Croydon, Surrey, 5th August, 2007, U.K.
I was at a Garden Centre in Shirley Road, Croydon with my girlfriend on Sunday at around midday. I was standing with our trolley whilst my girlfriend was looking at plants in the outdoor part of the garden centre. I was looking west and noticed a round white object travelling north.
At first I thought it was a plane or helicopter, however, the more I looked at it, the more I realized that there were no wings or any features. It was just a plain white oval object. The speed at which it was travelling told me that it wasn't a balloon either.
I estimate from the distance I was from it, that it was larger and travelling faster than a passenger plane. I pointed it out to my girlfriend who was more interested in the plants so I didn't get much of a response. I lost sight of it when it went behind some flats immediately next to the garden centre.
This is the second object I have seen recently. A couple of months ago, a red orb passed at speed during the day, directly over my garden in Addiscombe, Croydon. At first, from a distance I thought it was a balloon, but the speed that it was travelling at and its straight line trajectory made me think twice. It came over quite low and I could tell it definitely wasn't a balloon.
I have studied the UFO phenomena since I saw a fantastic UFO as a child and I'm always looking to the skies. These are the first 2 objects I have seen in years that I cannot explain.
