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
07-Jun-08 23:00 Croydon London A strange object was seen in the sky. It was
around for several minutes, and then flew off.
07-Jun-08 23:00 Westbury/Shrewsbury Shropshire A UFO was seen.
07-Jun-08 23:00 Tern Hill Barracks Shropshire Thirteen craft were zig-zagging in the sky.
08-Jun-08 00:25 Middleton/Ilkley West Yorkshire There were five orange objects and then one
orange 'blob' came into view.
09-Jun-08 01:30 Norton/Stourbridge West Midlands An object that had a flat top and a rounded
bottom. It was roughly the width of a
combined semi detached house. There was a
dim humming sound.
10-Jun-08 23:30 Shortstown/Bedford Bedfordshire A big orange, saucer shaped floating thing
was in the sky. There were four flashing lights
on it. It was like a light show. They then
suddenly stopped flashing. This went on for
over two hours.
15-Jun-08 22:45 Waverton/Chester Cheshire A formation of eighteen lights. They appeared
like a 'flock of helicopters' with lights on. They
gave off no sound, but there was a slight
rattle.
17-Jun-08 Not stated New Forest Hampshire A UFO.
20-Jun-08 19:30 Thorne/Doncaster South Yorkshire A metallic, capsule shaped object. There was
no sound. The object was moving from South
East to North West, and was going quite fast
and didn't slow down at any point.
20-Jun-08 23:00 Kendal Cumbria There was a quite low, red and an orange
light. A bright, phosphorus white light fell from
the orange light towards the ground, before
disappearing. The red light was static
throughout the sighting.
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