What was mysterious light and sound in the skies over Herefordshire?

8:40am Friday 31st August 2012 in News By Paul Broome

VISITORS from another galaxy may have visited Herefordshire over the bank holiday weekend – but they didn’t hang around long.

A number of readers reported a mysterious explosion of light and sound in various parts of the county on Monday night.

A flash of light moving quickly and a distant explosion were seen and heard following what appears to have been a meteor shower.

“It happened just overhead and only lasted about five seconds,” said John Price, who lives near Kingsland .

“It was a blueish-white sphere, about the size of a football, and was quite low in the sky.”

John said the boom of light spooked horses in a nearby field before the mysterious sight disappeared in the direction of Leominster .

“It gave off a fierce glow but there was no sound whatsoever. It’s something I’ve never seen before.”

But elsewhere in Herefordshire, close to Bromyard , one resident reported hearing a large bang.

Bishops Frome’s Rhondda Harper said she was reading in bed when she heard what sounded like an explosion a long way away. She contacted our sister paper the South Wales Argus, which had run a story about a ‘big bang’ being heard in Cwmbran.

Max Salsbury, from Withington, also heard the bang which he thought was a huge gas explosion.

“It alarmed all the pheasants and dogs nearby and shook my house,” he said.

“Unfortunately I did not see anything but it made quite a noise.”

Elsewhere, BBC Radio Five Live reported sightings in the north west of England and north Wales.

A meteor shower occurs when thousands of tiny particles of debris enter the Earth’s atmosphere and almost immediately burn up, creating a short glow in the sky.

  • If you witnessed the bright lights or heard the explosion-type noise, you can comment below.

Comments(19)

jayjo1977 says...
9:25am Fri 31 Aug 12

Just before 23.30 last night (Thursday 30th Aug) My sister and I saw a large glowing orange object hurtling through the clear night sky, the meteor had a white trail and was breaking up into smaller glowing pieces as it traveled.It lasted about 10 seconds before it went out of sight. I have seen shooting stars before but nothing like this, it was quite a sight.

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bobby47 says...
12:28pm Fri 31 Aug 12

I'm not at all suprised that beings from another planet have visited us. Half of Eastern Europe thinks its a wonderful place to visit as well.
That said, has anyone considered this might, and I'm only saying 'might', be a Lightening storm.

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bobby47 says...
12:29pm Fri 31 Aug 12

I'm not at all suprised that beings from another planet have visited us. Half of Eastern Europe thinks its a wonderful place to visit as well.
That said, has anyone considered this might, and I'm only saying 'might', be a Lightning storm.

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kelly100 says...
5:17pm Fri 31 Aug 12

seriously?!?!?!? i saw the big bright light aka lightening and heard the big load bang aka thunder which blew my power off and back on in seconds. wasnt really surprised by this after seeing the WEATHER forecast and seeing there was a huge storm above hereford!!!!!

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airforce 1 says...
8:37am Sat 1 Sep 12

yes i heard the large boom and so did people from all over Hereford, Gloucestershire,Wale
s and the north of England,so,reports this may have been am electric storm over Hereford is ridiculous.sonic boom or meteor more like.

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Biomech says...
11:31am Sat 1 Sep 12

I studied Ufology for quite some time. Depending on it's speed - the one description is indicative of "ball lightning", which wouldn't be uncommon given the recent storms we've had. However, it is more likely to be remnants of part of the Perseid meteor shower that went past a couple of weeks ago.

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Biomech says...
11:32am Sat 1 Sep 12

..... or just more bloody foreigners.

