Light over Isle of Man (UK/England) · United Kingdom
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Looking south, I observed a very fast moving light diving towards the horizon. The object then veered sharply upwards and disappeared. Maybe it was a meteorite but the sharpness of the turn and the absence of a vapour trail was unusual.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #115935). 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 2014-12-09 → 2014-12-26