Live Intercept Case ID: be452513

SIGHTING: DISTINGTON (UK/ENGLAND)

Sighted On

Wednesday 16. March 2005

Reported On

Wednesday 16. March 2005

Classification

Circle

Duration

seconds

Witness Testimony

"SITTING IN MY ARMCHAIR LOOKING OUT THE BACK WINDOW--A BALL OF FIRE SWEPT ACROSS THE SKY EAST TO WEST--NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE--IT LASTED HARDLY A COUPLE OF SECONDS--WELL UP ABOVE HOUSE TOPS ...THIS BALL OF FIRE APPEARED TO BE NO BIGGER THAN A MATCH SIZE FOOTBALL,HOWEVER IT COULD HAVE BEEN MORE DISTANT THAN WHT IT SEEMED TO BE...WEATHER VERY DULL MISTY CLOUD COVER...."

Source: NUFORC

Intelligence Discussion

Coordinates

Latitude

54.5991°

Longitude

-3.536°

Technical Specs

Classification Circle

Duration seconds

Source NUFORC

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Location	Sighted on	Shape	Duration
Poulton Le Fylde, Lancashire, UK	2025-10-22	40 or 50 stars flying in a formed straigh line	4 or 5 minutes
Heysham	2025-05-07	Circular	Multiple
Haydon Bridge, Northumberland	2024-05-31	Ribbonlike	2 or 3 minutes
Isle of man	2022-11-04	Circle	30 seconds
Cumbria , England (United Kingdom)	2020-05-20	Cigar	00:10:00
Whitehaven, England (United Kingdom)	2020-05-02	Other	00:00:20
Harker, England (United Kingdom)	2020-04-26	Sphere	00:05:00
Windermere, England (United Kingdom)	2020-04-21	Star-like	00:00:05
Penrith, England (United Kingdom)	2020-03-22	Circle	00:05:00
Preston, England (United Kingdom)	2019-10-12	Unknown	00:05:02
Bolton-le-Sands, England (United Kingdom)	2019-09-27	Chevron	00:02:00
Garstang, England (United Kingdom)	2019-04-21	Diamond	00:00:59
Cockermouth, England (United Kingdom)	2018-11-11	Star-like	00:01:00
Cockermouth, England (United Kingdom)	2018-09-08	Star-like	00:03:00
Staveley, England (United Kingdom)	2018-08-10	Fireball	00:01:00
Brough, England (United Kingdom)	2018-08-09	Egg	00:03:15
Blackpool, England (United Kingdom)	2018-07-07	Other	03:30:00
Workington Cumbria (United Kingdom)	2018-04-21	Circle	00:00:45
United Kingdom	2018-02-28	Spate of UFO	Spate of UFO
Kirkby Stephen, England (United Kingdom)	2017-12-16	Triangle	00:15:00
Blackpool (United Kingdom)	2017-07-29	Circular	10 minutes
Heysham, England (United Kingdom)	2017-06-19	Unknown	00:00:30
Blackpoll, England (United Kingdom)	2017-06-02	Sphere	00:10:04
Douglas (Isle of Man)	2017-04-09	Fireball	00:08:00
Castle Douglas (United Kingdom)	2017-03-20	Saturn-like	04:00:00
Cumbria, England (United Kingdom)	2016-12-22	Boomerang	00:00:20
Cleveleys (United Kingdom)	2016-10-02	triangle	3 seconds
Castletown (Isle of Man)	2016-09-28	Sphere	00:10:00
Isle of Man, Isle of Man (United Kingdom)	2016-08-13	Disc	00:03:00
United kingdom	2016-04-05	As picture	????
Fleetwood, England (United Kingdom)	2015-04-27	Shuttle like	2 mins
Barrow-in-Furness (UK/England)	2015-02-22	Cylinder	10 minutes
Blackpool (UK/England)	2014-10-16	Disk	1 hour
Fleetwood, England (United Kingdom)	2014-07-30	Different shapes	1 minute
Fleetwood (UK/England)	2014-07-30	Rectangle	1 minute
Fleetwood (UK/England)	2014-07-30	Rectangle	1 minute
Fleetwood, England (United Kingdom)	2014-07-27	Circle	Undisclosed
Whitehaven (UK/England)	2013-07-31	Circle	10 minutes
Douglas (Isle of Man) (UK/England)	2012-12-31	Light	2 minutes
