Unspecified over Southampton, Hampshire · United Kingdom
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
A very bright light. It made no sound but was very low.
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 2009-05-08 → 2009-05-25
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Southampton, Hampshire · United Kingdom
Six bright white & orange lights, two single and two in two object formation. Lower and faster than a satellite. Witness contacted local police who had no other reports.
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