Sighting reported to Essex UFO & Paranormal Research Group(2001)

Tendring & Clacton
Amber light, as large as low passenger jet, approached Tendring silently from direction of Weeley, & continued on a N to NE path to Harwich. It split into 8 - 10 smaller orbs with steam like tails, which faded out.
Group of 3 whitish lights seen in Clacton about the same time, moving slowly north, faded away.

1 December 2240 hours
Billericay
Small whitish light slowly approached two witnesses in Billericay from the south, gradually becoming bigger and bigger as it came nearer until it was as large as a dinner plate. Observed, moving in a straight line to the north, for 2-3 minutes, the orb elongated to a magnificent object about 15 feet (5 metres) long as it passed silently over head. The huge manifestation was clearly seen to consist of hundreds of white lights which seemed to be contained in a mist.
Three left the "formation" at the front, and about eight moved out at the rear when one isolated itself and followed behind. They looked like "tadpoles", since each bright white dot included a whitish gaseous tail.
Whilst all detail was still clearly distinguishable, it gradually became invisible when it "switched off" or "faded away" from front to rear.
A similar or same object was reported to UFOMEK (UFO Monitors East Kent) moving westerly at 2200 hours, as well as another moving north towards Essex at 2230 hours.
The objects were moving too slowly to be a meteorite or small asteroid.
If they were satellites burning out in the Earth's atmosphere as gravity pulled them down, then the 11 small lights ejected from the front and rear of the north bound one would have required an additional propulsive force, like an explosion (not seen), to give them the necessary acceleration.
Rather unusual spasmodic interference to TV signals occurred during the evening (from about 2030 hours) - including black out of picture for a split second on 2 occasions and several times portions of the upper screen/frame froze in horizontal linear sections from the top downwards. For a brief moment the frozen part became predominantly green, detail still discernible, whilst the lower part retained correct colour.

Info Received:
Subject: Re: The decay of the GLONASS launch objects
It appears that the object seen from S England and France at ~22:35 UTC on December 1 is related to the decay witnessed from Texas and Oklahoma a few hours later, around 04:18 UTC.
The rocket concerned, a Proton or "SL-12", was launched from Baikonur at 21:04 Moscow time (18:04 UTC). It carried three global positioning, or navigation, satellite: two Uragan ("Hurricane") satellites and a new generation Uragan-M satellite. All three have now reached their near-circular orbits at a height of 19,120 km, being catalogued by SpaceCom as objects A, B and C from this launch. The fourth catalogued object (D) is the Proton rocket, while a fifth object (E) is in a similar orbit to A, B and C and is presumably the upper stage rocket (a Blok DM-2?) that accomplished the final deployment of the payloads. Now, what is missing is any mention of what SpaceCom usually call a "Platform", actually a cylindrical casing that (I understand) shrouds at least the lower part of the Blok DM during the launch. This is usually shed when the Blok DM detaches from the Proton, being left in much the same low orbit as the Proton from which it decays more rapidly because of its relatively low mass:area ratio. It would normally be expected to receive the object designation between the rocket and the Blok DM, so (for this launch) I would have expected the Proton to be D, the "Platform" to be E and the Block DM to be F.
The fact that SpaceCom did not catalogue it, does not mean that casing did not exist. Indeed, I think that this was the object seen to be decaying as it tracked north-eastwards across N France towards Calais. It would have been on its third orbit at the time and moving along much the same track that the Proton itself may have taken. (Though the casing may have been a few seconds earlier and slightly further E)
The Proton survived for another for (almost) another four orbits before its decay over the USA.

27 October 2030hours
Essex/Suffolk
Bright ball of bluish light, the size of the sun moving to the north.
In view of current events in our world, triggered on 11 September,
one wonders if the ancient prophesy of the Hopi Indians of northern Arizona, has manifested itself:

"World War III will be a spiritual conflict with material matters. Material matters will be destroyed by spiritual beings who will remain to create one world and one nation under one power, that of the Creator.
That time is not far off (stated in 1963). It will come when the saquasohuh (BLUE STAR), Kachina, dances in the plaza. He represents a blue star, far off and yet invisible, which will make its appearance soon".

30 September 0015hours
East Hanningfield, nr.Chelmsford
Silent, bright white light moving behind trees.
Fire engines and police vehicles in vicinity.

10 September 2100hours
Colchester
Slow moving, right red light with a tapering comet-like tail.

25 August evening
Thurrock
Boomerang shaped object seen, on 2 other separate evenings as well, flying over Lakeside.

On 31 July 2000, by the river in Grays, Essex, a plane was passing over very high up in the sky when the witnesses notices a red 'dot' shoot along behind it, it paused (giving them a fright, thinking it was going to attack) above aircraft, then shot off at very high speed. Then vanished.

On 14 January 2000 at aprox. 6.30 pm in a town called Tiften, Georgie, USA several witnessed a huge black triangle flying over their house. (Thereafter, this gives the witnesses more reason to keep watching the skies)

They see many satelites going over, but wonder what are the ones that seem to flash to each other. They also see others that seem to come from nowhere and then just have bright lights for about 2 seconds then vanish.
The contact/witness states that the Thurrock area is quite busy for sightings as odd different stationary lights have also appeared and remained for at least 10 to 15 mins, whilst observed, day and evening.

11 August 2145hours
Bradwell
Very bright green light, like a beam, three directional, seen from Mersea beach looking over to Bradwell. It seemed to be to the left of power station (east)and at ground level. Witness thought it could have been in the Crouch or St. Peter's flats, and wondered if it was a UFO or military.