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Case ID:
1090
JUNE 2002 - BRISTOL CHANNEL OFF SLADE, GOWER
BRISTOLCHANNEL OFF SLADE, GOWER
Sighting,UFO,Orb
Exact date in June not known - ignore date.
About 2 AM.
Calm, clear night.
Jason Moore and a friend, C. F. were fishing at Slade, Gower in the early hours when all of a sudden they saw a beam of white light straight out at sea to the south, described as being like a searchlight from a helicopter or a torch beam, shining straight down, without a sound, which pooled on the surface of the sea and lighting up a large area. It was about 1000 yards out and the light stayed there for a couple of minutes. It then retracted to a spherical ball which shot straight up into the sky at tremendous speed, again without a sound. It ascended until appearing like a star in the sky, and changed into three separate 'stars', each going off in different directions from the same point. One went north, the other two east and west.
Jason said, "I've spent many hours fishing at night. Seen shooting stars, but this memory has always stayed with me to this day."
Duration of sighting: 3-4 minutes.
Source: SUFON Files: Witness submission on website December 2020.