Stanifield Lane, Leyland-26th July 2009
Location of Sighting: Stanifield Lane, Leyland.
Date of Sighting: 26/7/09
Time: 22.12
Witness Name: John Newsome
Witness Statement: 3 orange objects in triangle formation. 2 split and headed right of preston, 1 headed towards preston. kept coming in 2s from over trees on fowler ln headed towards preston. low level, approx 1000ft, slow moving, silent. stopped counting after 7 because they kept appearing. 15-20 in total. police helicopter hovered between stanifield ln and wigan rd until last 2 in distance, then it flew off towards hq at hutton. observed them for 20-30 minutes. lots of witnesses.
Source:Direct request on UK-UFO
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July 31st, 2009 at 10:46 pm
Hi John,
The Lancashire Evening Post are going to to a story about this particular sighting due to the numerous witnesses and the presence of the Police Helicopter as well as the video footage I provided. Please check your Youtube account as they want you to contact them regarding your sighting.
Thanks.
August 19th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
my husband saw this too, he was watching through a gap in the curtains- we also live off stanifield lane. however claims are that police helicopter was not up that night watching…
August 21st, 2009 at 11:19 am
hi robyn. talked to 2 policemen about it. they said it was probably a military copter. 4 of us watched the copter watching the objects. there was deffinately a copter present.and it wasn’t watching lanterns.