I've often wondered about the possibility of whether or not we're being visited, haven't we all.
I'm a keen sky gazer and always have been, and in my time I've seen well over a hundred shooting stars. I've even seen one fireball ! It was brief, but it looked like a green flare that came down and probably landed in the sea off the Essex coast (though it appeared to burn out before reaching it). After a quick search, it looked like
this, but not quite as bright. Probably only lasted about 1.5 seconds or so. Having lived in various military air bases in my life, I've seen most military aircraft (even the F-117 stealth fighter) and have seen aircraft landing lights that hang in the sky for many minutes often fooling people into thinking they've seen an alien craft. As a teenager, for fun I made a number of "hot air ballons" akin to Chinese lanterns. I'd use thin transparent bin liners craftily constructed with an aluminium alcohol burner (using the bottom of a soda can so as to be heat resistant, filled with some alcohol) attached to the bottom of the bag to provide a heat source. Up in the night sky, they do look very UFO like, but I'd hardly see something like that and assume it must be aliens...as some people apparently do. I think I make a reasonably reliable witness, just sayin'.
However, despite my life long passion for night time sky gazing, it wasn't until 2012 that I finally saw something in the sky that I could not identify - and it was quite impressive at the time.
It happened during the 2012 olympics closing ceremony. I was outside on the veranda around 10'ish (or half 9'ish, can't remember, but it was quite dark), it was a perfectly clear night, probably thousands of stars visible. I saw what I assumed to be a satellite, as they appear regularly travelling from west to east. They are visible, because even late at night, they are still illuminated by the sun at their immense altitude. I watched this "satellite" for about 15 seconds, and then suddenly it reversed direction !! Very excited, I immediately shouted my partner to come out and take a look, and we watched it dart all over the sky for several minutes. It then hung in the sky (about the brightness of a dim star) for about 40 minutes. However after 15 minutes or so I went back inside and only checked on it every 10 minutes or so, beginning to wonder if maybe I was looking at a star (as the light has passed many stars), however it was parked next to a prominent star in the sky, and well, after about 40 minutes had passed, and after having checked on it several times, it was finally gone (confirming that this was no star afterall) - but I missed its departure.
I'm very certain, there is nothing man made that could explain this.
A few things worthy of mention, even if I'd had a special night camera at hand, all you'd see in the footage would be a little light on a black background, and it would still prove nothing. Furthermore, as this light was quite dim, you really had to be looking at that part of the sky to even see it. If you were driving on the motorway and it were above you, you wouldn't see it. And finally, I noticed a very slight trail on this light/object when it was moving. A bit like what you see when you look at a moving light using night vision, but not as pronounced as that. A number of UFO clips I've seen on youtube look EXACTLY like this, a little white light with a short fading trail behind it. Could just be coincidence of course.
I swear to God, the above it the absolute truth, just as it happened.
Its not exactly an alien abduction encounter, but it's my own little UFO sighting, and I was ecstatic at the time. My partner and I were quite excited, just watching this little light dart all over the night sky, no rhyme or reason to it, it wasn't even travelling in straight lines either, but the movements lasted for several minutes.
If you had seen this with your own eyes, what more proof would you need?