Light over West Molesey, SURREY · United Kingdom
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Last evening whilst sitting the garden looking North. I noticed a bright white shimmering light moving East to West in the blink of an eye but no sound. I went in the house and explained to my wife what I’d seen, she rather sceptically went out side to look, and after a couple of minutes, witnessed the same thing only travelling West to East. My son also came outside and we all witnessed the same again but travelling East to West and this too and fro continued, intermittently, for around 30 minutes. It wasn’t a plane or helicopter as it was silent and travelling at tremendous speed. My son tried to record it on his phone, but just a dull green shape appears in a single frame.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #171067). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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