Antaletriangle
01-01-2009, 07:27 PM
http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2009/01/01/solihull-dad-has-a-close-encounter-of-the-ufo-kind-97319-22584784/
AN amateur pilot had an alien encounter when he spotted three pairs of UFOs flying over his Midlands home on Christmas Eve.
Dad-of-two, Andrew Freke, aged 47, was smoking a cigarette in his back garden in Solihull when he spotted a bright orange object flying through the night sky.
Seconds later, five more of the unidentified flying objects zoomed over his roof and hovered in his back garden.
Now, Mr Freke, of Ashbrook Crescent, Solihull, is looking for other people in his neighbourhood who can confirm the sighting and shed some light on the matter.
Mechanical engineer, Mr Freke, who has been amateur pilot for more than 15 years, said: “First of all I thought it was a star but then I saw it moving.
“It was going at about 150 miles per hour and was flying at about 2,000 feet.
“I knew it wasn’t a plane or a helicopter and that’s when I got a bit excited and shouted for my wife and kids who were indoors.
“There were three pairs of these things flying around for about 15 seconds.
“I have no idea what they were - it’s very weird.”
Mr Freke, who has never seen a UFO before, said the flying lights were completely silent.
As his 15-year-old daughter, Kelsea, son Jonathan, and wife Kelly watched the drama unfold, Mr Freke dashed inside to grab his camera.
The resulting image was a small orange blob on a black background with no other features visible.
Mr Freke added: “I’m sure there is a way of calculating how big the aircraft was by working out the scale on the photo.
“There must be an explanation for this. Maybe someone out there knows what they were.”
AN amateur pilot had an alien encounter when he spotted three pairs of UFOs flying over his Midlands home on Christmas Eve.
Dad-of-two, Andrew Freke, aged 47, was smoking a cigarette in his back garden in Solihull when he spotted a bright orange object flying through the night sky.
Seconds later, five more of the unidentified flying objects zoomed over his roof and hovered in his back garden.
Now, Mr Freke, of Ashbrook Crescent, Solihull, is looking for other people in his neighbourhood who can confirm the sighting and shed some light on the matter.
Mechanical engineer, Mr Freke, who has been amateur pilot for more than 15 years, said: “First of all I thought it was a star but then I saw it moving.
“It was going at about 150 miles per hour and was flying at about 2,000 feet.
“I knew it wasn’t a plane or a helicopter and that’s when I got a bit excited and shouted for my wife and kids who were indoors.
“There were three pairs of these things flying around for about 15 seconds.
“I have no idea what they were - it’s very weird.”
Mr Freke, who has never seen a UFO before, said the flying lights were completely silent.
As his 15-year-old daughter, Kelsea, son Jonathan, and wife Kelly watched the drama unfold, Mr Freke dashed inside to grab his camera.
The resulting image was a small orange blob on a black background with no other features visible.
Mr Freke added: “I’m sure there is a way of calculating how big the aircraft was by working out the scale on the photo.
“There must be an explanation for this. Maybe someone out there knows what they were.”