Sphere over Newcastle upon Tyne · United Kingdom
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Silver/grey seemed to be slightly illuminated. It moved quickly but not in a streat line, sort of side to side then disappeard in to the clouds then appeared again through the clouds then just vanished. Amazing.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #154891). 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 2020-04-05 → 2020-04-22
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