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Weird webcam!

There have been numerous close encounters in the vicinity of this highway webcam.

A55 Dobshill Interchange, scene of UFO sightings

Image refreshed every 60 seconds or you could go to the live feed on the external site at www.traffic-wales.com

This is the webcam covering the A55 highway at the Dobshill Interchange on the Chester-Flintshire border - but it's also at the scene where, in the sky above, there have been several sightings of UFOs as well as reports of other paranormal activity nearby.

If you see something, scroll over the photo and click the email icon to mail it to us at wales.northeast@bbc.co.uk. Alternatively, right click on the photo and save it to your computer and then send via email as an attachment. Now view some of the UFO screen grabs submitted by contributors.


So, what's been seen here?

Ufologist Margaret Fry and paranormal investigator Richard Holland have worked on several cases in the area of this webcam. Use these links to find out more about their investigations:-


your comments

Dave Ebbrell
Saw the lights tonight over the Kinnerton area, was just arriving home in Buckley about 1.30 hrs ago (about 20.15 4th April 2009), saw the lights straight ahead driving down Jubilee Road to the east. I followed the lights to the Penyffordd/Broughton road, it seemed to be hovering over the Kinnerton area and looked pretty big, then it turned towards Broughton, as I followed it, it dropped low over airbus and disappered off towards Chester. From the rear it looked just like 3 bright nav lights, and could see the red beacon light/s flash so reckon it's no UFO, but from the front it was just really bright, must have had some major lamps on it, but they were shining horizontally not down at the ground like a search light would, hope this helps.
Mon Apr 6 10:12:34 2009

P Regan
Latest sighting is still also a mystery that the MOD cannot identify: www.ssgb.bravehost.com/air_safe.htm
Mon Oct 27 09:12:36 2008

Anon
The so-called UFO recently spotted above wales could be a device built by BAE Systems on behalf of the UK government
Fri Jul 4 08:28:29 2008

P of Mold
About 10 years ago I was travelling to work at 4am towards Chester on the A55 with my nephew about half way down before Dobshill turnoff. We both saw what looked like a white triangle pyramid-shape in the field on the right hand side, the triangle had white flames inside it.
Thu Sep 6 10:27:24 2007

Ivano Bariani
I've seen with my widgets from your webcam over the streets 6-7 "flying tubes", color sort of metal grey. they were there over the street (two of them were slightly out of focus; others were perfectly stilled) and beyond the sky. the next refresh of the webcam they were gone. I'm writing from italy. Here's now is 12:57 of tuesday 8 may 2007. Sorry I couldn't grab the image.
Tue May 8 13:07:14 2007

Martin, Buckley
The reason for the large amount of sightings in the Dobshill area is aeroplane flight paths. Planes follow a direct route in-line with the main Dobshill road. Lights appear to be hovering when in fact they are traveling towards up at a rate of 500 MPH. The aeroplane headlights are so bright you can see them miles away!
Tue Mar 6 08:29:19 2007

Jon CA
CraZy i could of swore i saw a UFO yesterday
Mon Feb 12 10:55:06 2007

Lorraine Slaney
Some of the photos sent in look like clouds. I haven't seen anything to convince me of a real sighting. There's more chance of Elvis popping up. I do believe that there are others scattered around the universe. Maybe someday someone will catch sight of a real craft until then I'll just have to wait.
Fri Oct 27 13:08:45 2006

vicky smith newcastle
by the looks of the pic above it looks too obivious and somehow fake
Mon Oct 23 08:27:59 2006

JESS NORRIS N.WALES
Surely these bright orange lights must be Easy Jet approaching John Lennon Airport!!
Tue Oct 17 08:20:07 2006

ghostlover
i was in my room and i fell asleep and i woke up with this bright light shining down on me and i was outside on my porch. freaky i know i wasnt dreaming i just know it!
Tue Oct 10 08:29:32 2006

Darryll
I live very close to the a55 and it has being known to be one of the most weirdest places in wales! in our back garden we have a telescope looking into the stars! it faces in the saturn way! and we now record what we see every night and we see little red lights floating above the road -the web cam may have spotted it or not! and it is not a plane or helicopter! weird but also fun!
Wed Sep 27 12:18:30 2006

Jenny Norden
I was looking at the stars one night when i couldnt sleep, and(my bedroom window faces south east) i saw what looked like a star, moving up and down stopping then moving again side to side. Each night when i am awake i look out and it is always there, in the same direction. It is very tiny like a star, but more red than white. It moves in various different directions, i have looked through binoculars but cant see any better. It is not an aeroplane, it moves slower, then much quicker than a plane, and stays still for minutes, sometimes. Please what is it!
Mon Sep 25 09:24:33 2006

