Oval over Barrow-in-Furness, CUMBRIA · United Kingdom
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Having seen a flash of light above the B.A.E. building and not actually being able to see objects due to the distance i took four shots from my digital camera thinking i would be able to enlarge the photos later on my laptop and noted a dark object closer to the building as well as the reflecting object top left .I have seen and photographed objects which i could not identify before and as i have been a keen airshow visitor for many years and able to identify some aircraft by their engine noise i consider i am one less likely to be fooled by conventional aircraft,and also always look at alternatives first such as planets ,chinese lanterns etc: Perhaps the most spectacular was about 30 years ago[i am 73 with good eyesight]when i saw two orange orbs of light merge twice before drifting off over a distant hill while living in Oxford U.K.and i did not have a camera which i now always carry.The first photo i enclose is of a distant [with some zoom] shot of the general area.Note a bright object in the top left corner and a dark object closer and above the building,you can of course enlarge for yourself but i enclose my enlargement in photo 2,and an elargement of the darker object in photo 3 As a matter of interest i noted a very similar object to photo 2 while looking at a You Tube video taken i believe this year in or around L.A.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #172280). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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