Stratford-Upon-Saturn
Stratford-Upon-Avon, former stomping grounds of William Shakespeare, was the site of much excitement over the weekend. Pub-goers streamed out of the bars to watch a series of unexplained lights in the sky. UFOs over Jolly old England? Well, we can't speculate, but someone got a picture or two.
A crowd of 100 stunned stargazers brought a town centre to a standstill when five mysterious UFOs were spotted hovering in the sky.
Drinkers spilled out of pubs, motorists stopped to gawp and camera phones were aimed upwards as the five orbs, in a seeming formation, hovered above Stratford-Upon-Avon for half an hour.
The unidentified flying objects lit up the otherwise clear night sky above Shakespeare's birthplace in Warwickshire on Saturday.
Although Air Traffic Control reported no unusual activity, some witnesses were convinced they were witnessing an extra-terrestrial spectacle.
More from the Stratford-Upon-Avon Herald newspaper:
The formation—which appeared without any sound—lasted 15 minutes and baffled those watching from the ground before fading away.
Witness Tom Hawkes saw the lights along with 15 other people celebrating his girlfriend’s birthday at the One Elm in Guild Street.
He said: “I just saw this light appear, then three others. Everyone said, ‘What’s that?’ Then a fifth one moved in, quite fast. I have no idea what they could have been. Maybe someone else can offer an explanation. There were so many people around who must have all seen it, most people near us were watching them.”
Now the pictures are somewhat lacking in detail, but our crack(ed) photographic staff at the Magic 8-Ball Photography and Touchless Carwash, Ltd., have applied their patented gelatin with fresh fruit filters to the available images and have deciphered what the formation of lights actually spelled out.
Weird Stuff, World news | Gaius Tuesday, 24 July , 2007
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By feeblemind, Tuesday, 24 July , 2007 @ 5:15 pm
Gaius, I think you have been watching too many Twilght Zone reruns and Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
By Gaius, Tuesday, 24 July , 2007 @ 5:33 pm
“To Serve Man”
By feeblemind, Wednesday, 25 July , 2007 @ 8:34 am
Exactly! I couldn’t remember the title of the episode. I guess it was a short story as well.