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Batcombe, Somerset, UK

Sighted on Sunday 05. August 2018
Reported on
Shape: Cigar & sphere | Duration: 3 sightings in 30 mins
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Myself and my friend Amy were lying on a picnic blanket looking vertically upwards into the clear blue sky overhead approximately 6pm on the evening of Sunday August 5th 2018 around 1.5 miles north of Batcombe, Somerset, UK. Something caught my attention in the far right periphery of my eyeline. My first thought was a bird but a split second later I dismissed this as a, there were no flapping wings and b, it appeared cylindrical in shape. My mind quickly categorised it as a drone however this object lacked a solid outline and after discussion with my friend 2 days later it would have been way too high for a drone. It moved very quickly from right to left (west to east) across my field of vision. We were sat on top of a hill and were enjoying almost 360 degree views. I told Amy but she could not see it. My eye followed it until it ran out of sight. I estimate its height to be between 3500 -7000 feet and the whole incident lasted around 5-6 seconds. Approximately 10 minutes later I saw another object on the same trajectory. This time as I pointed it out to Amy who saw it too and we both watched it cross the clear blue sky. Again the object was very high in the sky and therefore moving extremely fast taking again 5-6 seconds to pass through our field of vision. My eye followed this object until the far eastern horizon. Again this object had no distinct outline giving it a hazy or fuzzy experience. However, this time the object was spherical in shape as opposed to cylindrical. It was like an opaque snowflake. Approximately 10-15 minutes later I witnessed the exact same phenomenon again only this time Amy could not find it in the sky despite my efforts. Again 3500 - 7000(?) feet above, hazy outline and cylinderical in shape, travelling west to east, the whole episode lasting 5-6 seconds.

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