of a triangle. Remained stationary for 15 minutes.
2. 21-Jul-01 21:25 Countesthorpe, Leicestershire: A UFO was flying North East.
3. 31-Dec-01 Castle Donington, Leicestershire: A bright, green light was moving at very high speed. The object appeared to land near Kegworth over the M1
2002
1. 06-Feb-02 19:05 Narborough, Leicestershire: One globe with an attachment that was white and very bright.
2. 14-Mar-02 00:30 Leicester, Leicestershire: The object appeared larger than a star and was circular. It then turned and looked diamond shape. Had a blue light at the top.
3. 29-Aug-02 00:30 Leicester, Leicestershire: Looked like a shooting star. Had four lights on each side, like a black shadow.
4. 01-Sep-02 17:00 Leicester, Leicestershire: One object, that was golf ball size. Then another three golf ball size objects (white), were seen moving in an L formation.
2003
No sightings reported according to government records.
2004
1. 09-Jan-04 14:00 Market Harborough, Leicestershire: One large black triangular aircraft with three bright lights in a triangle formation. There was a rumbling sound.
2. 20-Sep-04 22:00 Lutterworth, Leicestershire: Flashing lights.
3. (No recorded date) Leicester, Leicestershire: Three to four discs, that looked oval shape when the discs moved to the side. Moved in a triangular formation across the sky.
2005
1. 20-Feb-05 Leicester, Leicestershire: Object seen in the sky, but then the witness said it could have been a meteorite.
2006
No sightings reported according to government records.
2007
1. 01-May-07 15:55 Leicester, Leicestershire: Tear shaped object, that was black in colour. The object was travelling fast and left what sounded like a rocket sound behind it.
2. 12-Sep-07 17:30 Hinckley, Leicestershire: A large object was moving fast and low over the ‘perimeter road’ on the outskirts of Hinckley.
2008
1. 25-Feb-08 10:10 Euston, Leicestershire: Two strange black discs in the sky, with orange lights on the side of them. They were hovering, and then started spinning around quite quickly
2. 01-Aug-08 22:30 Loughborough, Leicestershire: 20 to 25 lights were moving across the sky. They were in a uniformed lighting formation.
3. 15-Aug-08 Not stated Burbage/Hinckley, Leicestershire: Two bright lights. It looked like a spectrum of light shone through the car.
2009
1. 31-Oct-09 18:25 Leicester, Leicestershire: Bright orange glow triangular shape, very bright, flew up into the sky, silent.
If you would like to take a look for yourself at the list containing all of the recorded sightings across the whole of the UK, you can do so by clicking here.
This article has been archived for your research. The original version from Leicestershire Live can be found here.
