Unknown over UK/England) · United Kingdom
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Today Sunday 20th September 2020, between 4.00am and 5am, while gazing at the stars above our glass roof on a clear but dark sky, I noticed a series of feint individual lights travelling very fast, very high up and all in a straight line one after the other and behind each other, seconds apart. All these lights were travelling across the sky above me from W to E. I counted approximately 20 moving lights in less than 20 minutes, but might have been more. While outside in my quiet garden I had only small binoculars and could not make out any shape or size as the distance was too great also no engine noises could be heard. I had considered a flight path but it was too early, the lights were very highl and fast and all in exactly the same line. I hope this was of help and not a waste of your time.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #159459). 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 2020-09-17 → 2020-10-04