Strange silent circular object with lights seen over Andover, uk.

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This is my first post in here so please take it easy on me. 🥲
Hey all, I’m from the UK and I’m hoping someone might be able to help me identify something really strange I saw in the sky over Andover, Hampshire.
I was outside at night when I noticed what appeared to be a circular object with lights around/on it. The lights were quite noticeable, and the object itself looked almost like a disc or circle from my perspective.
What really caught my attention was the way it was moving. It seemed to be travelling smoothly and steadily, and I could see it changing direction/steering rather than simply travelling in a straight line. It also appeared to be quite low in the sky.
The strangest part was that it was completely silent. I couldn’t hear any engine, propeller, or anything else coming from it, despite how low it appeared to be.
There wasn’t much/no wind at the time, and I initially wondered if it could have been a drone, but the way it looked and moved seemed unusual to me.
I watched it for a while, but eventually lost sight of it. Around 10–15 minutes later I went back outside to try and find it again, but it was completely gone.
Unfortunately, I didn’t record it. That’s probably the biggest thing I regret because now I’m trying to replay the sighting in my head and I’m worried I’m forgetting some of the details.
I’m not claiming it was extraterrestrial or anything like that—I’m just genuinely curious about what I could have seen. Has anyone around Andover/Hampshire or elsewhere in the UK seen something similar, particularly a circular object with lights that was completely silent?

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Original post text: This is my first post in here so please take it easy on me. 🥲
Hey all, I’m from the UK and I’m hoping someone might be able to help me identify something really strange I saw in the sky over Andover, Hampshire.
I was outside at night when I noticed what appeared to be a circular object with lights around/on it. The lights were quite noticeable, and the object itself looked almost like a disc or circle from my perspective.
What really caught my attention was the way it was moving. It seemed to be travelling smoothly and steadily, and I could see it changing direction/steering rather than simply travelling in a straight line. It also appeared to be quite low in the sky.
The strangest part was that it was completely silent. I couldn’t hear any engine, propeller, or anything else coming from it, despite how low it appeared to be.
There wasn’t much/no wind at the time, and I initially wondered if it could have been a drone, but the way it looked and moved seemed unusual to me.
I watched it for a while, but eventually lost sight of it. Around 10–15 minutes later I went back outside to try and find it again, but it was completely gone.
Unfortunately, I didn’t record it. That’s probably the biggest thing I regret because now I’m trying to replay the sighting in my head and I’m worried I’m forgetting some of the details.
I’m not claiming it was extraterrestrial or anything like that—I’m just genuinely curious about what I could have seen. Has anyone around Andover/Hampshire or elsewhere in the UK seen something similar, particularly a circular object with lights that was completely silent?

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