Newark, Nottingham-13th January 2013
Location of Sighting: Newark, Nottingham, UK
Date of Sighting: 13/01/2013
Time: all afternoon
Witness Name: Chris Martinez, Marcus Hammond
Witness Statement: Hi, was at work with my company, traffic management for the LAMMA show in Newark Nottingham in January, working outside all day, obviously, when about 1pm we noticed that there was some strange lights in the sky, performing patterns, phasing in and out, multiplying and vanishing just as quick. The most we counted in any 1 sighting was around 8 individual orbs. At 1 point a perfect triangle was formed just rotating almost on an axis in the skies, I’m not very good at judging distances buy they were lower than a plane flies and maybe slightly higher than a helicopter would fly at. They were coming in intervals of around every 30 minutes for a few hours. After the 3rd showing my manager, Marcus, Told me to point my brand New camera at the sky and wait for them to reappear. The reason I bought this camera a few weeks before was for this exact purpose, staring into the skies is a huge pasttime of mine just waiting to catch a glimpse of the unknown.
I was sat still, withy camera for well over an hour and nothing came back, it was almost as if they knew I was waiting and didn’t want to be captured. Was a very eerie feeling, infact the whole day was eerie. Isn’t usual a grand topic at work but for some reason both Marcus and I individually felt compelled to bri up extraterrestrial topics of conversation with many people that day, and then this all begun.
Anyway, shortly after around 4pm, at dusk, I was called to assist in a problem on the other side of the park, t was around that time that the lights returned. Obviously my camera was down and in my work truck but I pulled my HTC out and captured this video….
It wasn’t the most spectacular display of the day but clearly shows what we were seeing.
There could be a very simple explanation of what this was but it has me and many friends baffled.
Please somebody, enlighten us to what we saw.
A lil info…. We were working right by the Newark air museam, stood on the runway looking in an easterly direction. The air museam has only grounded plans so no aerial activity that day, the other air force bases around Nottingham hadn’t advertised any training activities in that day or area so that’s ruled out. And yes, there was a helicopter flying around very occasionally at the show, saw it twice I think, but this, most certainly was not a helicopter.
Please read, view and submit your thoughts.
Thanks for your time
Source: www.uk-ufo.co.uk
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February 9th, 2013 at 6:52 pm
great capture… this is exactly what we have been seeing!!
February 9th, 2013 at 7:24 pm
A good report and video. These objects look identical to one I have been seeing singularly. It just seems to flicker in and out of existance, and yes you do get the feeling they know what you are thinking.
February 9th, 2013 at 9:17 pm
I don’t know whether to scream at the person taking the photos or the person that sells chinese lanterns
February 9th, 2013 at 9:59 pm
Hello Chris and Marcus
If you were at the air museum end of the showground stood on the old runway looking east i am almost certain i know what your saw.About 2 miles to the east is Beckingham MOD rifle range and training ground and regularly they use flares sending up mutiple flares is not uncommon.These flares seem to hang in the air for ages and to anyone who doesnt know what they are they appear very strange .I live in Newark and often see the flares from Beckingham camp mainly in the evening , but to see them in the day maybe they had a row of recruits learning how to fire them off and setting them all off at the same time i couldnt be sure..i am 99% sure i have given you the correct explanation but there is always a chance i could be wrong …all the best PAUL..
February 9th, 2013 at 11:02 pm
Hi,
Sorry I can’t supply you with an answer. It is fascinating, and a genuine thank you for sharing it.
February 10th, 2013 at 8:52 am
WOW!! Great sighting Chris……Great video! Almost as though they were putting on a little show just for you! I’m hoping this will help open a few closed minds. Thanks for sharing it with us!
February 10th, 2013 at 12:25 pm
Fantastic footage and a very steady hands – I wish more recordings were like this.
Intially, I thought they were flares, slowly coming to ground. RAF offten shot them off if they are getting to there sell by dates. White flares, as you will be aware are part of anti missle defences or indicating to ATC that you must land.
The final two could have been afterburners that were disappearinmg into cloud. Whatever they are its excellent footage of UFO’s.
February 10th, 2013 at 2:36 pm
Hi, what direction were these lights and did they appear over the same area all day?. I saw something very similar to this last year and put a post on here to see if anybody else, better placed, had seen them. Turned out to be flares being launched from an army training area 6/7 miles to my north. Looking at the map there’s RAF Syerston – Cadet training camp SW of Newark, could they have been doing an exercise ?….
February 10th, 2013 at 7:14 pm
Not sure what these are but one thing is for certain they are not chinese lanterns,its good footage though and its wierd the way some of the lights dissapear and reapear,interesting report.
February 10th, 2013 at 8:04 pm
There has just been a very similar sighting over Melbourne in Australia, looks just the same:
http://youtu.be/AWkKyL4n6jE
February 11th, 2013 at 9:19 am
The video shows Chinese Lanterns.
