"And on the way home you'll look into the sky once more and notice 5 orange lights all moving very, very slowly, first in a row, then above each other, then below, then back in a row..and you'll tell yourself that they're just planes stacking up for Exeter Airport, but then you'll notice that there are no landing lights showing on any of them, unlike the plane that has just whizzed past in front of them...and you'll pull over in Ottery St. Mary car park, get out and watch those five orange stars suddenly rise higher and higher, faster and faster, all at exactly the same time, until they become the tiniest of dots..and then they'll just disappear all together from the naked eye...and you'll get back in the car....not the slightest bit worried or spooked...but left with a sense of deep understanding that some things can never quite be explained....."
I wrote that on the BBC F&A board, 5 years back now, in August 2005, as the end to my post about 'Beautiful Days' festival which is held in Escot Park, East Devon, just down the road from Sidmouth...
It is exactly what I saw, exactly what happened. From that moment on I changed my mind about UFOs and I stopped thinking somewhat arrogantly, that we are all alone in the Universe.