Circle over United Kingdom
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Sailing alone. Cloudless skies. The first sighting lasted about 10 minutes. Stationary and in a triangle formation. Then suddenly appeared to move upwards, very fast and sort of evaporating as they went. Second sighting about 40 minutes later. A single point this time of about the same size. appeared to drop downwards, increasing in size a little before disappearing upwards very fast, leaving a slightly bigger evaporation trail.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #179538). 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 2023-06-17 → 2023-07-04