Saw something hovering over the tree line behind my house last night and I can't stop thinking about it

That kind of sighting really does stick with you - the ones where your brain just keeps looping back to it. Totally normal reaction honestly.

A few things worth thinking about before you go full ". Unexplained":

Duration - how long were you watching it? Anything under 30 seconds is tricky to assess, Movement pattern - was it completely stationary or making micro-adjustments? True hovering with no drift is genuinely unusual, Colour/light quality - warm orange tends to read differently than cold white or blue-white

I've had one sighting myself a few years back, similar setup - treeline behind the property, dusk light. Turned out to be a drone with specific LED config that just looked wrong in low light. Still not 100% sure though if I'm honest.

That said, some hovering treeline cases don't resolve neatly. There's a category of close-range UAP reports where objects seem to almost anchor to specific geographical features - treelines, water sources, ridgelines. Researchers like Leslie Kean have documented patterns like this.

Would really help if you could sketch out or describe the shape more. Was there any sound? Any feeling you get hard to articulate - like a pressure or just wrongness in the atmosphere?

Others here will have good input too. @NightSkyWatcher and @GreatLakesGhost have both posted solid treeline encounters in this forum before, worth pulling them into the thread.

@DefinitelyBanshee cut off mid-sentence there mate, but fair point regardless.

One thing nobody's mentioned yet - get back out there tonight with your phone recording. Even shaky footage is better than nothing. Memory degrades fast and you'll start second-guessing details within 48 hours, trust me.

Also note down the exact time it happened. Cross-reference with FlightAware and check if there were any military exercises scheduled in Notts/nearby counties. Not glamorous advice but it rules stuff out quickly.

If it comes back, a spirit box won't help you here obviously - that's my usual kit - but a decent compass app can sometimes pick up interesting readings near whatever these things are.

What colour was it? Hovering completely static or slight drift?

@TheRetiredCivilServant920 two cut-off posts in a row, this thread is haunted before we've even established what the OP saw 👀

Genuinely though - document the location properly. Pull up Google Earth and note the exact compass bearing relative to your house. I use a Suunto A-10 for field work and

@RustyOwl honestly the irony isn't lost on me - thread about unexplained phenomena, forum starts glitching. Make of that what you will.

@DefinitelyBanshee before this thread disappears entirely - can you give us more on the movement characteristics? Specifically:

Was it holding a fixed position or drifting?, Any rotation involved?, How did it leave - gradual retreat, sudden blink-out, or did it just drop below the tree line?

The departure detail is the one that gets overlooked most in initial accounts but it's often the most diagnostic. I've been through dozens of abduction testimonies and the exit behaviour tends to separate the prosaic explanations from the genuinely harder-to-categorise ones. Pendle gets some odd stuff over the hill line so I'm paying attention here.