Witness Gerry Underwood, photgraphed the stunning object from outside his canal boat in Stretham, Cambs.
He stated: "It looked like a very thick chemtrail to start with, it looked like a short, skinny cloud."
"It wasn’t moving quickly at all, i am pretty sure it wasn’t a meteorite, because they are gone in seconds, and we have seen hundreds of shooting stars, but this definitely wasn’t
that either."
"This was coming down very slowly and spiralling, it started to glow orange, as you can see in the pictures."
"There were flames coming out of the back of it as well, it was really unusual."
Mr Underwood who shares his canal boat with his partner, photographed the burning spectacle as it dropped from the sky leaving a huge trail behind it, as it descended into the distance.
He watched the mysterious object slowly falling for around 20 minutes, before it disappeared out of view.
