I saw something very weird and unidentified on 30 December 2003, late afternoon around 4pm.

I was waiting for the bus in Ely where I live, the sky was overcast and mostly grey clouds so not a good day for observing much in the sky. The light was starting to get dim as evening approached.

I noticed a very dark or black object moving across slowly in the sky to the west of where I was. It looked like it was going over the houses of the estate.

At first I thought it was a large bird, maybe a hawk. I then changed my mind 'cos it wasn't bird-shaped but more like a black oblong box.

It seemed at about the height birds or low flying aircraft fly. Anyway, it carried on moving and stopped at one point, and then carried on.

It got smaller as it went into the distance and became a black dot before it vanished out of sight.

There was no one else at the bus stop to give an opinion, but I have never seen anything like it before.

The only possible explanation I can come up with besides it being a UFO is that it was a helicopter. They go at about the same speed and can stop to hover, and maybe 'cos of the cloud I couldn't see it properly?

However, if it was a helicopter there should have been lights and a sound and there were none! And, if it was a helicopter it was a black one!

It's a complete mystery to me!

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