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- WATCHERS BAFFLES BY LIGHT IN SKY 09/02/96
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- This is how the Derby Evening Telegraph reported on the many sightings of the
- unexplained object above the city on Thur 8th Feb. They led with a picture on
- the front page that was taken by the papers photographer and a sub heading - Is
- this a UFO over Derby ?
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- Friday, Feb 9th.
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- Derby people were baffled by a mysterious light last night.
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- The first sighting was reported to Derby police at 5:50pm by a man in Winmill
- Hill Lane.
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- June Kerry (65), was visiting Richard Milner (74) in Havenbaulk Lane,
- Littleover, and they both saw the light for more than an hour in the direction
- of Toyota's Burnaston plant from 6:45pm. Mrs Kerry said it seemed to be about
- 10 miles away and added: "It was like a large star with a smaller version
- underneath. But it wasn't a star. Through binoculars it looked like a
- mushroom."
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- Andrew Fairweather (66), of NewZealand Lane, Duffield, said "It was a bright
- light, low in thee sky. It seemed to be flickering but not moving."
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- It was also spotted by our photographer Barbara Evripidou later last night.
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- She said: "I was in Oakwood, driving up Mansfield Road. I looked west over the
- sewage works and saw a light hanging there. I thought it might of been a star.
- It was there for about 10 minutes."
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- An East Midlands Airport spokesman said there was no air traffic to explain the
- sightings.
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- Have you seen what you think was a UFO? Ring our news desk Derby 291111 ex
- 6409.
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