Matthew Pinless was sure that the streak of light he spotted in the sky while walking was more likely to be a meteor than a UFO.
In fact it was neither. The blazing ball hanging above a residential street in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, is thought to be a ‘sun dog’.
The phenomenon occurs when sunlight is refracted by hexagonal-shaped ice crystals in high and cirrus clouds - and is quite common, experts say.
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Wednesday 2 September 2009
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