Sphere over Blandford Forum, ENGLAND · United Kingdom
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
We spotted a silver shiny orb like object at or above cloud cover height in an otherwise clear sky. It was heading on an easterly course in the opposite direction to the wind direction so appeared to be acting on its own propulsion. I checked on my aircraft app and there was no aircraft in that area at that time. I have video footage from my IPhone of this which is 3 minutes long. The object was round orb type and appeared to be silver with sunlight shining off it. There was one object. I am a semi retired ex Supermarket manager and my wife is a part time primary teacher.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #178309). 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 2023-09-15 → 2023-10-02