Scott, Bangor
I took a couple of grabs from this web site at around 3.00am and there are clearly some strange lights in the sky, but they are not putting them on this site, "nothing interesting" is what they are telling me. I think they are more interesting than rain drops on the camera. If you want to see them contact me and i will send you a copy. Let me know what you think.
Mon Sep 4 16:19:32 2006

Darryll Lightowler
Hiya! Just saying I believe in UFOs and the A55 at Dobshill is strange! Me and my friends were walking home one night when we heard in the woods really freaky stuff going on! Little did we know, it was one of the UK's most haunted places ever! But all I can say for this web cam is top on!
Fri Sep 1 09:34:23 2006

Lorraine Weber
My point of view is that with the webcam only being updated every 10 minutes, it gives plenty of time between frames for hoaxers. In which case I wouldn't believe anything I saw on here!
Wed Aug 16 09:21:36 2006

Teresa S. from Florida
Hello, I just came on & the cam was black, but when it refreshed, there is a bright round shaped object in the sky! It's white on top with different colors on the bottom, to be honest, it kind of looks like a king's crown? Weird but bright.
Mon Jul 31 09:36:45 2006

Philip Keeler, Sussex
This is a classic UFO seen hundreds of times in Britain. If you want to hear about the latest UFO and paranormal news check out www.strangebuttrueradio.com and download the podcast via itunes for FREE.
Mon Jul 3 10:30:27 2006

Diego Cuevas
I filmed a video once of a UFO at Chile, it was circular and I got it for a while but then it disappeared out of no where.
Mon Jun 5 09:37:57 2006

dl
i think it's just a little model plane that some kid was plaing with. it probably flew by the camera and it picked it up as an UFO
Thu Apr 6 14:08:08 2006

Cecil Donk from North East England
I once saw three red lights in triangle formation hover in the sky for a short while and then fly quickly away....I never heard it....Later as I look on the internet I see that it is a common sighting....Wierd?
Wed Mar 22 20:54:25 2006

verity, merthyr tydfil
my sighting was a few years back in llangatock crickhowell, powys. i saw a daylight metallic saucer shaped craft flying at an diagonal angle, dont know if this way of flying is commonplace? to all the people who dont believe because they havent seen anything- if you dont look at the sky dont expect to see anything!!
Wed Mar 15 19:19:26 2006

MICHAGAN
i see somthing!
Sat Feb 25 01:39:57 2006

Susan in Northwestern, America
I agree with Jill, you should have it update a little faster, say 5 or 6 minutes?
Sun Feb 5 09:45:07 2006

Andrew
Hello my name's Andrew a sceptic of UFOs now looking on the webcam and can't see anything and also webcam on the computer. I live in Flint and nothing is happening, what are the best times for spotting?
Tue Jan 24 10:07:49 2006

Gary Wrexham
I have seen two.One over Nercwys in spring 1991 with three friends.Round with revolving lights,blue and white.The other over Wrecsam summer of 2005,plain as day.I have worked in the aviation industry for 25 yrs and know what I saw.Second one was still but ever so bright.
Thu Jan 19 11:08:54 2006

Karl from Mold
Maybe this is just a wild stab in the dark, but surely some of the 'strange' lights in the sky seen near Dobshill are something to do with the nearby Hawarden airport! I'm not a sceptic, I believe in UFO's and one night in the early 1980's I saw a strange, bright white light travelling very fast high in the sky. I first thought that it was a shooting star or a satelite until it performed several 90 degree turns and then shot away out of sight!!
Wed Jan 18 15:38:44 2006

Jon from Llandudno
A few strange things in the sky I've seen especially in my younger days fishing on trawlers off the Great Ormes head, weird shaped things in the sky, but these could be anything until myself and a friend experienced something very different at the age of 16 in Butlins, Pwllheli. It was night time and I can only describe it as a shooting star that pinged in the sky like a frisby, it was low travelling at speed and narrowly missed the boomerang roller coaster, it made a whipping sound as it swerved past the roller coaster. I've always thought that this was something different than a shooting star because it swerved and dodged. Also I say it was like a shooting star because it glowed like a white fire, but then again I've never seen a shooting star about 50 feet off the ground maybe lower and then go from left to right and then disapear into the sky, hahahah crazy but true always wondered wot the hell that was?
Thu Jan 12 04:13:32 2006

Dilbert - Sunderland
They're here!
Wed Jan 11 00:33:27 2006

melody_yesterday missouri/usa
why cam refresh only every 10 minutes ? why not every 10 seconds? just a thought... thanks
Sat Dec 10 13:38:22 2005

Griff from Mold
I saw a UFO in the mid 70s over Penyffordd. It was a black triangle with a red glow at each corner. I was in a car at the time so I couldn't tell size or distance. I watched it for about two minutes. It kept pace with the car but when we turned onto the Vounog Hill I lost sight of it.
Mon Nov 28 23:49:34 2005