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miss.chief says...
3:06pm Sat 1 Sep 12

The power went out and the house shook as this huge thunder like sound crunched down on us, I thought it sounded like a jet plane crashing down. There was no warning, no build-up, just a huge bang. It also sounded like we had been hit by thunder and we had to go outside, in the extreme downpour, to check the roof was still on.
Until now we have just passed it off as thunder, but this news report seems to suggest there was no thunder recorded, so what was it? =/

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xXcrazychick83Xx says...
1:22am Sun 2 Sep 12

we had the big bang,i thought something hit the back of my house,the electric went off momentarily and i also went to check the house was in one piece ,only this week though upon visiting the new hereford country park in newtonfarm area i was told by a lady from the council that 2 trees up on the hill by belmont pools were struck,and there is visible damage......i almost soiled my pants that night :/

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bobby47 says...
6:44pm Mon 3 Sep 12

I'm not trying to alarm anybody but, these events could be a terrible foretelling of foreboding things that might come to pass, may come to pass or most definitely wont ever come to pass.
I've been flicking through the Book of Revelations and it aint good reading. 'There will be a mighty glow of light in the night sky and there will be a loud cracking of thunder, the Wye and the Lugg may or may not flood and the Lord will summon up a mighty wind and blow all the trees down. Those who aint under the trees and thus, wont be crushed to death, will lift up there heads and cry, Hoorah! coal in fifteen million years time'.
Without drawing attention to yourselves, get yourself down to Widemarsh Common Sunday evening and in a state of nakedness, slaughter and sacrifice a Razorback Suckling Sow.
Of course you could just ignore this tripe and get on with your lives.

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airforce 1 says...
8:50pm Mon 3 Sep 12

so,bobby 47 says,to much (trype)for me,biomech says ball lightening,has anyone ever seen ball lightening,i have!miss chief,the power went of the house shook,it goes on and on.
its about time this (news) paper,the government,the powers that be(god knows where they are these days) or someone come up with a definitive answer.stop giving us the runaround Hereford times,get us the answer.NOW.

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bobby47 says...
9:59pm Mon 3 Sep 12

Airforce 1 has summed it all up. Give us an answer. Its the least we deserve. With all this doubt hanging around, what are we to believe? Someone knows something about these omens and signs. Tell us NOW

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Clarkester says...
12:57pm Tue 4 Sep 12

I used to know the answer.
Or at least I think I did.
But then I forgot what the question was.
Now all I know is random answers to the wrong questions...
I hope this helps.

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bobby47 says...
8:16pm Tue 4 Sep 12

Once again, Clarkester has summed it up in one single paragraph of complete rubbish. Its rubbish like this and my endless drivel about signs and omens and the sacrificing of a member of the animal kingdom, namely a Razorback Suckling Sow that confirms that Biomech and Airforce 1 are the only sane people commenting upon this piece of news.

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LambdaTatter says...
9:16am Thu 6 Sep 12

Jesus wept. It's like living in the dark ages, living in Hereford. Aliens? Explosions? Meteor showers? What a load of drivel. It was lightning. Pure and simple. It earthed in the Credenhill/West Hereford area. The storm preceded down toward South Wales and burnt itself out.

By the way, for those who cannot distinguish the difference between the two, Thunder is the byproduct of Lightning. You are not "hit by thunder" it is an audio only phenomenon.

Now stop throwing rocks at the moon.

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bobby47 says...
10:25am Thu 6 Sep 12

Lambda Tatter has said what needed to be said a long time ago. This talk of omens, drivel, signs and talk of what could it have been that filled us with fear and dread has to stop.
Widemarsh Common is off. I'm not getting involved in this debauchery in a public place. Plus, I cant get my hands on a Razorback Suckling Sow.

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airforce 1 says...
9:44pm Thu 6 Sep 12

Lambda Tatter has no idea,what we are talking about is a huge BOOM that was heard all across Herefordshire, Gloucestershire,Wale
s,the Midlands and the north of England at the same time,so if this happened just in Credenhill how do you explain that,and if the electric did go down around this area,where is the explanation from the electric company,the Hereford times,the government,its a cover up, that's what.And,Lambda Tatter,those who take the Lord thy Gods name in vane may hear another loud BOOM.

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bobby47 says...
10:34pm Thu 6 Sep 12

Airforce 1 has hit the nail on the head. He's basically saying that this is the Lords work and we are back to dealing with omens, signs, drivel and rubbish.

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miss.chief says...
1:39am Tue 11 Sep 12

I would just like to update: the incident that I described happened on Friday 24th August.

Also, when I said that it sounded like we had been hit by thunder, it was an instant bang as the noise happened (like a jet plane crash), I didn't say it was thunder.

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