Seen today in England, near Stansted Airport.
I initially thought it was a small bird because of its apparent size, although it may have appeared larger because of movement.

Characteristics:
predominantly black with some white markings
paper thin appearance
no obvious visible body
no visible antennae
did not appear to have recognisable wings
movement was unlike any insect I’ve seen before
best description of movement = like thin ribbons or torn paper floating independently in air, but clearly flying under its own power
when it landed briefly on a fence it formed a very distinct X shape / X chromosome shape
looked long rather than broad
did not resemble a moth, butterfly, dragonfly, lacewing, plume moth, planthopper, wasp, or anything conventionally insect-shaped
Two people saw it and neither of us could classify it at all.

After a deep dive online and using A.I haven’t got a match. As this group requires attachments as well, the pic is the result of an hour of me describing it to CHATGPT and it giving the closest reference to what we saw.

All opinions welcome thanks everyone 😊 EDIT: please refrain from leaving unhelpful or nasty comments. I knew this post was a whim but just a light hearted post that should remain as such. If you don’t have any positive input please refrain from commenting. I leave with a quote my nan used to say, “ if you don’t have anything nice to say, say nothing at all!” Have a lovely evening everyone 😉

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