The following sightings are reported from Essex Police website directly available at the following link : https://www.essex.police.uk/foi-ai/essex-police/other-information/previous-foi-requests/ufo-reports-2018-to-2023/
Between 2018 and 2023, Essex, UK, experienced a notable number of UFO sightings. These events sparked curiosity and debate among locals and UFO enthusiasts. The sightings varied in description, ranging from unexplained lights to more distinct shapes in the sky. The response from authorities, including the Essex Police, involved logging these reports and occasionally investigating, though often these sightings remained unexplained. This period in Essex reflects a continued public fascination with the possibility of extraterrestrial life and unexplained aerial phenomena, echoing a global interest in such mysteries.
2018
M25
INC HAPPENED ABOUT 4 MINS AGO INF SAW A GREEN FLOURESCENT LIGHT LIKE A COMET COMING FROM THE SKY, INF SAW 2 PLANES ABOVE IT AND A SMALLER PLANE
2018
M25
INF SAYS MAY HAVE DASH CAM EVIDENCE
2018
BASILDON
INF STATES THAT THERE IS A BIG FADED BALL OF LIGHT GOING IN AND OUT OF THE CLOUDS ABOVE HIM.
INF WAS WONDERING IF IT WAS ONE OF OUR AIRCRAFTS.
IT GOES FAST , SLOWS DOWN AND THEN HOVERS.
‘IT IS ABOVE THE CLOUDS BUT IT ISNT’
IT IS MAKING STRANGE MANOUEVERS
THE INF IS WATCHING IT WITH FAMILY AND IT IS FASCINATING
2019
BASILDON
INFT HEARD A HGIH PITCH NOISE AT AROUND 00:00HRS
INFT STATING THIS WAS ABOUT 300FT HIGH
IT WAS THERE FOR ABOUT 12-14 MINUTES, INFT THEN WENT BACK INSIDE AND DID NOT SEE WHERE THE UFO HEADED ONCE IT LEFT
2019
BASILDON
WENT OUTSIDE OF BACKDOOR AND SAW A VERY LARGE OBJECT OF ABOUT THE SIZE OF 4 HELICOPTERS
THE NOISE WAS A VERY HIGH PITCHED NOISE AND WAS STATIONARY IN THE SKY ABOVE NEIGHBOURS HOUSE.
THERE WERE GREEN LIGHTS ON ONE SIZE AND RED LIGHTS ON THE OTHER SIDE.
THE UFO WAS SQUARED SHAPED
2019
BASILDON
CALLER IS REPORTING THAT HAS SEEN A UFO.
ALSO SAID IT LOOKED LIKE ‘2 DRONES ON FIRE’.
HE COULD ONLY DESCRIBE IT AS ‘REALLY FAST STREAMS OF LIGHT’ SIMILAR TO A FLARE.
HE STRUGGLED TO EXPLAIN IT AND SAID IT APPEARED TO BE ‘OUT OF THIS WORLD’.
WASNT SURE WHAT OFFICERS WOULD BE ABLE TO DO IF THEY ATTENED BUT HE WAS CONCERNED FOR THEIR SAFTEY.
WAS QUITE CONCERNED THAT WE WOULD NOT TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY
2020
COLCHESTER
INF HAS JUST SEEN THREE OBJECTS IN THE SKY
INF STATES IS 100% SURE THEY WERE NOT AIRTCRAFT AND WERE TOO BIG TO BE DRONES
INF STATES THAT IT IS NOT A HELICOPTER
INF STATES THE LIGHTS WERE FAR TOO BRIGHT TO BE HELICOPTERS
STATES THERE WAS NO NOISE FROM ANY OF THE THREE SO IS SURE THAT WHAT HE SAW WAS NOT A HELICOPTER OR PLANE
THE FIRST ONE DESCRIBED AS BEING LIKE A FIRE BALL
THEY WERE GOING TOO FAST FOR LANTERNS
THEY WERE TRAVELLING IN THE SAME DIRECTION AND SPEED
2020
SAFFRON WALDEN
ASKED THE CALLER IF ITS POSSIBLE IT WAS SOME KIND OF AIRCRAFT OR A DRONE, CALLER SAID DEFINATELY NOT
CALLER ALSO ADDED ISNT SEEING THINGS
CALLER STATES THEY WERE DRIVING ALONG AND SAW A FLAMING BALL GOING THROUGH THE SKY
IT WAS QUITE LOW AND APPROX THE SIZE OF A FOOTBALL WITH FLAMES COMING OUT THE BACK OF IT
THE OBJECT WAS FLYING IN THE DIRECTION OF RADWINTER – DIDNT SEE / HEAR IT HIT THE GROUND OR LAND
2020
ONGAR
INFT STATES THAT HAS JUST SEEN AROUND 30/40 LIGHTS IN CONVOY FLYING ACROSS THE SKY,
INFT STATES THAT THERE WAS ABOUT 10 TO START WITH IN AN EXACT LINE TOGETHER AND THEN ANOTHER GROUP OF 10-12 THEN ANOTHER 10-20 COMING ALONG EVERY FEW MINS.
