Rectangle over Alloa (UK/Scotland) · United Kingdom
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
It is a beautiful clear sky day. We were driving from Alloa towards Alva when something high up flashed in the sun and caught my eye as well as one of my passengers. Then the 2nd passenger saw it. It was very large, rectangular and appeared to light up around the edges although that could have been from the sun. It was almost blurred around the object making me think it almost had an aura. It moved very very fast and travelled end over end. I would estimate the height to be between 30k and 40k feet which would have made the craft around the size of a football pitch. You could hear no noise whatsoever. I am an aviation reporter and enthusiast and I have seen just about every vehicle that flies. This thing was huge and unlike anything encountered before.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #147135). 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 2019-06-25 → 2019-07-12
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