Unspecified over Rayleigh, Essex · United Kingdom
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
UFO visible for 6 -7 second. Changed direction by approx 60 degs downward towards the horizon before disappearing. Object was a dull brown colour, with a magnitude of 3.5 to 5 and resembled a slightly luminous brown paper bag. No sound was heard.
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 2009-08-08 → 2009-08-25