UFO mystery in Mill End
9:25am Tuesday 16th September 2008
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Shocked residents in Mill End say they watched in wonder yesterday evening as a UFO circled above their homes.
Four witnesses, three of whom took mobile phone footage of the alleged craft, contacted the Watford Observer this morning to tell us what they saw.
Andrew Baskeyfield said a large ball of light hovered in the air for a few minutes at around 7.30pm. He said: “There was a ball like shape moving fast across the sky. It looked like a fire ball. It had no sound and kept at a steady height.
“There where planes in the sky at the same time and you could see this wasn't a helicopter or plane as there where no landing lights.”
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JonBoy, Watford says...
11:01am Tue 16 Sep 08
The Plinth of Darkneth, Watford says...
11:06am Tue 16 Sep 08
Get a grip - this is the 21st Century JonBoy.
We're not talking Roswell 1947 here.
JonBoy, Watford says...
11:25am Tue 16 Sep 08
http://www.metoffice
.gov.uk/corporate/pr
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y/balloon.html
The most complete and reliable method of sampling the upper atmosphere. The Met Office uses the latest design - roughly the size of an adult's hand, which can be tracked through Global Positioning System navigation satellites
The Met Office maintains six manual and four automated upper-air sites
A flight can last more than two hours
A radiosonde can reach 35 km (115,000 feet) and drift 200 km (125 miles) from the release point
Temperatures as low as -90 °C, with pressures only thousandths of that found at the surface, are found routinely
Upper-air data are used by the Army to improve the accuracy of shells during firing practice
If you go to google images and search for radiosonde (balloon) you will see how they could be easily mistaken for a UFO. Some people are so desperate to believe in UFOs that tthey will never listen to reason , only their imaginations.
The Plinth of Darkneth, Watford says...
12:38pm Tue 16 Sep 08
Firstly, whatever these videos show us, they cannot be readily indentified, so assuming that they are weather balloons is just as speculative as any other claim of their origin.
This is why the term Unidentified Flying Objects is used.
It's not rocket science.
Mike Ribble, Watford says...
12:45pm Tue 16 Sep 08
Perhaps it's weather balloon after all?
Flyonthewall, Watford says...
1:18pm Tue 16 Sep 08
The Plinth of Darkneth, Watford says...
2:23pm Tue 16 Sep 08
Surely once that has been ascertained, then discussion can open up as to what the origin of this phenomena actually is.
But I wouldn't hold your breath.
JonBoy, Watford says...
2:40pm Tue 16 Sep 08
gangerman, Watford says...
3:43pm Tue 16 Sep 08
Visible from the ground?
Probably the setting sun reflecting off the underside of a man made machine.
The Plinth of Darkneth, Watford says...
4:21pm Tue 16 Sep 08
gangerman wrote:Thanks for debunking that theory, gangerman, my main man.
"The Met Office uses the latest design - roughly the size of an adult's hand"Visible from the ground?Probably the setting sun reflecting off the underside of a man made machine.
Perhaps JonBoy has another theory as to what the true nature of these clearly visible UFOs are?
highhigh, mill end says...
11:11pm Tue 16 Sep 08
Flyonthewall wrote:Obviously you dont....i wonder if this joke would be made if you actually lived there?. May i ask where you live?. Not to sure what to make of the videos to be honest.
I know some people from Mill End and they are from another planet. I am not surprised by this sighting at all. One of them told me that they had seen men in dark suits and driving black cars in Mill End today. Could they be from the secret services? or could they be undertakers?
communitypolice, Watford says...
11:51pm Tue 16 Sep 08
highhigh, mill end says...
1:00am Wed 17 Sep 08
communitypolice wrote:Another highly intellectual here. You have based the credit crunch along the same lines as a UFO siting, clearly you need to go back into education and find yourself a real job.
Aliens looking for intelligent life in Mill End?, mission aborted - gone off to eat some Smash instead. How many tin foil hats will be worn tomorrow round that way? (probably the same on any given day), a place where people still point open mouthed at aeroplanes. Or maybe it really was aliens looking to refuel at the BP, as if the credit crunch wasn't enough - now we have an alien invasion coming. Typical.