INFT STATES THERE WERE NO PLANE FLYING LIGHTS AND WERE GOING AT THE SAME SPEED ON THE SAME TRACK.
INFT STATES THEY WERE COMING FROM WEST TO EAST.
2020
COLCHESTER
30 BALLS OF LIGHT IN FORMATION
5 OF THEM SAY THEY SAY THE LIGHT
BALLS OF LIGHT
CALLER AND HIS FAMILY REPORTS SEEING BALLS OF LIGHT SHOOT ACROSS THE SKY
2020
SOUTHEND-ON-SEA
SAID IT WENT AS SUCH A SPEED, AND AFTER FOLLOWING IT CLOSELY BEHIND WAS TWO AIRCRAFTS, INF COULDNT TELL WHICH AIRCRAFTS THEY WERE BUT SAW THE “RED WARNING LIGHTS” ON THEM .
INF REPORTING SAW A BIG ORANGE LIGHT OF WHAT BELIEVED WAS MARS THE PLANET.
INF STATED KNOWS WHAT THINGS GO ON IN THE WORLD BEHIND SCENES. AND BELIEVED THIS TO BE A STRANGE SIGHTING.
2021
WALTHAM ABBEY
1 CAN STILL SEE 1 OF THEM
DID NOT MAKE ANY NOISE
DIFFERENT COULOURED LIGHTS WHILE GOING UP AND NOW FLASHING GREEN AND BLUE LIKE A PLACE, BUT DEFINATELY NOT PLANES
DOUBT IF THEY ARE DRONES.
FLEW DOWN THE RIVER TOWARDS LONDON DIRECTION – SOUTH
I STOPPED TO HAVE A BREAK AFTER 5 MILES, AND LOOKED ACROSS THE LAKE AND SAW THEM
I WAS OUT MOUNTAIN BIKING AND THINK I SAW 5 UFO’S SPIRALLING IN CIRCLES
MY FRIEND IS WITH ME AND SAW THEM TOO.
ONE HAS NO REAPPEARED AND APPEARS TO BE GLOWING.
2021
COLCHESTER
THE INFT STATES THAT COULDN’T HEAR ANYTHING, AND CHECKED “FLIGHT TRACKER” AND COULDN’T SEE ANYTHING.
THE INFT STATES THAT DOESN’T KNOW IF THIS WAS MILITARY OR NOT, BUT IT SEEMED LIKE A LOT OF LIGHTS WHICH ISN’T USUAL.
THE INFT STATES THAT HAS SEEN 27 LIGHTS IN THE SKY GOING OVER ROAD IN A STRAIGHT LINE, THEY WERE COVERING ABOUT 1 MILE, AND WERE HEADING NORTH EAST. THE INFT SAW THEM AT
2200, THEY WERE PLAIN WHITE LIGHTS, NOT FLASHING.
2021
ROCHFORD
IN THE GARDEN WHICH BACKS ONTO A WOODS, THE CALLER LOOKED UP AND SAW A METAL STRUCTURE WHICH LOOKED LIKE A LONG OBLONG BIRD. WHEN THE CALLER GLANCED AT IT, IT DISAPPEARED, IT DIDN’T TRAVEL IN A DIRECTION, TO START WITH IT WAS VERY LOW LEVEL AND FLYING VERY FAST. THE CALLER STATES THAT IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A BIRD AS THEY LIVE IN A VILLAGE THIS TYPE OF BIRD WOULD TRAVEL IN GROUPS AND THEY WOULD NOT BE IN THE AREA THE CALLER WAS IN AT THIS TIME OF NIGHT
2021
CHELMSFORD
INF WAS LEAVING THE CHURCH AT AROUND 2115HRS TONIGHT AND AS BACK WAS TO THE CHURCH WAS FACING TOWARDS CHELMSFORD TOWN CENTRE WAS 5-6 LIGHTS INT HE SKY
THE LIGHTS WERE DANCING AROUND AND 2 SHOT OFF AND THEN PARTED AND DISAPEARED
THEY WERE LIKE BALLS IN THE AIR
2022
STANSTED AIRPORT
INC PLACED ON AS UFO AS 3 AIRCRAFT REPORTED AN OBJECT WAS IN THEIR VICINITY.
