📍 Location: Blacon, Cheshire, United Kingdom

📅 Date: October 15th, 2010

🕐 Time: Approximately 23:20

👁️ Witnesses: 1

📡 Source: Cheshire Live

🛸 Shape: Orb / glowing sphere

✨ Characteristics: Orange-pink light, upward motion, silent, steady ascent

🗓️ Reported: October 16th, 2010

🧭 Overview

Late one clear autumn night in Blacon, near Chester, a local resident reported observing a glowing orange orb rising steadily above the skyline. The witness, Paul Anthony of Blacon Point Road, initially dismissed it as a sky lantern — but soon realised the object’s motion and behaviour didn’t match anything familiar.

The event, witnessed around 11:20 p.m., lasted roughly half a minute and left Anthony puzzled enough to contact the local newspaper the following day.

🌌 Description of the Event

According to Paul Anthony, the light first appeared as a bright orange glow climbing vertically into the night sky at a moderate pace. Accustomed to seeing aircraft pass overhead, he quickly recognised this was something different — the object was moving straight upward, not on a flight path typical of planes departing or arriving at nearby airports.

After about 30 seconds, the orb appeared to shift in colour, becoming a soft pinkish hue while flickering slightly. It then arced gracefully across the sky in a semi-circle, maintaining its altitude before moving out toward the Sealand Road area and over North Wales.

Throughout the entire observation, no sound was heard — no engine noise, no crackle, and no sign of exhaust or flame.

📐 Observational Details

Shape: Rounded orb of light
Colour: Orange to pinkish-white glow
Movement: Ascended vertically, then curved in an arc across the sky
Duration: Approximately 30 seconds
Sound: None detected
Direction: From Blacon Police Station area toward Sealand Road and North Wales
Weather: Clear and still night with good visibility
Possible Explanations Considered: Sky lantern, aircraft, meteor — all ruled out by witness

🧩 Witness Statement

“At first, I thought it was one of those Chinese lanterns. But it wasn’t drifting — it was going straight up, fast and smooth. It changed to a faint pink glow, then moved across the sky in a curve before vanishing into the distance.
I’m not someone who jumps to conclusions, but I know what I saw wasn’t a plane, balloon, or anything ordinary.”
— Paul Anthony, Blacon, Cheshire

🧠 Summary

The Blacon Orange Orb sighting remains unexplained. Despite its brief duration, the witness’s clear description rules out common sources such as lanterns or aircraft. The object’s vertical ascent, colour change, and silent motion suggest an unknown aerial phenomenon.

With no additional witnesses coming forward, the case stands as a singular yet intriguing example of small-scale UAP sightings reported in northern England during the early 2010s. This follows the 2009 wave of Orange Orbs throughout the region described in 🛸 [040] to 🛸 [045].