Sphere over Stirling, STIRLING · United Kingdom
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Returning from evening fishing trip on Lake of Menteith driving on A873. Two white/yellow orbs stationary above high ground between Stirling and Gargunnock, smaller & duller light descended slowly down behind ridge line never reappeared, around 60 seconds later the second began flashing, lights changing colour/flashing similar to a mirror reflecting the sun. Began moving slowly in westerly direction following ridge line before dropping behind and out of sight. Shape only visible on second object, similar to a rugby ball.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #170397). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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UK sighting reports were handled by the MoD's UFO desk until 2009; later records answer to the Freedom of Information Act 2000, earlier files sit at the National Archives. Through Aletheca, the house instrument, anyone can commission the request — filed, chased, and published in the open, refusals included. The draft goes over already written: the records sought, and the date window they would live in.
Routed to: UK Ministry of Defence · records window 2022-07-10 → 2022-07-27
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