Two of us saw a really unusal 'ufo' which came out of a ditch.

A light ball could be extra-terrestrial, an earth light, or what else?

It was not of human origin!

The 'light fan' projecting from the ball was very odd!

What type of energy is required to hover a ball of light just above the ground, for ten minutes?

This is what happened in 1997 in Southern England!:

"A light ball, apparently in a hedge in Eastfield about half a mile away.....

Over the next few minutes the brighter area was located as due to a small light source, which developed a less brightly lit fan shape.

The fan was a wedge shape, wider at the top, connected at its inverted point to a small luminous ball. The overall effect was as if a torch beam was projected upwards, "