Sphere over Milton Keynes, BUCKINGH · United Kingdom
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Sighting in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. Whilst walking home just after midnight I observed some lights in the sky to the West. Due to the number of street lights where I was I walked towards a retail park where it was a little darker to get a better view. I observed a bright light in the sky which illuminated the surround clouds. Its altitude did not change it was not a comet or meteorite in the atmosphere. There was 3 objects which circled around each other, at times their altitude went a little higher and they made a C shape at one point, was very bright. I managed to film but as this totally caught me by surprise and I am not use to recoding much on my phone especially at night I did not make full use of the zoom feature. I recorded a 5 minute video 2x zoom but too large to upload its nearly 700MB and took some photos which have attached. I did not observe any noise from the distance I was from them which I estimate to be 4-5kms. I am trying to keep anonymous if you want the video email me.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #178507). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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