Unknown over strood, KENT · United Kingdom
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Peered out of back door saw a contrail of aircraft in distance panned eyes back to an object stationary in sky about 7000 feet up base was a deep red colour on top was I can only describe as the epcot dome which had a yellowy colour this thing was the size of a airliner or bigger ,there was one cloud in the sky and this craft made for it ,I had a strange sensation that my eyes where being pulled away from it.when it entered the cloud end of sighting.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #175925). 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 2016-05-09 → 2016-05-26