Cigar over Liverpool (UK/England), YT · United Kingdom
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was walking my dog very close to Liverpool john Lennon airport on the 10th of August 2020. I remember it was so strange as there was lots of lightning but absolutely no thunder, I felt so weird very humid and still. The lightning seemed to continue to flash in the same area of sky over and over, i decided to take a couple of snaps with my phone before I headed home. It was only when I looked at the photos I noticed something in the sky. Anyway that’s it just a split second it must of been going at some rate of speed.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #161305). 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 2020-08-07 → 2020-08-24