{"id":241,"date":"2007-01-04T22:47:04","date_gmt":"2007-01-05T02:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oddempire.org\/weblog\/?p=241"},"modified":"2017-11-29T13:23:17","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T17:23:17","slug":"ufo-%e2%80%99seen-burning-up-in-sky%e2%80%99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/2007\/01\/04\/ufo-%e2%80%99seen-burning-up-in-sky%e2%80%99\/","title":{"rendered":"UFO “seen burning up in sky”"},"content":{"rendered":"

(shropshirestar.com UK) <\/a>
\nRetired policeman Mike Lindop was disturbed during an evening of television watching at his home in Telford – by a UFO.<\/p>\n

Mr Lindop was watching TV at in his home at Moorhouse Close, Wellington, when he looked out of the window and saw a strange tubular object in the sky.<\/p>\n

It was traveling at speed and issuing yellow and orange flames, but made no sound. He went outside to get a closer look with his wife Carol Ann and son Darran, and they saw it disappear towards Newport.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cIt was about 7.30pm when I saw it. It was a long, cylindrical thing, about 1,000ft up in the sky and it must have been travelling at more than 100mph.I’ve never seen anything like it before and am completely lost to know what it is. It left me feeling quite uptight. It seemed to be on fire but it looked nothing like an aircraft and made no noise at all.<\/p>\n

“I wish I’d had a camera but by the time we thought about it, it had gone. I’d be surprised if nobody else has seen it.”<\/p>\n

UFO expert Phil Hoyle said the sighting matched many others over recent years, although he had not had any recent reports.<\/p>\n

Mr Hoyle, head of the Shrewsbury-based UFO Investigation and Research Unit, said: “It is an extremely common description. There have been many reports of this object over Wellington and Telford and in fact worldwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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