Simultaneous weekend UFO sightings across Huddersfield and Calderdale

Jul 9 2009 By Nick Lavigueur

He said: “It took two minutes to travel across the valley. It looked like a plane on fire but without the trail.

“It went straight as a die with no sound as it passed over me.”

Mr Greenaway said he had recovered some burnt out lanterns from his land but added: “If it is a Chinese lantern it’s the fastest one ever seen.”

Readers John and Hilary Shaw also saw the lights moving north over Marsden.

Dawn Ward from Golcar said she too had witnessed the fire-like glow and had seen it before, a month ago.

Ms Ward added: “On Sunday much the same happened apart from the fact that some fireworks were going off and the bright orange light seemed to head towards these as if it was inspecting them but then again it suddenly disappeared.”

Chris Howard said: “I was at Salendine Nook on Saturday night and saw what we assumed were a number of Chinese lanterns pass overhead.

“We assumed it had something to do with the Concert on the Hill at the YMCA ground, as we saw them around the same time as the firework display.”