Just as we thought this had died down I have finally received a reply on Facebook from the person who took the video Paul Franciosi.


Alan Brennan 22 July at 20:50
Hello Paul,

I have just watched your UFO video on youtube and am quite interested in it.
The only rational explanation I and some friends can think of is miitary flares.

What do you think?

For clarity could you tell me exactly where and when it was filmed.

Hope you don't mind me asking you this and sending this message.

Kindest regards, Alan. Paul Franciosi 11 August at 21:15 Report
i dont mind your message.people are sasying flares from otterburn.otterburn is 27.1miles northwest of gateshead not behind gateshead as some people are saying.im ufoligist before im a ghosthunter .ive been a ufoligist for over 25yrs.i know what flares look like i talked to a ex army para who is an expert on flares he was amazed at what he saw they move against the wind come on in different positions.we saw orange craft all night they were the size of a house they have been flying over washington i saw one last night.i filmed one over sulgrave washington then cleadon village then near cleadon mill then when we were ghosthunting on cleadon mill thats when i recorded the light display.these craft dim down and there is a solid mass behind the light plus they move fast.i recorded these on the 17/18thjuly watch parts1.2.3.4 you can get a better perspective of what happened that night.part 4 was not recorded that night.i will keep studying the footage and recording more of these craft.hope i give you some insight.best wishes .paul.

this is the data from the 19th at 2am
does this shed any light on the situation?
im not up to scratch with knowing what any of it meens

North-east England
0200 GMT on Monday 19 July 2010

Location Wind (kn) Visibility Temp Pressure Weather
Dir Speed Gusts (km) (°C) MSL (mb) Trend
Albemarle SW 6 N/A 15.0 17 1017 Falling Overcast
Bingley SW 10 N/A 45.0 15 N/A N/A Overcast
Boulmer SW 8 N/A 30.0 17 1017 Rising Overcast
Dishforth S 7 N/A 35.0 17 1020 Falling Mostly Cloudy
Leeming S 9 N/A 22.0 17 1019 Falling Overcast
Linton-on-Ouse SE 7 N/A 70.0 17 1020 Falling No data



Im glad this case is still ongoing as there is just something to it
they seem very big and bright to be nearly 25miles away form the video camera.
i know flares are meant to be seen but it still seems to far.

Well this is certainly a case that has been blown open again!

The man mentions he had a Para for a friend who said the lights were not flares. I would like to see a video or see a statement by this Para explaining why he does not think it was flares. I don't think that's an unreasonable request. I would like to hear his thoughts.

I would also like to see another person with military service who does not know the investigator to look at the video and give his view. Preferably someone from the UK, just in case the lights are flares, but the flares are unique to UK forces, in which case they can be recognised from some in the British forces.

As it stands, it's WoogleUK's experience of military-grade flares and his view it is flares versus the investigator's Para friend's view it is not flares.

btw, what happened to Mozzy, the man who said he was on the investigator team, who was posting here? Is he still around?

[edit on 14-8-2010 by Regensturm]