"UFO" captured on camera over Purley Cross Tesco
Maybe they were looking to make their weekly shop or perhaps they just ran out of milk?
Whatever their reason, the extra terrestrial presence above Purley Cross Tesco prompted a call by UFO experts for a public inquiry.
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MYSTERIOUS LIGHTS: The 'UFO' above Tesco at Purley Cross
Sid O'Driscoll spotted the supposed spacecraft on August 28 at 2am.
He said: "It was very weird. It was the most beautiful green and white light, moving quite fast, then stopping.
"It had to be mechanical, like a spaceship, because it slowed down and stopped.
"It wasn't making any noise. It disappeared in a flash.
"I went home and told my girlfriend. She didn't believe me, but the pictures speak for themselves."
The 35-year-old former non-believer, speaking to the Sun, swore he did not dabble in drugs and had no idea what the aircraft could have been.
UFO expert Nick Pope, who worked for the Ministry of Defence, examined the pictures.
He said: "Green lights are unusual.
"It rules out the so-called Chinese lanterns that accounted for some recent UFO sightings in the UK.
"The images and description of the movement don't fit a list of things frequently reported as UFOs – aircraft lights, meteors, satellites.
"This is a genuine mystery."
He added: "Given the sheer number of sightings we've seen this summer and the unprecedented number of photos and videos, it's time for a full public inquiry."
The last reported sighting in Croydon was in April, when a foreign student snapped a mysterious object speeding through the sky.
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by anon, /b/
Sunday, January 25 2009, 1:25AM
“looks to me like sun dogs refracted light in the airs particles ie the effect you see like the northern lights.
lets not forget its winter and we have a clear atmosphere atm.”
by liz, purley
Sunday, January 18 2009, 7:53PM
“thats retarded.”
by Sceptic, UK
Friday, September 12 2008, 6:24PM
“Why is it footage of UFOs are always grainy? I cant stand grainy footage, buy a camera with 2.4 mega-pixels to put us out of our misery. It reminds me of a bit of footage I found on ufo-info a site filled with sightings in the UK, someone had posted one of red lights traveling in a line across the horizon, thing is he claims he was out side on his camera, but their is no traffic noise and further more it looked like his mate holding a lazer pointer shining it on a bit of glass. Anyone remember the old hoax involving a 1 pence and a sheet of glass. Attention seeking hippies!”
by matty, purley
Tuesday, September 09 2008, 5:59PM
“i saw it with my own eyes that night too.it landed in the tesco car park and two of them got out to buy some milk..”
by diane., croydon
Monday, September 08 2008, 11:46AM
“Can i have some of what george
taking!!”
by Dan, Perth, Perth
Monday, September 08 2008, 9:27AM
“Sorry, Realist, but that ain't lens flare. The width between the two lights and the black strip are clearly not the same and you have to ask the question, if it was an artifact of the camera, then what the hell was he taking a photograph of..?”
by George, Orpington
Monday, September 08 2008, 7:39AM
“Well whatever the light was it was bright red that's the best way I could describe it being infrared, shame you all weren't their that evening enjoying clear bright evening rather then sitting by your computers getting fat blocking, you may have the privilege to experience the skies at night.”
by Little Bit of This, Little Bit of That, Planet Earth
Monday, September 08 2008, 2:47AM
“They are real and they are here , u guys wanna believe or not. There are lots of traffic up in the heavens for the eyes which they wanna see!!!!!!!!”
by Arfur Daley, Croydon
Monday, September 08 2008, 12:48AM
“They were probably trying to decide whether or not to land, but realize they'd most likely end up stabbed while their spaceship was clamped by a bunch of potato heads, and thought better of it!”
by Realist, Croydon
Monday, September 08 2008, 12:35AM
“UFO? Nope, that's common old 'lens flare'. It occurs often in digital cameras when a strong light source (the two street lights in this case) shine directly into the lens. Most of the light is absorbed by the sensor but part of it reflects on the sensor's glass cover then reflects off the back of the lens and back into the sensor showing a second image image exactly like the one shown, Notice that the black space between the lights is the same width as the black strip in the "UFO" (allowing for curvature of the back of the lens. Sorry Mulder and Scully, this an 'Ex-file' rather than an 'X-file'. :-)”