2002 - Codsall, Wolverhampton - White Orbs Sighting

Birmingham UFO Group Case Report

Author: Dave Hodrien

Release Date: 26/05/2017

Last Updated: 09/10/2025

Note: Witness only provided a single statement with no way of getting back in touch. This report covers what is known about the incident.

Sighting Details

At an unknown time of year in roughly 2002, the witness and his friend were on their way home around 2am by taxi from Wolverhampton to Gunstone Hall. The taxi dropped them at the bottom of Church Lane in Codsall. As they walked along the lane and came to the public footpath they noticed a very bright white light. The light was dimming and then getting brighter and moving in a very fast motion.

They walked along the lane to continue to watch the object from next to St Nicholas church as this is the highest vantage point on the lane.

The witnesses continued to watch its erratic movements and pulsing light for a long period of time until the sun was beginning to come up. At this point the object briefly disappeared, reappeared, then started to move at a steady speed. Two other objects seemed to emerge from it and then suddenly it vanished without trace.

Sighting Analysis

This is an intriguing sighting due to the length of time the object was observed for and particular aspects of what took place. The light was not a star/planet as it was clearly moving, and was not a satellite or distant aeroplane as from what the witness describes it was moving back and forth in different directions.

Nor does it sound like it was a distant helicopter, as there were no other navigation lights observed and the object appeared to have been moving too quickly for the majority of the sighting for this to be the explanation. The sighting took place over a decade before drones were commercially released.

The length of time the object was observed for puts the idea that it was a sky lantern being buffeted around in air currents out of the question. According to the testimony, the witnesses watched the object for a number of hours. If it was a lantern have extinguished much sooner than this. It was also the wrong colour, sky lanterns tend to be amber orange. It is unlikely that it was another lit inflatable such as a white LED balloon because it would have surely drifted away after a while, not remained in the same area of sky for a long period of time?

The fact that two other objects appeared to emerge out of the initial object after a long period of time is another fascinating aspect. I wondered if it had been a bird catching light from the ground. This could explain the erratic flight patterns. But if so then logically these two other objects seen would also have to have been birds. The sighting was extensive, so even if these other birds had been hidden behind the one seen initially they would have flown in different directions before long and been visible sooner.

It is unknown whether the object moved away into the distance and was lost from sight, but from the witness’s description it did not, it was just there one moment and gone the next, an aspect which has been reported in many other cases.

The light was clearly something unexplained, and something which the witness remembers to this day. There is the very real possibility that it was an advanced craft of some kind. UFO/UAPs have often been observed making fast erratic movements, pulsing in brightness and suddenly disappearing.

As the witness provided no contact details we are very unlikely to ever learn anything further about what happened here, but it is great that he got in touch to report this interesting experience.

Copyright Dave Hodrien 2025