Light over Newcastle-Under-Lyme, STAFFORD · United Kingdom
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Whilst on the phone to my gran she saw a ball of light that was moving erratically creating brief lines in the sky in different positions after moving around for around 2-3 mins. (Almost as if it was looking for something). Whilst observing the light it stopped and sat still for around another 2 mins. Whilst observing the light/ball in the sky it was making no noise at all and it disappeared taking the line that it had created instantaneously into thin air with no clouds in sight and I can not explain anything about what I saw.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #171065). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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