Brown
06-02-01, 04:11 AM 06-02-01
Briton videotapes giant UFO outside her home
Nasa experts want to see the image of the 5-km wide giant disc with flashing lights and believe it is similar to that captured during a space flight
By Alfred Lee
STRAITS TIMES EUROPE BUREAU
LONDON - A British housewife has captured amazing footage on her camcorder of a gigantic Unidentified Flying Object which hovered near her home for six minutes.
Mrs Sharon Rowlands, 41, estimates that the UFO was an astonishing 4.8 km wide.
The giant disc was pink and white in colour, with yellow, orange and blue lights. It had a dark centre and beamed pulses of intense light.
It hovered about 3.2 km from her home in the tiny village of Bonsall, Derbyshire, 224 km from London for two minutes, before blasting away into the night sky at fantastic speed.
Britain's Meteorological Office has confirmed that there were no freak weather conditions in the area at the time that could explain the mysterious sighting.
Experts at Nasa, the American space agency, have asked to see the video footage as a matter of urgency.
They will use top-secret imaging equipment and computers to try to figure out what the UFO is.
They believe it is the same sort of image captured on one of their own cameras during a space shuttle mission.
But despite long analysis and photo-enhancement using equipment worth millions of dollars, the image has never been explained.
Mrs Rowlands said: 'I was a complete and utter disbeliever in flying saucers and UFOs, but what I saw has made me think again.
'I was with my husband Hayden one night when I noticed an intense light outside.
'I looked outside and saw this huge disc hovering in the sky. I rushed to get my camcorder, ran outside - and started filming.
'Through the camera lens, it looked like it was going to hit me. It looked like nothing I have ever seen before.'
The video footage is now in the vaults of California-based television firm, Kiviat Productions.
They heard about the film and sent representatives to see and study it.
They then decided to buy it for £20,000 (S$51,200) from Mrs Rowlands and will release it for worldwide screening later this year.
But before that, they will show it to Nasa.
The filming of the 'flying saucer' coincides with sightings of UFOs by other residents in the area.
Mr Paul Hannan, 37, who lives in the nearby village of Bakewell saw a dome-shaped craft 'dancing in the sky'.
Two weeks later, a man living in Wirksworth, a 10-minute drive away, saw a similar object in the sky.
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Nasa experts want to see the image of the 5-km wide giant disc with flashing lights and believe it is similar to that captured during a space flight
By Alfred Lee
STRAITS TIMES EUROPE BUREAU
LONDON - A British housewife has captured amazing footage on her camcorder of a gigantic Unidentified Flying Object which hovered near her home for six minutes.
Mrs Sharon Rowlands, 41, estimates that the UFO was an astonishing 4.8 km wide.
The giant disc was pink and white in colour, with yellow, orange and blue lights. It had a dark centre and beamed pulses of intense light.
It hovered about 3.2 km from her home in the tiny village of Bonsall, Derbyshire, 224 km from London for two minutes, before blasting away into the night sky at fantastic speed.
Britain's Meteorological Office has confirmed that there were no freak weather conditions in the area at the time that could explain the mysterious sighting.
Experts at Nasa, the American space agency, have asked to see the video footage as a matter of urgency.
They will use top-secret imaging equipment and computers to try to figure out what the UFO is.
They believe it is the same sort of image captured on one of their own cameras during a space shuttle mission.
But despite long analysis and photo-enhancement using equipment worth millions of dollars, the image has never been explained.
Mrs Rowlands said: 'I was a complete and utter disbeliever in flying saucers and UFOs, but what I saw has made me think again.
'I was with my husband Hayden one night when I noticed an intense light outside.
'I looked outside and saw this huge disc hovering in the sky. I rushed to get my camcorder, ran outside - and started filming.
'Through the camera lens, it looked like it was going to hit me. It looked like nothing I have ever seen before.'
The video footage is now in the vaults of California-based television firm, Kiviat Productions.
They heard about the film and sent representatives to see and study it.
They then decided to buy it for £20,000 (S$51,200) from Mrs Rowlands and will release it for worldwide screening later this year.
But before that, they will show it to Nasa.
The filming of the 'flying saucer' coincides with sightings of UFOs by other residents in the area.
Mr Paul Hannan, 37, who lives in the nearby village of Bakewell saw a dome-shaped craft 'dancing in the sky'.
Two weeks later, a man living in Wirksworth, a 10-minute drive away, saw a similar object in the sky.
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