Other over Castleford · United Kingdom
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was fishing at night, and early hours as it got light I took the photo and sent it to my friend showing him it was still calm weather, and tp see if he would be joining us. I looked closely at the small mark and zoomed in to see what it might be. A black line in the clear sky. Nothing else around no plane no helicopter not a sound as I took it or anytime before or after. I looked out of my bivvy (fishing tent) about 20 seconds after taking picture and it was gone. Noticed that cows also moved away while that happend but that could be just coincidence
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #168554). 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 2022-05-31 → 2022-06-17