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As reported

Unknown over nr Matlock, DERBYSHI · United Kingdom

A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.

The report, as filed

I looked out of window at 2am as I had been awoken by a thunder storm sheet lightning heavy rain and thunder. The house opposite number 9 is vacant and not had anyone in it for 4 weeks. Council workmen are doing jobs during the week but no one is there during the night. I looked over and saw a strange yellow glow in the hallway up and down stairs and in the top bedroom, but also behind the house the light was emitting from the clouds like search lights, white and pulsating. I have seen these lights before a few years ago, I live down the road from Bonsall so this is quite a UFO hotspot. There are only gardens and a cemetery behind houses and it was torrential rain so no one would have been outside,. I was not hallucinating neither was I asleep, I have seen a craft before a few years ago that omitted a light similar to that of last night. It was continuing for 15 mins no noise, nothing on the streets that was giving off any light, torrential rain would have stopped anyone from being outside and the beams were pulsating and going back and forth coming from the sky above. It was very odd and the light was an eerie glow in the sky yellow and dim as was the light inside the property. If I had not already had a UFO experience in the same area I would not have reported this but is was very weird Unfortunately I have no mobile footage did not even occur to me!

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #171587). 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 2022-09-01 → 2022-09-18