A BLAKEDOWN resident has reported seeing a “strange orange light” float across the sky on Saturday night.

John Shellis, of Birmingham Road, said the light looked like “a large ball” and moved “quite low in the sky” from north to south.

Mr Shellis, an astronomy enthusiast, was standing in his garden looking at the sky at about 12.30am on Sunday morning.

He said: “This light was definitely out of the norm. I often look up in wonderment at night time if it’s a clear sky.

“You can often see up to 10 satellites at any hour of the night but this was much faster and larger.

“It wasn’t a star and there was no tail. I’m not saying it was a flying saucer or anything like that but I’d be interested to know if anybody else saw it.”

Last July, a number of Bewdley residents contacted The Shuttle to report sightings of orange lights floating across the sky, which turned out to be Chinese lanterns, set off at a local wedding.

Mr Shellis said there was “no way” the light he saw was a lantern as it was “too fast”.

He went on: “I’ve seen them at New Year and they float more slowly across the sky.”

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