Cigar over Plymouth (UK/England) · United Kingdom

The report, as filed

Was a blue sky early morning in Plymouth/UK at 5.21am. I walk with my friend each morning, so on my way to hers, I saw a huge smoke trail, first going along the sky line, then down my eye followed the trail to then see a jet black huge cigar hurtling towards the ground. I expected a boom or crash, but nothing after it went out of sight. I initially thought maybe missile testing, but I would estimate this craft to be at least 5 times the size of a plane. No lights on it just jet black, although it did seem to pulse a touch, and look darker and more prominent every 2 or 3 seconds. I then got told to look at the Daily Mirror online as something similar had been seen in Alaska. I looked and it wasn't just similar, that is, an exact replica of what I saw, and the smoke trail identical.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #145542). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.