Unspecified over Tilbury, Essex · United Kingdom
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
One bright star like object, with a green hue surrounding it. Could have been a comet. [reporter: Police Officer]
Held as-reported from UK Ministry of Defence UAP files. Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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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 1999-11-26 → 1999-12-13
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Tilbury, Essex · United Kingdom
One, green, red and white lights. Lights were brighter, than on an aeroplane or a helicopter. In sky, remaining static. [reporter: Police Officer]