Disk over Bridgwater (UK/England) · United Kingdom
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was sat in my living room with curtains open when I looked up and saw what I thought was two moons. I realised it was Mars behind the moon so went to the door to take a photo on iPad. As I was trying to focus on the moon I was aware of smoke/steam rising under my left arm in a straight, but diagonal, line. Still not really taking notice, as I was concentrating on the moon, I didn’t follow the vapour trail with my eyes; but on looking at the two photos I noticed the vapour trail led to a small capsule-shaped object? See photos. I would be interested to know what it is and why it came from my garden!
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #142880). 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 2018-08-22 → 2018-09-08