Sphere over Silverstone, SUFFOLK · United Kingdom
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I didn’t see the object at the time but upon reviewing my videos I noticed it come through the shot at extremely high speed. Interestingly it was whilst the Red Arrows aircraft were performing prior to the Formula One GP getting underway. The aircraft are in the background of my shot but this object seems to be moving at several times the speed of the airplanes at least. I’ve taken screenshots of the object from the video and it seems to be metallic at it’s reflecting the sunlight on one side. There are no wings, no tail, and there was no sound at the time. There is also no obvious sign of propulsion, no trail of any kind. Genuinely cannot say what it is! On the video, the object enters from top of shot at 3 seconds and is out of the frame by just before 5 seconds…
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #178255). 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 2023-07-06 → 2023-07-23