Hi again 4103:
Thanks again for the fun question.
The short answer: a midget dressed in a silver space-man suit.
The longer answer: it was all part of an elaborate April Fool's Day
joke pulled by then Virgin Records Chariman, Richard Branson. For more
info, see:
April Fool's Day, 1989
URL: http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/af_1989.html
Quote: "On March 31, astonished British policemen were sent to
investigate a glowing flying saucer that had settled down in a field
in Surrey. As the policemen approached the craft with their truncheons
held out before them, a door opened in the bottom of the ship and a
small figure wearing a silver space suit walked out. The policemen
immediately took off in the opposite direction. The alien turned out
to be a midget, and the flying saucer was a hot air balloon that had
been specially built to look like a UFO by Richard Branson, the
36-year-old chairman of Virgin Records."
Rivulets of Consciousness
URL: http://fools-errand.com/00-cliff-johnson/calendar/2003/week/13.htm
Quote: "On March 31, 1989, motorists outside London spied a glowing
flying saucer descending upon their city. As the police surrounded the
craft, a door popped open and out walked a small, silver-suited
figure. The saucer turned out to be a hot-air balloon specially built
to look like a UFO by Richard Branson, chairman of Virgin Records."
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