Formation over Derby (UK/England) · United Kingdom
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I opened my bedroom curtains at approximately 06:10 today. It was still dark. I looked up into the night sky and saw a selection of stars which I began to focus on as it was a clear and calm night sky. As I looked up I suddenly got a strange feeling of movement in the sky which captured my attention and as I began to focus I observed one star moving slowly vertically into space. I was unsure whether it was just my imagination but then I saw another star moving along the same path behind the first and then several more. They were all following the same bearing of approximately 060 degrees and when I compared this movement with two brighter adjacent stars I got the sensation that the Earth was rotating towards me. This continued for at least 30 seconds with more star like objects following the same rotating line. Eventually, I could see the end of the line of moving stars until it finally disappeared leaving the original selection of stars first seen.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #161896). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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