INF FROM TOWER REPORTING THAT 2 PLANES HAVE REPORTED AN OBJECT AT ABOUT 500FT BELOW THEM AS THEY ARE COMING INTO LAND ON RUNWAY 22
THE CLOSEST BEING 20KM AWAY.
APPROACH (2-3 MILES OUT) WHEN THEIR TCAS (TRAFFIC COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM) ALERTED THEM TO SOMETHING AT AROUND 500FT. NONE OF THE PILOTS COULD SEE ANYTHING WHEN THEY LOOKED
2022
CLACTON-ON-SEA
COULD POSSIBLY BE A DRONE BUT IS UNSURE
INF HAS BEEN WATCHING IT FOR THE PAST 30 MINUTES
INF IS REPORTING THAT THERE IS A RED FLASHING LIGHT IN THE SKY WHICH IS STATIONARY
STATES IT IS MAKING FEEL UNEASY
INF STATES THAT THERE IS A RED FLASHING LIGHT IN THE SKY ABOVE HOUSE BUT IT IS STAYING STATIONARY AND NOT MOVING
2022
CHELMSFORD
INFORMANT CALLING SIMILAR TO THE XREF THAT CAN SEE A SUSPICIOUS AIRCRAFT FLYING OVER THE CHELMSFORD AREA
THE INFORMANT THEN WENT ON TO TALK ABOUT THE STRANGE FLY OVERS RECENTLY OF CHINNOCKS AND APACHE HELICOPTERS AROUND THE CHELMSFORD AREA
THE LIGHTS ON THE AIRCRAFT ARE VERY SUSPICIOUS AND HE BELIEVES IT TO BE A UFO
2022
CHELMSFORD
IS SAYING IT MIGHT BE THE MILITARY
STATES NOTHING ON THIS PLANET COULD DO THIS
STATES THEY ARE FLYING OVER PROPERTY
STATES THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 3/4 YEARS
INF STATES IT IS NOT A PLANE AND WE DONT HAVE ANYTHING THAT TRAVELS AT SUCH SPEED ON PLANET EARTH
INF STATES IT ISNT THE FIRST TIME HAS SEEN THIS
INF STATES THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT LIGHTS OUTSIDE PROPERTY
2022
HERTFORDSHIRE
RYANAIR WAS CLIMBING OUT FROM STANSTED AIRPORT AND WAS A HEIGHT OF 4000FT AND JUST OVER THE ST ELIZABETH CENTRE
THE PILOT SAW AN OBJECT WHICH DESCRIBES AS “BLACK” WHICH PASSED WITHIN 20 METRES OF THE AIRCRAFT
THE PLANE WAS TRAVELLING AT 230MPH AND THE OBJECT WAS TRAVELLING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH
THEY HAVE SAID THAT IT WAS POSSIBLY A DRONE BUT THE DRONE MONITORING EQUIPMENT AT THE AIRPORT HAS NOT PICKED IT UP.
2022
ONGAR
INF IS REPORTING AN AIRCRAFT ABOVE HOME WITH A LARGE LIGHT POINTING DOWN AT PROPERTY, HAS BEEN FLYING AROUND HOME FOR THE LAST HOUR, MOST LIKELY A HELICOPTER. INF
2022
DUNMOW
FROM WHERE WAS IT LOOOKED LIKE THE SIZE OF A FOOTBALL
THINKS IT MIGHT HAVE LANDED IN ONE OF THE FIELDS BEHIND THE CHURCH
INF REPORTS THAT LAST NIGHT APPROX 2230HRS SAW A VERY BRIGHT LIGHT TRAVELLING THROUGH THE SKY THAT THOUGHT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A METEOR OR ‘SOMETHING ELSE’
INFT STATES THAT THE ITEM WAS WHITE AND WENT BEHIND THE TREES. SUPPOSED THAT IT LANDED BUT DOES NOT KNOW. IT COULD HAVE BEEN A METEOR, SIZE UNKNOWN. THEY DIMINISH IN SIZE
2023
ESSEX POLICE AREA
CALLER HAS SAID THAT WAS TRAVELLING BACK FROM LAKESIDE TO BASILDON AND WAS ON THE M25 WHEN SAW IT
CALLER IS UNABLE TO DESCRIBE THE OBJECT – AS IT WAS DARK – HAS SAID IT WAS JUST HOOVERING THERE WITH JUST ONE SINGULAR BRIGHT LIGHT COMING OUT OF IT
CALLER THEN SAW IT AGAIN ON WAY BACK FROM LAKESIDE – THEY WERE TAKING A VIDEO OF IT AND THEN IT VANSIHED IN FRONT OF THE INF EYES
ORIGINALLY SAW IT ON WAY TO LAKESIDE AT 1830HRS AND WAS A BIT SHOCKED BY IT BUT COULDNT WORK OUT WHAT IT WAS
INF HAS A VIDEO OF THE OBJECT IF OFFICERS WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT
INF HAS SAID WAS INBETWEEN THE JUNCTIONS FOR THE A13 AND A127 WHEN HE SAW THIS OBJECT BUT CANT SAY WHAT JUNCTION HE WAS CLOSER TO
INF IS REPORTING THAT ABOUT 15 MINS AGO HAS SEEN A STRANGE OBJECT IN THE SKU
2023
CHELMSFORD
INF REPORTING THAT THAT THERE IS A LIGHT IN THE SKY SWOOPING AROUND AND GOING FROM SIDE TO SIDE
INF REPORTS ITS JUST ABOVE THE CLOUD LINE BUT IT HAS STOPPED NOW
INF REPORTS ITS LIEK A WHITE GLOW AND IT IS HARD TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW HIGH IT IS
INF REPORTS THE LIGHT HAS GONE OUT TOO
I SAW IT ON MY WAY TO WORK.
