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behind each light. They described these trails as 'self
luminous' but not the same as normal aircraft vapour - more
like beams of light! They estimated the elevation of the
objects to be 40 degrees to the horizon at a distance of
between 1,000' and 2,000'. t
This is obviously at variance to the other reports, but would
seem to substantiate Sgt report who was at the same
time S.W. of their position and saw the objects in a stationary
mode N.W. of hid position. this suggests that both the Sgts
sighting are in many respects different to the others and
indicate that their objects were extremely low and appeared to
have the ability to stop and hover!
I personally have no doubts about their ~ightings, because, as
whereas some people may have difficulty in judging objects at
great height, I hardly think these officers could be mistaken
in their judgements - 2,000' is one thing, but anywhere between
10,000 1 and 80kms is another. It is therefore my considered
opinion that these two sightings sightings are of different to
that of the re-entry rocket and may be associated with certain
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other events that took place later in the morning, at 2.00am
and indeed the previous evening between 8.00pm and 11.00pm over
Nth devon.
Most of these reports were received following the publication
of some news articles in two local papers. (Honiton News &
Somerset Gazette) The articles did not specify the type of
objects seen or the time. As a result I received a large number
of phone calls from members of the public and another police
officer, this time from Somerset. After evaluating these
reports and filing away those which I considered were not. . .
relevant to this case, it became apparent that in addition to
the initial 1.10a~ police reports, there were a number which
were very similar and did therefore have some association.
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