February 11th, 2013 at 5:32 pm
I’m thinking these are flares of some sort. They don’t really seem to be moving much, and they become visible high up and disappear low down.
This explanation doesn’t quite work with what you said you saw earlier, however.
LOL at the joker on youtube saying they’re chinese lanterns. Some skeptics are ironically capable of believing such nonsense.
February 11th, 2013 at 11:20 pm
Closed minds? Seems like there’s an eminently rational explanation, so I don’t think so.
Funnily enough, the believers all want to think every sighting is real.
Maybe the closed minds are on the other side of the fence?
February 11th, 2013 at 11:25 pm
Hello again Chris and Marcus
Just a few additions to my explanation to you, Beckingham Training Camp is mainly used for army cadets now days. In your report you say your on the air museum end of the runway and in your video you can see the tall trees at the back of the air museum, a direct line of sight over the trees is Beckingham Camp.I would go as much to say i am now 100% sure you saw flares . I have attached a photo to this message to show everyone what i mean and to let people know there is nothing inter-dimensional about them..
All the best Paul
http://s1277.beta.photobucket.com/user/papafryer/media/Beckingham_edited-1_zps9476ac56.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0
February 11th, 2013 at 11:29 pm
Some of these comments are actually more incredible than the objects really being extraterrestrial
February 12th, 2013 at 12:04 pm
RAF training flares? Possibly. Chinese lanterns? My arse.
February 12th, 2013 at 2:02 pm
Paul F’s explanation regarding flares seems to fit better than the Chinese Lanterns.
February 12th, 2013 at 2:36 pm
If they are flares, they don’t seem to move in the sky. Do they ?
Flares go up, then down. They don’t go on and off while remaining in the same position in the sky.
Look up parachute flares on YouTube and you’ll see what I mean.
February 12th, 2013 at 4:22 pm
They could be flares from a distance. I quite often see them at night above the military training areas around Catterick. They do tend to have a “tail” effect, but these lights are too distant to see if this is present. Also, I’ve never seen them used in daylight or so many together.
One thing I’m 100% sure they are not is Chinese Lanterns. It is absurd to try to debunk this video as lanterns. Those who do should buy a couple of lanterns and then they can see what they truly look like.
February 12th, 2013 at 8:26 pm
A bit more info after talking to a friend who lives in Beckingham village , what your seeing are white illumination flares used at night to illuminate the rifle range during night shooting.And he does remember them being used a few weeks ago but couldnt put a date to it.To be used in daylight i guess its better and safer to train the cadets to fire the flares in daylight before using them at night , baring in mind cadets are usually minors…put a search in google for illumination flares and check out youtube…
February 12th, 2013 at 11:41 pm
T. Wood – “RAF training flares? Possibly. Chinese lanterns? My arse.”
I’m pleased to say that for once I am able to agree with you T.
Dennis – “If they are flares, they don’t seem to move in the sky. Do they ?”
Yes, they do move. They move very slowly to the left, which due to the camera/phone being held in portrait mode means they are moving slowly downwards as would be expected for flares.
February 13th, 2013 at 9:28 pm
hi Marie Bishop……….are you still interested in starting a group up in Notts and Lincs
February 13th, 2013 at 9:43 pm
Hi, I found this very similar video on YouTube from just a few days after you claim your sighting happened. I doubt the RAF were there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-514HboYZeE
On the subject of flares, flares don’t just appear out of nothingness. Where is the vehicle dropping them. And if it was above the cloud base, why? What purpose would this exercise serve?
February 14th, 2013 at 1:56 am
After doing more checking these maybe possibly M127A1 signal flares, these are parachute flares used for signalling and illumination of large areas . They are ground fired to a height of 700ft before the initiating charge ignites the white star illuminant and the assembly parachutes to the ground and burns for 30 seconds at 125,000 candlepower.
after watching the video again i see flares ignite at 11 seconds and extinguish at 44 seconds and again ignite at 46 seconds and extinguish at 1min 19 seconds .there is a gap of 33 seconds between the flares igniting and extinguishing .
Google the M127A1 flare and check it out……
February 14th, 2013 at 10:04 am
Graham,
Flares may be fired from the ground, and ignite at altitude.
February 14th, 2013 at 10:40 am
They were flares let off by cadets at beckingham unfortunately…
http://www.fightercontrol.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=72878
Re: Multiple lights seen @ 4.15pm today by Guy Simpson » Thu Feb 14, 2013 3:06 am
Hi, in answer to the original question the multiple lights were cadets setting off flares at the nearby Beckingham Camp. They were letting lots off all afternoon (as it’s safer to learn to launch them when it is light enough to read) but they were only really noticeable as dusk set in. I’m thinking next time we should perhaps tell the Museum
February 14th, 2013 at 7:35 pm
Occam’s Razor in this instance.
