Sphere over Leeds, LEEDS · United Kingdom
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was heading to the car before bed to collect some items I'd left in the boot. I opened my back door and looked up at a clear sky and noticed a very bright, light lower than the rest of the stars. The object was stationary but appeared to be glowing. I grabbed my phone out of my pocket and zoomed in. To my astonishment the object was spinning at a great speed, spitting out all types of colours. It almost appeared like a giant vortex, or what you'd assume a black hole to maybe look like. It has a solid perfect cycle that was spinning along with a central circle inside that appeared to be generating power from the spinning cycle around it. I took a variety of clips from different zoomed angles and noticed some smaller flicking white cycles underneath the giant spinning circle. I have some fantastic footage that I'd be happy to share should you wish to see it.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #172326). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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