Circle over Stirling (UK/Scotland) · United Kingdom
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was out early morning on Christmas Eve. I walked down to the fence of the Lade and i had turned back as the gate stopped me from going further. As i turned back i seen a glowing object in the sky being so early in the morning i wouldn't think anyone was playing with a drone being the holidays also. When i took out my phone to look i was able to zoom in and see past its bright white lights it was a circle shaped floating object that appeared to be spinning quickly and it had strange markings on its face. To make sure i took pictures of the moon and the object for comparison so know one could say its the moon to this day i don't know what it is but i don't know it wasn't a chinese lantern or a plane it was something else.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #145497). 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 2018-12-21 → 2019-01-07
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