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A close encounter of a paranormal kind



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Published Date: 13 February 2008
First there was a UFO flying over Commercial Road in Portsmouth.
Now it's mysterious lights off Portsdown Hill.
As soon as Martin Pitney heard there were paranormal antics going on in the city he joined in the fun and sent in this picture of two unexplained lights caught on camera hovering over Portsmouth.
It comes after The News reported yesterday how anothe
r photographer snapped a mysterious object in the sky above the city.
Mr Pitney, 59, of Marlborough Close, Waterlooville, said: 'I was experimenting with night photography and set my digital camera up to take a picture on the tripod.
'I didn't notice anything at the time, but when I put the pictures on my computer I saw the lights. They're obviously not from an aeroplane.
'I don't know what they are to be honest, it's a mystery.
'I've seen something similar some years ago though, in Warminster. It's where many people go to look for paranormal activity.
'We saw some orange lights in the sky, darting around, and then they just disappeared.
'I'm not a UFO nut but I've heard other people say they've seen things up there too.'
Mr Pitney took the picture at the end of last month while parked on Portsdown Hill.
Yesterday we unveiled Hab Rahman's picture that he took at the old site of the Tricorn Centre, Portsmouth, where a car park now stands.
Mr Rahman, 28, of North End, is a freelance photographer and he was out and about photographing atmospheric pictures of the fog-bathed streets.
But little did he know that when he got home and uploaded his pictures, he'd see a UFO loitering in the background.
The MoD has now confirmed that it knew of no air activity over Portsmouth the night Mr Rahman took his picture.
The latest sightings of unexplained objects are not the first to have been reported in the local area.
A number of Isle of Wight residents spotted strange UFO lights in the night sky on Sunday, January 26, when they saw a silent, low flying brightly-lit craft.



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  • Last Updated: 13 February 2008 8:58 AM
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  • Location: Portsmouth
 
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this-isnt-news,

13/02/2008 09:36:29
The UFO picture cant be seen, theres irony.
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brumiken,

fareham 13/02/2008 14:09:05
I wasnt aware of your article regarding UFO'S in last nights edition,as around 8.00pm that evening,I saw a white light travelling low across the night sky at quite a speed,it actually took me by suprise
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poppadom,

pompey n/end 13/02/2008 14:51:45
why not show the photo???? "SCARED"
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Graham Wheatley,

Southsea 13/02/2008 19:05:21
Probably a satellite?

The Space Suttle is currently docked with the International Space Station and has been visible in the past few days - it's path quite low to the horizon.

See here :-
(join lines together, without additional spaces, and paste into your browser).

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/
view.cgi?country=United_Kingdom®ion=England&city=
Portsmouth
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sean g,

13/02/2008 19:11:19
my family and myself saw a strange object sunday morning whilst walk to town. a small silver object at high speed with no sound or vapour trail, flying over portsmouth heading to gosport. covered the distance and disappeared in roughly 15seconds.
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