Cigar over Woodley, OXFORDSH · United Kingdom
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I noticed the object whilst photographing Red kites flying over my sons house. It was extremely high and was under power as it moved in straight lines and formed a triangle section in the sky. I’m a former aircraft engineer and this was unlike any weather balloon or aircraft I have seen. It’s only now that I’m reporting it as I thought this is close to Heathrow Airport what is it doing up there ? I took a number of images on my iPhone 13 . Attached .
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #174495). 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 2022-08-05 → 2022-08-22