Sphere over Hitchin, HERTFORD · United Kingdom
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Watched orb sphere type object flashing a warm yellow white light in a fairly slow pulsating manner. Hovering for long periods then traveling, witnessed at varying distances firstly very bright near my bedroom window and then it went over the top of the building and I ran to living room where it was much further away and less bright but still behaving similarly
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #174731). 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 2023-02-24 → 2023-03-13