Light over Mortimer Common (Berkshire) (UK/England) · United Kingdom
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
It was night time around 10:30pm, when I was stood at my bedroom window looking out at the stars. There was a few stars out, but not that many, so the sky was pretty clear for the most part. As I continued to admire the beauty of the night sky, some object moved straight into view. I don’t know where it came from, because it appeared so quickly. As it continued to fly past my house, it suddenly stopped dead in the sky and performed a circular motion in a matter of seconds and then flew off at great speed. I would say it was no larger than a star at night, but it was a very bright object. It actually appeared to leave the earth very quickly, and it literally just vanished. I have to say it was the most amazing sighting of a UFO I have ever seen, and I am still baffled by was it was. Was it an E.T craft? I can’t say for sure, other than its a possibility. All I know is, no earth based technology could of pulled off this maneuver. It just looked out of this world. I wish I had filmed it, but as usual I never have my camera on hand to catch these things. Witness indicates that the date is approximate. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #111992). 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 2014-05-12 → 2014-05-29