Unspecified over Stockport, Cheshire · United Kingdom
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Bright orange object which looked as though it was on fire. Moving at a steady pace, slowed then gained altitude slowly and disappeared into the clouds. Sighting lasted 2-3 minutes. Object was similar to a hot air balloon but had no outline or shape.
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 2009-08-05 → 2009-08-22