OK - yep.  I saw something very weird in the early 80's.

It was the time when CB radio was big here (before it was legalised!)   I was on late chatting to friends. Light out, curtains open.  I spotted what must have been a triangular craft hovering northwest - I could only see 3 red lights in triangle formation. I mentioned it to my mates and they all saw it too.  We went to the breaker channel and asked if anyone else could see it and where they were.   A load of people came back up to 10 miles away from where I was.
We just stayed up all night talking and looking.  Fortunately, it was summer    Anyhoo,after a couple of hours this 'thing' had a load of little lights eject from it and whatever they were came down to the ground - we never saw them go back up.  The 'mothership' as we called it still didn't move. Had been there for at least 3 hours by now.  Thinking back, I dunno why any of us didin't get in the car and head in the general direction of where it appeared to be ( from my estimation it was hovering somewhere over Cannock Forest or Hednesford - ish). 
A bit later, before sunrise but the sky had started to lighten, it suddenly just zoomed off.  No apparent acceleration - just went from stationary to whoosh !

Always wondered what it was we all saw that night.  Oh and yes, I was sober

Gill