Sphere over Shirebrook (UK/England), NOTTINGH · United Kingdom
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Second time I’ve seen this, the last time was the first week back after new year, it was slightly later in the morning the first time at 7:30 am, first time was over a field in Scarcliffe. This time over a field in shirebrook. The craft just hovers and doesn’t seem to move, is not very high up…probably the height of two trees on top of each other. Bright orange in colour, much like a lot of the footage on YouTube. Too big to be a drone. I didn’t get any pictures because we were driving, if I see it again (and I believe I will) I will stop to get a photo
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #166420). 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 2022-01-23 → 2022-02-09