JonBoy, Watford says...
3:03pm Wed 17 Sep 08
The Plinth of Darkneth wrote:The sun reflecting from a hand sized object can appear very large. But hey, what's the point in thinking logically about it? POD and his main man Gangeman are having fun living in their own little world.
gangerman wrote:"The Met Office uses the latest design - roughly the size of an adult's hand"Visible from the ground?Probably the setting sun reflecting off the underside of a man made machine.Thanks for debunking that theory, gangerman, my main man.Perhaps JonBoy has another theory as to what the true nature of these clearly visible UFOs are?
gangerman, Watford says...
6:15pm Wed 17 Sep 08
communitypolice, Watford says...
8:56pm Wed 17 Sep 08
Or are aliens a serious issue not to be mocked...
alanborky, liverpool says...
11:54pm Wed 17 Sep 08
Jimbobfury, Watford says...
10:38am Thu 18 Sep 08
highhigh, mill end says...
1:36am Fri 19 Sep 08
communitypolice wrote:You have alot to say about these issues but not much to say about your own occuopation, where do you live? Its not the alien issue at all its how you have descrubed the resudents and the area in general, tosser.
highhigh, you're not so bright - I guess you think my username reflects my occupation. WRONG. Did I upset you with my comments about Mill Bell?Or are aliens a serious issue not to be mocked...
Chris40, Mill End says...
12:14pm today Fri 19 Sep 08
I took the visitor home, where it hovered around my lounge for a few days, but on Monday the 15th it signalled it must return home so I released it from my back garden and it floated gently away!!!
Hope this helps solve the mystery.
The Plinth of Darkneth, Watford says...
2:23pm Fri 19 Sep 08
highhigh wrote:I think you are quite right highhigh, how this idiot can make comments like that... I mean everyone knows that Watford is by far the biggest hole in the area.
communitypolice wrote:highhigh, you're not so bright - I guess you think my username reflects my occupation. WRONG. Did I upset you with my comments about Mill Bell?Or are aliens a serious issue not to be mocked...You have alot to say about these issues but not much to say about your own occuopation, where do you live? Its not the alien issue at all its how you have descrubed the resudents and the area in general, tosser.
And anyway, who mentioned aliens?
This story is about aerial phenomena not aliens?
I see that the usual ignorance is applied as ever.
mowngorilla, malaga says...
2:56am Tue 23 Sep 08
The Plinth of Darkneth wrote:Indeed my friend it is rocket science.....that is the whole point
Jesus H Corbett, JonBoy - you really are a geek.Firstly, whatever these videos show us, they cannot be readily indentified, so assuming that they are weather balloons is just as speculative as any other claim of their origin.This is why the term Unidentified Flying Objects is used.It's not rocket science.
lilacfloyd, says...
12:53pm Tue 23 Sep 08
JonBoy wrote:The radiosonde is the instrument that the weather balloon carrys.
It is clearly a Weather Balloon. Sometimes people see what they want to see.
UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) NOT alien spaceship was spotted at around 7.30 PM.
Weather Balloons are launched at 12:00 AM. or 12:00 PM. and last up to 2 hours before bursting and releasing the radiosonde back to earth gently by parachute.
“There where planes in the sky at the same time and you could see this wasn't a helicopter or plane as there where no landing lights.”
Also no one in there right mind would release a weather balloon whilst there are aircraft in the area.
So I would say that it wasn't a weather balloon but that doesn't mean it was a Alien spaceship.
Harry Challenger, Rickmansworth says...
12:46am Thu 2 Oct 08
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The Plinth of Darkneth, Watford says...
10:51am Tue 16 Sep 08
The fact that this was captured on film by three independent witnesses gives it real credibility.
It's hard to ascertain the altitude, but I would be surprised if this didn't appear on a radar.
The next call I would make as a WO reporter wuld be to the local airfield, to see if anomalies were recorded at that time.