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
No Firm Date 20:00 Buckhurst Hill Essex Four very strange orange glow lights. They
were flying above the witness's house.
(Message taken 8 October 2008).
No Firm Date Not stated New Malden London Two strange objects in the sky. They were
together and then they followed each other.
(Message taken 10 October 2008).
No Firm Date Not stated Neath Neath & Port Talbot Three glowing objects. The objects were
moving towards the witness and then moved
straight up into the sky. (Message taken 14
October 2008).
No Firm Date Not stated Mumbles/Swansea Glamorgan A UFO. (Message taken 14 October 2008).
No Firm Date Not stated Frogmore/St Albans Hertfordshire A UFO. (Message taken 20 October 2008).
No Firm Date Not stated Redruth Cornwall They looked like flares or lights. They were
quite far in the distance and going quite fast.
(Message taken 28 October 2008).
No Firm Date 00:00 Bedstone/Bucknell Shropshire There was an orange light coming over the
hills. Another two approached. Then there
were eight orange lights in formation. They
were moving at the speed of a helicopter.
There was no noise at all. (Message taken 4
November 2008).
No Firm Date 21:20 Brandiston/Norwich Norfolk Three bright single lights. They hovered for a
short while. There was no sound. (Message
taken 4 November 2008).
No Firm Date Not stated Burnham on Sea Somerset A UFO. (Message taken 7 November 2008).
No Firm Date Not stated Folkestone Kent There were lights in the sky that were circling
in front of the witness's house. They were in a
half moon shape. (Message taken 13
November 2008).
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