Fireball over Middlesbrough, COULBY N · United Kingdom

The report, as filed

As I was leaving my place of work, I noticed three bright glowing lights around 1 mile away in the sky. I came to the conclusion that they were just Chinese lanterns, but continued to watch them regardless. I then noticed that they began to change colour from orange to white in an un-natural pulse that did not resemble any pattern or flashing seen from known aircraft. The objects then began to speed up at an unnatural speed and then slow down almost instantly. This motion closely resembled the natural movement of a humming bird or dragon fly in flight. One of the lights then portrayed what I know is impossible of any known aircraft, rapidly shooting of at a perfect right angle to the right hand side for a fair distance and then shooting back in to a perfect triangle formation with the other two objects. The speed it achieved this feat at was impossible and would have killed any pilot attempting such a procedure. The whole time I observed this display the objects were pulsing from orange to white in a synchronised pattern. The objects then faded at a rapid speed. Please let it be known that until I witnessed this tonight, I believed UFO's to be completely bull shit. But what I witnessed was impossible. I am an engineer and it defied all physical possibilities.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #117684). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.