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Was 'burning fireball' in the sky a UFO?
11:00am Wednesday 18th March 2009
PARANORMAL investigators are looking into reports of a mysterious UFO seen flying over Pitsea.
A woman and her son witnessed the “burning fireball” whizzing across the sky at the speed of an aeroplane.
The 40-year-old was driving in Ashlyns, Pitsea, with her son, aged 20, when she spied the spectacle on the horizon at 8.30pm on Friday.
The woman, from Pitsea, said: “We couldn’t believe it. We actually pulled over to watch it. It seemed to be near to the Barstable School area.
“It was like a burning fireball – a bit like a massive firework – but it kept going up and all over the place at such great speed.
“It definitely wasn’t a firework.
“It was almost white it was burning so brightly. I’m not an idiot, I know what I saw and it wasn’t a plane or a balloon or anything like that.
“This is the first time I’ve ever seen anything like this. My son and I have been talking about it ever since.”
The incident comes just a few weeks after another eerie sighting was made in South Woodham Ferrers. Witnesses reported seeing six strange red lights hovering in the sky.
Paul Joslin, from Crays Hill, near Billericay, is a budding UFO tracker.
Together with his group, the Unknown Phenomena Investigations Association, he looks into mysterious sightings across the district.
He said: “This sounds really interesting. We’ll be looking into it.
“It could have been a UFO balloon, which people deliberately launch to try to trick others into believing they’re seeing a UFO, but it doesn’t sound like it to be honest.
“I would urge anyone else who saw it to come forward as well, so we can get as much information as possible about what it looked like.”
l Did you see the strange lights on Friday, or have you made a UFO sighting recently? Call the Echo on 01268 469308.
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geezer, innit, Basildon says...
11:54am Wed 18 Mar 09
i've a good mind sometimes to report them to environmental health as antisocial noise makers!
although the 'police interceptors' show might get a bit miffed!
anyway bit early for magic mushrooms innit?
geezer, innit, Basildon says...
12:02pm Wed 18 Mar 09
Shotgate Voice wrote:you're just jealous they didn't come over to your neck of the boondocks, abduct you and anally probe you mate!
Get off those beers Pitsea people , shame it didn't zap out the locals !!
flipping rednecks
Shotgate Voice, Shotgate says...
12:12pm Wed 18 Mar 09
geezer, innit wrote:Get back to your caravan and eat your magic mushrooms !
Shotgate Voice wrote: Get off those beers Pitsea people , shame it didn't zap out the locals !!you're just jealous they didn't come over to your neck of the boondocks, abduct you and anally probe you mate! flipping rednecks
ratpack, langdon hills says...
12:25pm Wed 18 Mar 09
The Voice of Reason, Southend says...
12:32pm Wed 18 Mar 09
ratpack wrote:would there be any way of telling if it had been 'nuked' ?
haha this is class, someone from shotgate actually calling somebody else a gypo, class in a glass!! i aint been there for a few years, but have they nuked and rebuilt it??
if the mother and son have only talked about this since the event, can i suggest they get out a bit more
TVoR
Spazzy McGee, Bas Vegas says...
12:36pm Wed 18 Mar 09
(Seems as though the little green people in the UFO's take a look at the girls from Basildon and dont wanna stop)
geezer, innit, Basildon says...
12:37pm Wed 18 Mar 09
well some intelligent lifeforms might eventually evolve if it had been!
Shotgate Voice, Shotgate says...
12:41pm Wed 18 Mar 09
ratpack wrote:Langdon Hills is the new home for the travellers in Crays Hill so you will be at home with your fellow inbreds, get back to your hole you crawled out from
haha this is class, someone from shotgate actually calling somebody else a gypo, class in a glass!! i aint been there for a few years, but have they nuked and rebuilt it??
Aint it just the truth, Hadleigh says...
3:24pm Wed 18 Mar 09
grantd, Essex says...
12:12pm Thu 19 Mar 09
Linnylou, Benfleet says...
3:03pm Thu 19 Mar 09
BASILBRUSH, Westcliff-on-sea says...
8:22pm Thu 19 Mar 09
Once airborne they can gain a lot of height which takes them into upper faster winds.
That gives you the speed and the flames. Mulder and Scully can now take the day off.
Last Poster, Basildon says...
12:39am Fri 20 Mar 09
God, I hope they don't read these posts here, you're all at war and you're only the eccentrics in the Boozledon district! If they do read it we're all dead.
PS I got this straight from the fairies in my garden so it is true!
Don South, says...
10:02am Fri 20 Mar 09
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Shotgate Voice, Shotgate says...
11:13am Wed 18 Mar 09