Case file · Sighting

The Torquay 'cigar'

On 26 May 2004 a 60-metre cigar-shaped object was reported over Torquay, Devon.

2004 CE · 50.46, -3.52 · status: explained

The account

Local teenagers later admitted the 'craft' was their inflatable toy airship.

The sceptical view

Solved: size estimates of unknown objects are unreliable because distance is unknown.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: UFO sightings in the United Kingdom
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