Sphere over Lutton (UK/England) · United Kingdom
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I am a male, 64 years of age, married and a retired Photographer. I went outside as my dog was barking, I live in the country so no other buildings around. I noticed a white orb light about the size of a 1 pence at arm's length. as I was looking at it, it reduced in size very smoothly to nothing no noise. The sky still had some twilight left in it so no other stars etc. Clear sky.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #134231). 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 2017-05-14 → 2017-05-31