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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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UFO Reports 2008 Date Time Town / Village Area Occupation of reporter (where relevant) Brief Description of sighting No Firm Date 22:25 Godalming Surrey A light similar to a street lamp. It was yellow and the size of a football. It was flying through the sky at varying speed. (Message taken 28 July 2008). No Firm Date 21:21 Thorndon/Eye Suffolk Two UFOs. They were quite far away, high up and moving quite fast. They looked like they were tracking a passenger jet. (Message taken 28 July 2008). No Firm Date 01:45 Newport Gwent A single object. (Message taken 28 July 2008). No Firm Date Not stated Gravesend Kent A light was hovering for ten minutes, showing off a very bright white light. Another object then joined it. They both went dim and disappeared. (Message taken 30 July 2008). No Firm Date 23:00 Northampton Northamptonshire An unusual sighting. (Message taken 4 August 2008). No Firm Date Not stated Chard Somerset A sighting. (Message taken 4 August 2008). No Firm Date Not stated Morley West Yorkshire Lights were seen. (Message taken 4 August 2008). No Firm Date Not stated Brill/Aylesbury Buckinghamshire A UFO. (Message taken 8 August 2008). No Firm Date Not stated Swansea Glamorgan A UFO. (Message taken 11 August 2008). No Firm Date Not stated Not stated Highlands Three UFOs. They looked like red, light orb things. The UFOs were coming from the East. (Message taken 18 August 2008). No Firm Date Not stated Cheshunt Hertfordshire Thirty orange lights were moving slowly across the sky. The lights were a few hundred feet up. They were moving in a straight line, going slow. (Message taken - 28 Aug 2008). 22
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