The suspected aircraft has been spotted in Didsbury and Wythenshawe in South Manchester, as well as Ashton-under-Lyne in Tameside. Whether the Pentagon report will reveal anything interesting has been a source of disagreement in the UFO community in recent weeks. One bemused resident posted on her local Facebook page asking: "Did anyone else see this over East Didsbury about 45 minutes ago? The unidentified conical object was in fact parts of the rocket re-entering the Earth's atmosphere, reports HullLive.

If you would like to change your settings or withdraw consent at any time, the link to do so is in our privacy policy accessible from our home page. The light remained shining down on the scene below for several moments, causing the snow on the ground to shine in even more brilliant white. Others have questioned whether it may have in fact been the International Space Station, which can appear like an aeroplane or a very bright star moving across the sky. Only weeks before the sighting over the M5, on 7 th June, three soldiers at Tern Hill Barracks would claim to have witnessed thirteen “rotating cubes” during their night patrol. The MOD has no opinion on the existence of extra-terrestrial life and no longer investigates reports of sightings of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena or Unidentified Flying Objects.Mr Waring said: “I don't think the pilot of the jet knew about the UFOs otherwise he would have turned and investigated. Many made reference to the cloud possibly being a 'Lenticular cloud' - a stationary cloud that forms in parallel alignment to the wind direction and are often compared to a saucer due to their shape. According to their report in April 1996 due to no evidence other than the pilot’s testimonies, they no longer had an interest in the case.

This is because, in over 50 years no such reporting to the Department indicated the existence of any military threat to the UK, and it was deemed more valuable to prioritise MOD staff resources towards other Defence-related activities. The details included in the article are based on the reports, accounts and documentation available as provided by witnesses and publications - sources/references are published above. One person commented: "Seen this last night walking the dog in Blackley, absolutely no clouds in the sky apart from this one. Probably more associated with the USA and Area 51, you may be surprised to hear that there’s a village just 90 minutes away from Greater Manchester which has been a hotspot for UFOs. A year previously, on 8 th December 2013, Duncan Kennedy would spot a strange object hovering over Strangeways prison [3] from the balcony of his Salford flat.When the Ministry of Defence released their records on reported UFO sightings The latest had been over Radcliffe and then Manchester city centre in July 2004. I thought it was some kind of UFO at first" posted another person, who claim they spotted the singular cloud near Preston.

million online subscribers) urges caution, expecting it to have no more impact than the December 2017 New York Times report, which produced a flurry of excitement but no conclusive proof. Video footage captures the moment a mysterious UFO is spotted hovering in the skies above Ashton-under-Lyne in Manchester. However, the investigation by the UFO experts concluded that this sighting had a “high probability of drone activity. In 2009 an Altrincham schoolchild made a plea to government spooks for answers on whether aliens exist.The orb-like cloud was spotted by people living in Didsbury, as well as in Sale, Urmston and even clocked overhead as far north as Blackley. With temperatures reaching the early-teens and the sun out amongst the clouds over the weekend, many were enjoying the outdoors and happened to spot the peculiar cloud and snap their own pictures. Salford resident Duncan Kennedy was enjoying a quiet Sunday afternoon at home in when he spotted what he thought might be a UFO back in December 2013. A catalogue of close encounters and alien spacecraft sightings across the country were released earlier this year revealing a huge number of reported sightings over Greater Manchester. Another sighting, three years earlier in July 2005, would see Peter Sotomski, along with four work colleagues, witness an “unusual object” speeding across the sky at 10 am, in the Eccles area of Manchester.