Flash over Acol (UK/England) · United Kingdom
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
The event is still on going. To point you at it my location is in the United Kingdom I a village called Acol CT70JD. Cords 51.3538063 1.3110500 I was looking in a Westerly direction approx 50-60 degrees up from horizon. Hopeful from this you can locate it. It was there last night too. I know it's not aircraft, as no nav lights. I have available video too.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #137142). 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 2017-11-03 → 2017-11-20