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UFO Reports 2008

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This Ministry of Defence document is a table of UFO sighting reports it received during 2008. Each entry gives the date, time, town or village and area, with a short description of what was seen. Most describe orange or bright lights, orbs, triangles, discs and formations of lights across England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands. A later section lists reports that have no firm date, noting when each message was taken. The document gives no analysis or conclusions.

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  • p. 1 …of reporter (where relevant) Brief Description of sighting 08-Jan-08 22:24 Chorley Lancashire A…
  • p. 2 …of reporter (where relevant) Brief Description of sighting 12-Feb-08 18:30 Calverton Nottinghamshire Five…
  • p. 3 …of reporter (where relevant) Brief Description of sighting 18-Mar-08 19:30 Dundee Tayside There…
  • p. 4 …02-Jun-08 20:30 Stroud Gloucestershire A sighting of something. 05-Jun-08 00:55…
  • p. 5 …The red light was static throughout the sighting. 5
  • p. 6 …of reporter (where relevant) Brief Description of sighting 22-Jun-08 01:00 Stanley/Wakefield West…
  • p. 7 …of reporter (where relevant) Brief Description of sighting 12-Jul-08 09:35 Midhurst West Sussex…
  • p. 8 …27-Jul-08 Not stated Helston Cornwall A mysterious sight in the night sky. 27-Jul…
  • p. 9 …02-Aug-08 23:45 Bridgewater Somerset A strange sighting. 03-Aug-08 22:00 Barry…
  • p. 10 …It then moved out of sight. 29-Aug-08 22:41 Oakworth/Keighley West Yorkshire A…
  • p. 11 …of reporter (where relevant) Brief Description of sighting 01-Sep-08 20:44 Rothwell/Leeds West…
  • p. 12 …of reporter (where relevant) Brief Description of sighting 20-Sep-08 20:00 Chatteris Cambridgeshire Multiple…
  • p. 13 …of reporter (where relevant) Brief Description of sighting 06-Oct-08 20:55 Not stated Lincolnshire…
  • p. 14 …29-Oct-08 Not stated Erbistock/Wrexham Clwyd An unusual sighting. 30-Oct-08 18:30…
  • p. 15 …of reporter (where relevant) Brief Description of sighting 06-Nov-08 20:10 Rainham Kent A…
  • p. 16 …of reporter (where relevant) Brief Description of sighting 01-Dec-08 21:30 Village of Llangwm…
  • p. 17 …of reporter (where relevant) Brief Description of sighting 25-Dec-08 20:20 Glasgow Strathclyde Six…
  • p. 18 …It moved slowly initially and then there was rapid movement and it disappeared out of sight…
  • p. 19 …of reporter (where relevant) Brief Description of sighting No Firm Date 18:00 Keynsham/Bristol Avon…
  • p. 20 …of reporter (where relevant) Brief Description of sighting No Firm Date Not stated Needham Market/Ipswich…
  • p. 21 …of reporter (where relevant) Brief Description of sighting No Firm Date Not stated Locks Heath/Southampton…
  • p. 22 …No Firm Date 23:00 Northampton Northamptonshire An unusual sighting. (Message taken 4 August 2008). No…
  • p. 23 …of reporter (where relevant) Brief Description of sighting No Firm Date 23:00 Southport Merseyside Flying…
  • p. 24 …of reporter (where relevant) Brief Description of sighting No Firm Date 20:00 Buckhurst Hill Essex…
  • p. 25 …No Firm Date 20:18 East Stoke/Wareham Dorset A pretty unusual sighting. (Message taken 20…
  • p. 26 …of reporter (where relevant) Brief Description of sighting No Firm Date 21:00 Coulsdon Surrey Two…
UFO Reports 2008
Date Time Town / Village Area Occupation of reporter
(where relevant)
Brief Description of sighting
29-Dec-08 Not stated Kettering Northamptonshire There were some large objects in the sky.
There was also a constant red light heading
West. The objects were bigger than a plane.
29-Dec-08 Not stated Farnworth Lancashire There was a large, bright orange light. There
was no sound. It moved slowly initially and
then there was rapid movement and it
disappeared out of sight.
31-Dec-08 21:00 No area given No area given Ball of fire sitting in the sky. Changed colour
from red to orange. Diamond shaped. Moved
up & down and backwards in circles and then
shot up and disappeared
31-Dec-08 Not Stated Brightlingsea Essex Police Officer Bright orange/yellow light in the sky. Quite
large, 1500-2000 ft up. Moved very slowly in a
half circle then stopped over the water
between Brightlingsea & East Mersea. Shot
straight up and dissappeared very fast.
No Firm Date 07:00 Beccles Suffolk A bright light was seen. While moving in a
Westerly direction, it started to change shape.
The light was on a constant course. (Message
taken 16 January 2008).
No Firm Date Not stated Cardiff West Glamorgan A UFO. (Message taken 10 January 2008).
No Firm Date Not stated Watchet Somerset An object moving across the sky. (Message
taken 21 January 2008).
No Firm Date 21:00 Burgess Hill West Sussex Fourteen orange lights came through the sky
in twos and then disappeared. (Message
taken 28 January 2008).
No Firm Date Not stated Chester Cheshire It was an unusual sighting of an object.
(Message taken 31 January 2008).
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