Circle over Taunton, SOMERSET · United Kingdom
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Was a solid white light it didn't blur was going to fast to be a plain it wasn't a shouting star as was not fast enough there was no blur behind it got it on camera followed it along the sky then lost it behind clouds I sky watch often at nights never seen anything like it when zoomed in on max on phone was just a solid clean cycle
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #175910). 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 2023-05-22 → 2023-06-08