Unspecified over Leicester, Leicestershire · United Kingdom
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Three lights in sky 5 x 3 groups of disc shapes in a triangle formation.
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 2009-11-05 → 2009-11-22
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