Strange lights over Rodborough Common

9:43am Tuesday 6th May 2008

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SNJ reader Maurice Pert contacted us this week after seeing a number of lights apparently flying in formation roughly in an easterly to westerly direction from his home in North Woodchester on Saturday evening at around 9.30pm.

Mr Pert said: " The first group comprised of two or three lights in line astern followed by a line of three line abreast, this was followed by another group in the same formation, this group was followed by a singleton.

"There was cloud cover so the lights were obviously below this, there was no sound, and they moved at a uniform speed keeping perfect formation.

"On viewing them through binoculars they appeared no closer than when viewed by the naked eye. The lights were not coloured but were very slightly orange tinted, similar to a white light powered by a battery that is running low. "

Mr Pert added that he is usually very sceptical about UFO's but said: " I have never witnessed anything like that described above previously. We would be most interested to learn if anyone else saw these lights."