A Bristol man has caught a 10 second video clip of a mystery object flying over the city centre of Bristol on Tuesday morning, February 14. Questions have surrounded the sighting as to whether it was a balloon similar to those spotted over various skies in the last few days, a UFO or simply a party balloon which got caught up in the wind.
Andrew Smith, who was working from home in Lawford’s Gate near Cabot Circus, said: “I spotted it out of my window and when I first saw it, I thought it was a weather balloon. But with everything going on in the news, I wondered what it was,” he said, referring to news reports this week of suspected spy balloons in US and China airspaces.
“But it could just have easily been a party balloon gone astray. With regard to size, there was no real frame of reference, it floated away from east to west,” he said. The balloon appears to be silver in colour and moves across the sky at an even speed.
