Circle over Bolton, LANCASHI · United Kingdom
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
A large orange disc shaped pulsating object appeared out of nowhere in the sky above the fields which was extremely bright. It seemed to look shocked as we spotted it and expand/contract in size whilst moving left to right quickly almost as if it didn’t know which way to go or assessing us. It had the appearance of a large Pac-Man, shortly after sighting this it shrank to a small white dot before flying across the sky. We also witnessed what looked like 2 shooting stars before and after the sighting. We took a video of the sighting.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #173370). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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