06/11/2019 - Lowick – Lit UFO Sighting

Chairman Dave
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Birmingham UFO Group Case Report

Author: Dave Hodrien

Release Year: 2022

Last Updated: 20/07/2026

Note: For reasons of anonymity pseudonyms have been used

In November 2022 I released a BUFOG case report about a glowing red oval-shaped UFO seen over Chudleigh Knighton. As usual I posted a link to the case report on numerous different UFO related Facebook groups.

In response to one of these posts I was contacted by a man who I shall name “Evan”. He wanted to report a similar sighting he had in the Lake District in 2019. Sadly there is not much details as Evan did not respond after initial correspondence, but I have released this report to get it down on record.

Sighting Details

On 6^th November 2019 Evan and his family went on holiday to the Lake District. They stayed in the village of Lowick.

Around 9pm Evan went outside to smoke his vape. He looked up at the clear night sky. Suddenly a red coloured glowing light became visible in the sky heading in his direction. At first he thought it was a helicopter but there was no sound, and it appeared to be too low in sky.

As it passed overhead he noticed that it was not a self-luminescent sphere, but was a red light attached to a larger object which he could just see the outline of, though it wasn’t clear enough to ascertain the shape.

Evan says he is a keen astronomer and astro-photographer, but had never seen anything like this before. He feels lucky to have seen it and thinks about the sighting regularly.

Sighting Analysis

Even though not much is known about the incident, it is still possible to determine certain things. The fact that Evan heard no sound coming from the object does tend to put the idea of it being an aeroplane or helicopter out of the picture. Sound travels especially well after dark so it is likely he would have heard the sound of the engine or rotor blades.

Another aspect pointing away from this possibility is the fact that he didn’t see any other lights on the object – aircraft also have white static, white strobing and green lights on them usually, and he did get to observe it from different angles as it approached and flew overhead.

Could the object have been a drone? While this is certainly worth considering, again it is likely he would have heard the distinctive buzzing of the rotor blades. Evan did not make it clear how big the object was, but drones usually have four lights not one. If it was far enough away from him for the sound to not be heard and all the lights to bleed into a singular red orb, then he would not have seen the outline of a larger object around it.

If Evan had not described seeing this outline I would have perhaps suggested a red coloured LED balloon. The incident did happen the day after bonfire night, one of the times of the year when sky lanterns and LED balloons are more commonly launched. But if it was an LED balloon or lantern there would have not been an outline of a larger object.

With mundane explanations seemingly discounted this remains an intriguing sighting.

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