Sphere over Falkirk, FALKIRK · United Kingdom
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
The white light was hovering, looked like a planet at first but extremely bright. I tried to guess then planet, pulled out my phone to check the star map to confirm before realising it was total cloud cover overhead. As I went to take a picture instead, the light started flashing and moving. The white light continued to flash and other lights began flashing around it in many colours. It began to move quite quickly towards us, then changed direction unbelievably quickly and sped off in the opposite direction. It disappeared after a couple of minutes, but not because it travelled too far away. It just vanished. There was absolutely no sound whatsoever. I never managed to get a photo as it was moving too quickly and changed direction too quickly.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #178355). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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