Jill Whiteman from Monmouthshire
The webcam is updated every 10 mins, would it not be better to have it updated a bit faster?
Mon Nov 28 21:31:24 2005

Shaquille A rom Los Angeles,California
When I was in Mexico I saw a plate-shaped object in the sky. It was doing zig-zag formation.
Sun Nov 6 18:44:33 2005

Mo, North Wales
I saw something a few months ago, (July/August) when we were going down the A55. It was as we past the border. There were 4 flashes of light in the sky, they were HUGE too, very near each other. They were like a pinky/orangy/red clour. I'm not very good at describing it! Sorry! I was just browsing the web when I came across this! Can't belive others have seen stuff too in the area! Also, isn't Todmorden, West Yorkshire suppose to be a big spot for seeing UFO's?
Wed Sep 28 15:37:59 2005

David T. Mold
The aliens are here, they hovered silently above me in Nov '77. Then zigzagged, then flew away at 1000s of mph. It was reported in Flintshire leader, but I didn't tell anyone at the time.
Tue Sep 13 00:15:12 2005

Matt from Broughton
I made a sighting here in Broughton last night and have been looking around the Net to see if I could find anything similar as I am struggling to explain what I saw, anyway here is a mail I sent to a friend shortly after the seeing the object.

11.37PM: A red and orange 'ball of light/fire' has just whizzed down the road outside the front of the house, I'd say level with the rooftops travelling horizontally very quickly and I'd estimate about the size of a tennis ball! Can't say more than that. I have absolutely no idea what it was! I would have thought a meteorite but it was completely level. I can now proudly say I've seen a UFO! UNREAL!
Mon Sep 5 00:19:21 2005

Paddy Madill, Dunedin NZ
The reason there is so much paranormal activity is that there is a leyline crossing there.
Sat Aug 20 02:52:12 2005

Dave from N.Y.
I am pretty sure i am seeing something here...........at the bottom right of the screen there is a triangular formation of bright lights.
Sun Aug 14 20:03:19 2005

ben from liverpool
halewood in liverpool has had a spate of photos of ufos this month check out m.a.r.a
Fri Jul 29 22:06:14 2005

Teresa from Florida
I came on this site tonight and found it black with a weird white light up in the top right corner of the cam, it stayed there during 4 frames, changing, it was moving! And then finally went out of sight.
Thu Jul 7 04:05:39 2005

Keith Jones
Have you ever heard of a book called the Welsh Triangle?
Thu Jun 23 00:38:03 2005

Luke Spencer, Bridlington
I see the site has reports and sightings from around my home town of Bridlington. I also saw a blue light high above the north bay in November of last year. It just sat in the sky with the stars. The only difference was it was blue and bigger than a star. Not sure if you will print this but here is a site i found with other reports from around east yorkshire www.ILF-UFO.co.uk - It's quite surprising how many people report odd things in the sky around Bridlington - must be the sea air.
Sun Jun 12 19:11:56 2005

Matt Cuthbert, Manchester
Does the UK have a UFO hotspot?
Fri May 13 18:53:15 2005

Shane from Crook
Of course their are such things as aliens and ufo's. You can't tell me that in the entire universe ours is the only planet with life
Mon May 2 19:52:35 2005

georgis from wales
is it the moon or a ball of some sort?
Sat Apr 23 23:33:56 2005

John Ash ,Buckley
I live about a mile away from this camera, nerver heard or seen such activity!
Sat Apr 23 19:26:34 2005

Brittney from Illinios
I see two lights, I wounder what they are. It looks like an airplane...
Thu Apr 21 04:36:26 2005

russ filey
I will be giving a talk and showing video clips on Wednesday 20th April at 7.30pm at Burgoyne Arms Hillsborough for Sheffield paranormal investigations group
Sun Apr 17 20:37:29 2005

Russ Kellett, Filey
Russ Kellett will be talking on BBC radio Leeds on Friday about UFOs on paranormal week.
Thu Apr 14 00:37:11 2005

Dave in Kent
The camera has been moved by the looks of things, cant see any of the sky anyway and unless aliens are landing we cant see them :)
Thu Apr 7 17:49:59 2005

chris woodin from kent
you are a fake
Thu Mar 3 15:28:07 2005

Russ, Filey
The British UFO Hunters have call an emergency meeting owing to the high volume of reported ufo sightings in the town of Filey, North Yorkshire. The meeting will be held on the 15th Jan at the Evron Centre, John Street, Filey 1.30 pm till 3.30pm. While some so called UFO investigators run looking for evidence in buildings archives, we have the video evidence to prove it. Ufoparanormal.com
Sun Jan 9 15:19:36 2005

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