As reported

Sphere over Reading (UK/England) · United Kingdom

A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.

The report, as filed

luminous orange sphere as big as a house flying horizontally then at angle of about 45 degrees flew off into sky.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center. Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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Routed to: UK Ministry of Defence · records window 1998-10-06 → 1998-10-23

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