Lancashire (UK/England)	2012-12-01	Sphere	1 minute
Carlisle, England (United Kingdom)	2012-10-17	Circle, Sphere	Undisclosed
Lancaster, England (United Kingdom)	2012-10-09	Oval	Undisclosed
Warton (UK/England)	2012-09-21	Unknown	30 seconds?
Workington, England (United Kingdom)	2012-08-29	Star-like	Undisclosed
laural, Maryland (Isle of Man)	2012-07-26	Oval	Undisclosed
Douglas (Isle of Man)(UK/England)	2012-05-02	Fireball	20 seconds
Bridgend (UK/England)	2011-10-25	Sphere	ongoing more than an hour
Blackpool (UK/England)	2011-09-15	Disk	60 seconds
Lancashire (UK/England)	2011-08-23	Circle	20 minuets
Whitehaven (UK/England)	2011-03-22	Unknown
Millom (UK/England)	2011-01-20	Sphere	12 seconds
Peel (United Kingdom)	2010-06-12	Oval	00:00:30
Moffat (UK/Scotland)	2010-04-10	Oval	9mins
Cumbria (UK/England)	2010-04-07	Light	5-7 mins aprox
Isle of Man	2009-11-05	Circle	20:30
Lancashire (UK/England)	2009-09-04		30 seconds
Barrow-In-Furness (UK/England)	2009-07-24	Light	30 Mins
Blackpool (UK/England)	2009-01-16	Disk	30 sec
Burton-In-Kendal (UK/England)	2009-01-01	Circle	15mins
Thornton-Cleveleys (UK/England)	2008-11-23	Changing	12 mins
Seascale, England (United Kingdom)	2008-06-15	Star-like	Undisclosed
Kendal (UK/England)	2008-02-16	Light	20-30sec
Douglas (Isle of Man) (UK/England)	2007-07-31	Oval	10 seconds
Furness (UK/Scotland)	2007-07-29	Cylinder	20 SECS
Lancashire County (UK/England)	2007-06-22	Cylinder	15 min
Blackpool (UK/England)	2007-04-21	Egg	5 mins
Lancashire (UK/England)	2007-03-04	Formation	50 seconds
Dumfries (UK/Scotland)	2007-02-17	Fireball
Dumfries (UK/Scotland)	2007-02-05	Fireball
Ramsey (Isle of Man) (UK/England)	2007-01-20	Circle	1 minute
Dumfries/Galloway (UK/Scotland)	2006-11-05	Unknown	30 mins
Lancaster (Cantsfield) (UK/England)	2006-09-01	Light	10 mins
Blackpool (UK/England)	2006-08-27	Light	30 secs
Dalton-in-Furness (UK/England)	2006-08-24	Circle	5 minuits
Lancashire (UK/England)	2006-05-18	Unknown	10 Seconds
Fleetwood (UK/England)	2006-04-10	Disk	Around 30 seconds
Lancaster (UK/England)	2006-03-13	Triangle	12 Seconds
Lancashire (UK/England)	2006-02-14	Sphere	2 minutes
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Blackpool (UK/England)	2005-12-08	Disk	about 7 mins
United Kingdom (Southern coast; inflight sighting)	2005-09-18	Disk
Dumfriessire (UK/Scotland)	2005-08-20	Other	20 minutes
Whitehaven (UK/England)	2004-08-22		na
Bridgend (UK/England)	2004-07-12	Triangle	25 minutes
West Lancashire (UK/England)	2004-07-09	Triangle	15-20 seconds
Lytham St. Annes (UK/England)	2004-06-30	Other	25secounds
Eastriggs, Scotland (United Kingdom)	2004-06-30	Triangle	00:01:00
Fleetwood (UK/England)	2004-03-06	Sphere	5 Minutes
Blackpool (UK/England)	2004-02-29	Changing	10 mins
Fleetwood (Lancashire) (UK/England), LA	2003-11-22	Circle	10 minutes
Lancaster (UK/England)	2003-10-24	Sphere	2 minutes
Blackpool, Lancashire (UK/England)	2003-03-02	Cylinder	20 seconds
United Kingdom (location unspecified)	2002-12-15	Triangle	5 hours
Blackpool (UK/England)	2002-08-23		5mins
Morecambe (UK/England)	2002-08-03	Light	20 mins
Dumfries (UK/Scotland)	2002-02-28	Circle	unknown
United Kingdom	2002-02-05	Light	1 hour
St. Annes (UK/England)	2001-09-08	Unknown	30secs
Lancashire (UK/England)	2001-04-28	Sphere	10mins