In 1992, a bright cigar-shaped object seen flying silently over central London at night triggered a "spate" of sightings, notably in Ilford and Romford.
While aeronautic design has come far since the advent of the passenger jet plane, making them lighter and more efficient, many designers feel that we've gone about as far as we can go with cigar-shaped fuselages and under-wing engines.
This little gem was designed to hold a cheroot (a small cigar) in one of three so-called coloring bowls, shaped to accommodate cigars of different diameters.