When you say hover, how high off the ground & how big was it ? ThanksMay have told this tale before a while back but not sure.
I was night fishing on a mill Lodge next to Cheethams Park, Stalybridge in in August 1984 with a mate. We caught a few fish during the night but I hadn't had a bite for over an hour so I took my flask over to see Tony to have a brew and a chat. We sat there chatting away under a starlight sky and all of a sudden a dazzling bright orb came from nowhere and hovered for what seemed like about 10 to 15 seconds, this was about 3am. We watched it speechless until it shot off at lightning speed. We turned to each other slack jawed in disbelief. "WTF was that" said Tony. I said it might be a UFO.
I always took my pocket radio when night fishing listening to Piccadilly radio and on the 5AM news they said a UFO was spotted over Stalybridge Oldham and Rochdale. They also said it was picked up by Manchester Airport radar. I've not given it much thought since but I did a Google search a few years ago and couldn't find anything about it. If you don't believe in UFOs I won't argue with you but what we saw that night was definitely an unexplained flying object.
Difficult to say as it was some distance away. I'd guess about as high as a plane in flight and looked to be of similar size as a passenger plane. Definitely not a plane though as Manchester Airport traffic control confirmed it to be a UFO.When you say hover, how high off the ground & how big was it ? Thanks
A few sightings of these over Oldham not long ago. My ex had one really low one night over her garden. She said it looked like something from 'Close `Encounters" in the dark.May have told this tale before a while back but not sure.
I was night fishing on a mill Lodge next to Cheethams Park, Stalybridge in in August 1984 with a mate. We caught a few fish during the night but I hadn't had a bite for over an hour so I took my flask over to see Tony to have a brew and a chat. We sat there chatting away under a starlight sky and all of a sudden a dazzling bright orb came from nowhere and hovered for what seemed like about 10 to 15 seconds, this was about 3am. We watched it speechless until it shot off at lightning speed. We turned to each other slack jawed in disbelief. "WTF was that" said Tony. I said it might be a UFO.
I always took my pocket radio when night fishing listening to Piccadilly radio and on the 5AM news they said a UFO was spotted over Stalybridge Oldham and Rochdale. They also said it was picked up by Manchester Airport radar. I've not given it much thought since but I did a Google search a few years ago and couldn't find anything about it. If you don't believe in UFOs I won't argue with you but what we saw that night was definitely an unexplained flying object.