Unspecified over Brighton, East Sussex · United Kingdom
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
One large sphere shaped object. Looked like polished aluminium. Very bright. Stationary at first, then moved off at high speed.
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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Routed to: UK Ministry of Defence · records window 2000-06-15 → 2000-07-02
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