THIS HAPPENED AROUND 0030HRS AND NOW
UFO SIGHTED, INF REPORTS CAN’T DESCRIBE WHAT IT IS, BUT ALL CAN SEE IS A LIGHT SWOOPING
2023
BILLERICAY
ABOUT HOUR THAT IT HAS BEEN THERE FOR.
BRIGHT LIGHT HAS GONE NOW AND THE SKY CLEARED BUT THEN WAS JUST INFORMED THAT IT CAME BACK
BRIGHT – QUITE BIG – WEST SKY – TOWARDS CHELMSFORD NEARLY CLOSE TO LONDON
CALLER STATES THAT CAN SEE A BRIGHT LIGHT IN THE SKY
COULD BE OVER STANSTEAD AIRPORT.
LOOKS ELLIPTICAL IN SHAPE
ODD AND LOOKS LIKE ALLIPTAGOL
SEEMED VERY CONFUSED ABOUT IT AS HAS A GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF STARS AND PLANETS ECT.
SOMETHING FROM IT HANGING DOWN
THE BIG BRIGHT LIGHT IS NOT MOVING
THE CALLER SEEMS TO THINK IT MIGHT BE DEBRIS FROM SPACE.
THEY ALSO WAS LOOKING FROM THERE BINOCULARS AND STILL COULDN’T MAKE OUT WHAT IT WAS.
2023
COLCHESTER
THIS WAS A SOLID OVAL SHAPE AND WAS SILENT. THIS WAS NOT A DRONE OR MODEL AIRCRAFT DUE TO THE WAY IT WAS FLYING. I VIEWED THIS FROM INSIDE THE REAR OF MY HOME MY HOME AND THEN
THIS OBJECT DID NOT LEAVE MY SIGHT UNTIL IT WAS TOO FAR IN THE DISTANCE AND OBSCURED BY ANOTHER PROPERTY.
I HAVE NO EXPLANATION AS TO WHAT THIS OBJECT COULD BE.
I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT A SIGHTING OF AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT. THIS OCCURRED AROUND 11:05HRS THIS MORNING MON 5TH JUNE 2023. THE OBJECT APPEARED OVAL IN SHAPE AND WAS A METALLIC COLOUR WITH NO APPARENT MARKINGS OR LIGHTS. THERE WERE NO CONVENTIONAL AIRCRAFT CHARACTERISTICS AT ALL. THE OBJECT WAS TRAVELLING EAST TO WEST JUST SOUTH OF MY ADDRESS IN A STRAIGHT LINE AND THE ALTITUDE WAS LEVEL AROUND A 100 FEET AT ALL TIMES AS A GUESS. THE OBJECT WAS MOVING QUICKLY ACROSS THE SKY VERY SMOOTHLY WITH NO DEVIATION IN HEIGHT OR DIRECTION OR WITHOUT ANY AFFECTS OF THE WEATHER IS THE ONLY WAY I COULD DESCRIBE IT. IT WAS MOVING TOO FAST FOR BIRD AND DEFINITELY WAS NOT A BALLOON THAT USUALLY GET AFFECTED BY THE WIND CAUSING THEM TO TURN OR TUMBLE. THIS WAS UNAFFECTED BY THE LIGHT BREEZE BLOWING.
