‘UFO-like object’ spotted flying over East Staffordshire – Burton Mail

Aliens are landing in East Staffordshire it seems, after amazing sunrise photos captured a strange UFO-like object flying in the skies above.

Eleanor Anne did a double-take when she opened her curtains this morning, Tuesday, September 22, to see a strange object flying towards her window, in Lower Loxley, near Uttoxeter.

However, there were no close encounters of the third kind, because the object was later revealed to be a hot air balloon.

The unusually shaped balloon seemed almost like an umbrella – the type supernatural singing nanny Mary Poppins might have used.

Eleanor said: “Opening the bedroom curtains at 7am this morning, we had quite a shock when we saw strange UFO-like object in the sky over Lower Loxley.

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“Disappointingly, on closer inspection we realised the aliens had not arrived to save us all and it was in fact a hot air balloon.”

Most hot air balloons popularly seen are the traditional teardrop balloon shape, but they actually do not have to be aerodynamically shaped.

A hot air balloon simply rises in the air and is carried along by the wind, so the shape does not significantly affect how the balloon flies.

As a result, balloons have been made in many shapes and sizes, and there have certainly been some weird and wonderful hot air balloons that have been seen in the skies.