UFO spotted in the sky over Wem park
A teenage girl would have been right to expect a balloon at her birthday party – but instead she was left baffled by a mystery object in the sky.
Lydia Arrowsmith, of Wem, and her friend India Griffiths, were left searching for answers after a round object was spotted while they played in the park.
The girls, who are both aged 14 and in year nine at Thomas Adams School in Wem, were playing in the town's Lowe Hill Park when they spotted the object moving diagonally across the sky on Friday afternoon.
Lydia said: "We were taking pictures of each other on the swings and my friend saw something in the corner of her eye and quickly took a picture. It passed reasonably fast diagonally upwards into the sky."
The girls rushed indoors and showed the picture to Lydia's dad Paul, 55 and mum, 51. The father-of-three said: "They were very excited, I had a look at the picture and tried blowing it up on the computer.
"I can describe what it is not, but I can't describe what it is.
"It is not a helicopter, aeroplane, balloon, kite or meteorite."
Mr Arrowsmith, who creates cleaning products at Gre-Solvent on Wem Industrial Estate, said he plans to show the picture to his work colleagues.
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