Cylinder over Wells next the Sea, NORFOLK · United Kingdom
A conventional explanation is favored by the record but was never formally confirmed.
The report, as filed
Whilst close to the beach my brother in law who likes to take photos of clouds saw a very fast moving object. Too quick to be aircraft, bird or insect travelling from right to left [NUFORC annotation: Bird - Probable]
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #178265). 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 2021-08-16 → 2021-09-02