Sphere over Greenford, CITY OF · United Kingdom
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
At approximately 5:45pm outside my house, talking to a friend, i noticed a flicker of light approximately 65°NE and about 70° of elevation in the sky, which got brighter. So I kept my eyes on it while I was talking to my friend who asked what I was looking at. I told him while feeling embarrassed because I know that people normally think you're a fruit cake for even bringing the subject up, and although I let him go through what it could be, he came to the same conclusion. Going from light to dull it travelled 5°E stopped and approx 10° in elevation, we watched for about 25 minutes before having to go to a prior appointment and I also caught sum what of a video on my phone, please excuse for any bad language I do apologise.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #170333). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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