Fireball over South Shields (UK/England) · United Kingdom
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Unnoticed fireball travelling towards ground then dissapears behind building never to be seen or mentioned
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center. Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
Ask for the records
What would the paper say?
UK sighting reports were handled by the MoD's UFO desk until 2009; later records answer to the Freedom of Information Act 2000, earlier files sit at the National Archives. Through Aletheca, the house instrument, anyone can commission the request — filed, chased, and published in the open, refusals included. The draft goes over already written: the records sought, and the date window they would live in.
Routed to: UK Ministry of Defence · records window 1999-07-21 → 1999-08-07
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South Shields (UK/England) · United Kingdom
I thought it was a Chinese Lantern at first but it then became less bright as moved away upwards, vertically towards the South, almost at 45 degrees away from my view point which left a single thin orange trail (line).
July 22, 1999 · 2:00 AM · OTHER
South Shields (UK/England) · United Kingdom
Corny as it may seem I believe that we are not alone, although I have never seen a ufo there is still time. Anyway enough babling, I li