Cylinder over Worsley, MANCHEST · United Kingdom
Resolved to a known cause by an investigating body, with the identification on the record.
The report, as filed
Taking photos of sky on looking back noted an object at time no noises, nothing was moving so planes I do remember that dark cloud moved over the sun thought it was a funnel at first I have photos as odd it punched a hole in the sky [NUFORC annotation: Cloud - Certain]
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #177379). 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 2022-08-20 → 2022-09-06