Sphere over Bromley, LONDON B · United Kingdom
Resolved to a known cause by an investigating body, with the identification on the record.
The report, as filed
Multiple orbs of light were moving horizontally backwards and forwards across a contained area in the sky. I witnessed this for at least 25 mins. When I first saw it I could only see 3 orbs of light and they then multiplied. They were passing each other then going backwards and forwards. I cannot find a rational explanation for this. Stadium light / laser show in Westham, London — Westham Stadium, specifically. [NUFORC annotation: Searchlight - Certain]
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #179029). 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 2023-10-18 → 2023-11-04