Sphere over Keswick, CUMBRIA · United Kingdom
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Clear sunny january day, sat outside caravan on campsite about five miles outside keswick, when we noticed a glowing ball in the sky ahead of us, travelling in a straight line then changing direction at both right angles and obtuse angles leaving what looked like a vapour trail behind it. Not a chance this was any craft built by humans given the speed and immediate angular directional changes. Observed for around ten minutes until it just disappeared leaving the angular trails in the sky. No images were recorded as we were mesmerized with the movement of the object.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #173165). 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 2019-01-07 → 2019-01-24
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