Unspecified over Burton on trent, STAFFORD · United Kingdom
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I saw a small light like a star moving very high and fast then it disappeared. I then saw another. Both just disappeared but there is light cloud cover. I kept watching and a plane went by then another ‘star’ followed by another so I could see two at once going fast in parallel. They looked very high and seemed very fast. The last 2 continued until out of sight behind a tree. All four ‘stars were going in an approx 63degrees NE according to my phone.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #168769). 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 2022-06-17 → 2022-07-04