Sphere over Southampton, ENGLAND · United Kingdom
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Whilst waiting for my Chinese food to be cooked I went for a walk when I saw a man looking skywards. I walked up to where he was and at saw a large orange and red plasma like sphere at house roof height. It slowly descended towards us I had my phone in my hand yet for some reason didn't take any photos. When it got to about 10 meters from us my memory of the event ends. At its closest approach I could see what looked like a structure within the plasma looking light surrounding it. The next thing I remember was being at home with my wife. She asked why I was so long and where the food was. After the initial confusion I recalled the sighting. She said I'd been gone nearly two hours. I've learnt this could be what's known as missing time.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #179764). 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 2016-07-04 → 2016-07-21