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Folkestone, England (United Kingdom)

Sighted on Sunday 30. July 2006
Reported on
Shape: Triangle, Unknown | Duration: 00:03:00
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At around 11pm my parents were relaxing outside after work. I went out to join them and my dad said he had just seen a strange object in the sky. He said it was a pitch black shape (he wasn't sure on the exact shape as it moved quickly). The sky was a dark grey with slight orange tint from the street lights but this object was pitch black and obscured everything - background glow and stars - as it went. It took 5-7 seconds to go across the sky. He described it as "In star trek talk - it was something under a cloaking device - pitch black - darker than anything else in the sky". It made no noise. A few minutes later both of my parents and I saw another strange object. I'm not sure if it's related so am mentioning it too. It was a triangle of red lights with one red flashing light at the back. It wasnt the standard red and white flashing lights and obvious winged shape of a plane. It moved slowly compared to the other planes in the sky - a few minutes to move across the sky (others were overtaking it). And it also made no noise that I could hear. It could have been at high altitude - it was hard to judge due to being 11pm.

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