Appearance / Description of Object(s)

Black all over. Disc-oval shaped. Edges of the object glowed a brilliant golden colour. Don't know whether that was from the glare of the sun or it's own power.

Size of Object(s)

Could not give estimate of the size of the object, but from where we were standing, it did not look that big. My hand would have covered it if I had stretched my arm out.

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

It must have been about 6 - 700ft in the sky, because the cathedral is about 450ft tall.

Description of Area / Surroundings

The area was urban, but the cemetary we were resting in could be classed as rural, very peaceful place with lots of different birds and also a running spring.

Full Description & Details

In 1997 - summer - my son, who was aged 9 at the time, my girlfriend and myself decided to stop off for a rest in an old cemetary that we lived near. I think the month was June or July. I remember it being boiling hot, not a cloud in the sky. We had just been shopping and on the way back we rested in the cemetary.

As we sat there, sweating, my son suddenly looked up and shouted, 'Dad. Look at that balloon in the sky. It's moving weird'.

My girlfriend and myself both looked up toward the object. Directly facing us was the Anglican Cathedral - the 4th largest in Europe. The object was some way behind the cathedral - and higher than it.

We watched the object closely. It definately was not a balloon. It was sort of disc-shaped but oval at the same time. It was completely black all over. The object - whatever it was- was flipping over and over in the sky very slowly. As it flipped, the edges of this object was glowing a brilliant golden colour. My son, by this time, was very excited, when he suddenly realised that it was not a balloon.

My girlfriend just stood watching this thing open-mouthed. The object made its way toward the cathedral - flipping over and over all the while. It was moving very methodically and slowly across the sky. It disappered behind the cathedral and reappeared in front of the cathedral. It was still moving very very slowly. As it flipped over and over the edges of the object were glowing brilliant gold. I don't know whether this was because it was catching the glare from the sun that was behind us, or whether it was from it's own power.

We - I - Had never seen anything like this in our lives before. I timed this thing and the whole event lasted about 10 minutes. I remember wishing that I had a camera or something to record this. But, as God is my witness, what I saw that day has stayed with me since. I don't know of any man-made object that moved like this thing across the sky.

Since 1997 I have checked websights, newspaper articles and even rang up the local airport to give in details of this thing. There was actually a small aircraft in the sky at the same time as this thing. The airport told me that there was nothing in the sky, apart from the small plane, at that particular time. I know there was because I witnessed it.

My son, who is now 18, has seen this same object twice more. He said it was moving the same way as in 1997, it was black in colour, disc-oval shaped, moving slowly, flipping over and over and not making any sound. His sightings of this thing was around 2005.

I don't have a clue as to what this is. When I watched this object in 1997, we could not hear any birds or car noises - like the sound had been turned down or off. This sighting has haunted me ever since and I would like you, if possible, to tell me whether you have had any such reports of this same object anywhere else in the world.

Can sighting be explained as any conventional man-made or natural object?

No no no. The way this object was moving was beyond belief.

Witness Background

I have worked in the care sector for a good number of years. Looking after people with senile dementia and also looking after the old people in care homes. Sorry, but I cannot send a drawing as I do not have any way of sending it to you.

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

I had always thought that there might be someone - or something out there. My views were - and still are - that we surely are not the only life forms in the whole universe. My mind is completely open to the possibility of other beings visiting us.

Other Comments

I would just like to know what the hell it is that I witnessed in 1997. If you have anything at all in your files that is anything like my, or my son's description - who, incidently, has spotted this same object 3 times now in Liverpool, then I would like to know. Many thanks.

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