Unspecified over Huddersfield, West Yorkshire · United Kingdom
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
One silver cigar shaped object, that split into six small silver balls. They were travelling erratically, but remained as a group.
Held as-reported from UK Ministry of Defence UAP files. 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 2002-09-20 → 2002-10-07
From the same sky
Related entries
October 31, 2009 · 7:00 PM
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire · United Kingdom
Bright burning white light, continued at steady pace glowing bright orange and visible in distance, could have been firework, but possibly not.
October 10, 2009 · 7:00 PM
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire · United Kingdom
Bright orange light travelling slowly.
January 12, 2004 · 4:00 PM
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire · United Kingdom
Round object with white lights all around it.
January 6, 2003 · 3:00 PM
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire · United Kingdom
Three silver or white balls in the sky, joined by another two. Quite large. Travelling in a line.
October 13, 2000 · 1:00 AM
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire · United Kingdom
Three cone shaped saucers, bright red and one had a red beam, like a searchlight.