February 15th, 2013 at 10:06 am
There flares. The majority are moving down to the left, if you watch the footage properly!!!!!!!
February 15th, 2013 at 11:45 am
Come on everyone – they’re not flares…. They move in formation,appear and reappear across a section of the skyline- no sign of parachutes or vapour/smoke trails. I’m not saying that’s the little green men approaching but they’re too high to be flares.
February 16th, 2013 at 2:18 pm
There’s all this hysteria about Chinese lanterns and I only see one postulating that theory. Get off your high horses. Even T. is prepared to accept the flares theory
February 16th, 2013 at 11:06 pm
HHS, as Guy Simpson seems to represent Beckingham Training Camp, I reckon this is case closed.
February 17th, 2013 at 2:01 am
They look like illumination flares… and I see someone has posted a link showing the likely type captured on film… and I see someone has posted a link showing an answer directed to Newark Air Museum about the lights that has been answered by someone linked to the cadets setting them off!!! It truly, utterly, beggars belief that people are still posting comments disputing the (totally rational and independently given) explanation. Why are ‘believers’ so intent on ignoring reasonable explanations? It’s that attitude that undermines any possible chaonce of having a teeny bit of credibility!
February 17th, 2013 at 6:50 pm
Move in formation? If you mean they are all moving in the same direction, that’ll be the wind. Appear and re-appear? They are ground-fired, last for 30 seconds or thereabouts and fade out. The re-appearance is fresh flares being fired. Doubt the camera would pick up smoke trails/parachutes in that light anyway. What’s the operational ceiling of a ground-fired flare ? How can you tell they’re too high? Clutching at straws I think, HHS.
February 18th, 2013 at 10:04 am
HHS – They are flares! They are not moving in formation – re appraise the footage and look at Bush’s contribution above.
February 18th, 2013 at 3:35 pm
Hi,
I have been doing some looking up of other ‘mass’ sightings at the same time. Russia, UK, Australia, all days apart and people seeing the same things.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-514HboYZeE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AWkKyL4n6jE#!
Why is it people try and describe these things as flares, yet, having seen military flares first hand, naval flares, I can quite assure you that it is unlikely these were flares at all. You’d get smoke trails, dripping shards of hot material and a more flicker more consistent of things which burn with varying brightness due to wind/air flow.
February 18th, 2013 at 9:30 pm
Talk to the Hand!!!!!
February 18th, 2013 at 9:58 pm
Graham, why do you insist on making this sighting something it’s not? Please accept that they WERE indeed flares fired from Beckingham Training Camp.See my post in response to HHS.
February 18th, 2013 at 10:05 pm
Incidentally, your links look like flares too in my opinion.
February 19th, 2013 at 1:33 am
Perfect. Well done mate very good evidence. Funny how people will go through their whole life and never witness nothing like this. Is it because people are not paying attention or is it because people do not want to ?I was lucky to see what I saw but I always had a belief in a greater universe then average man can comprehend. Amazing footage though. One day I will catch something. I look up so much now that its inevitable. See orbs a lot. They sometimes float over my house but I do not have good enough cam to capture any real worthy footage. But I see them a lot.
February 19th, 2013 at 2:41 am
Graham,
In answer to your question: I have a hunch that the reason people are ‘passing these off as flares’ might be because of the reasons posted in the various comments above, (please read them). For me, the clincher must be Bush’s link to some other website where, as a result of their (more thorough?) research they found a thread where it is clearly stated that flares were being let off at the nearby army camp, at that exact time, and in the exact direction the camera was pointing. So I’m puzzled by your ‘assurance’ they are unlikely to be flares.
February 20th, 2013 at 7:41 pm
Graham B lets make this easy, contact Beckingham Training Camp, if they say no! – UFO’s. If they say yes! Sighting solved. If you’ve been in the military you know these are flares – the RM’s also have them, why make them something there not.
Please prove me wrong!
You could also, using simple trigonometry, calculate height and distance my bets there directly over the camp!
February 21st, 2013 at 12:48 am
Graham B do the maths as Nemo says or if you have actually read all the comments properly you will see an earlier post i made with a photo attached explaining it to you .. i live approx 3 miles from Beckingham camp and see the flares on a regular basis, i also have a good friend living in Beckingham village who confirmed alot of flares have been used recently, again all i have just written has been said before in the comments ….go back and read them again Graham B and digest the information provided…
February 22nd, 2013 at 8:13 pm
Flares not orbs. I’m confounded by your stoicism despite the fact that this video is quite clearly of flares – nothing more, nothing less. Oh I get it, Mr Simpson is a government stooge putting out misleading statements to cover up the real truth which is that they are really alien orbs, doing a recce as a prelude to THE alien invasion. Am I close, Greg?