Light over Ipswixh, SUFFOLK · United Kingdom
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Whilst driving from Chelmondiston to Holbrook my partner point out 2 bright star like lights very close to the horizon, as we spend a lot of time watching the stars from our countryside home we did not recognise these as stars. When pointing various star map apps at them they could not be identified as stars nor planets. (Venus could be identified to the right of these objects but not close enough to be mistaken). 1 of the objects stayed stationary whilst the lower one over the course of 45 minutes of observation slowly dropped in height towards the horizon until it was out of sight. The higher of the 2 objects as I write this report is currently still visible. I took some photos of this sighting some better than others which can be provided. Photo conforms to positions of Venus and Jupiter that night.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #174656). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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