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
23-Jul-08 21:00 Sutton-In-Craven/Keighley West Yorkshire Two bright balls of light. One of the balls
looked like it was chasing and trying to
overtake an aircraft. The other ball just burst
as it was moving and disappeared.
24-Jul-08 22:15 Wellington Shropshire A really bright, burning orange light. The
object was going at the speed of a helicopter.
25-Jul-08 Not stated Telford Shropshire A UFO.
26-Jul-08 Not stated Northampton Northamptonshire Eight strange lights.
26-Jul-08 Not stated Bristol Avon A group of lights in a cluster. More lights
gradually joined them. Several lights were
moving across the sky. More lights joined
them and both sets then disappeared.
26-Jul-08 Not stated Farnham Surrey Two, red round lights. The objects were
moving across the sky in different directions
and then just disappeared.
26-Jul-08 22:00 Gosport Hampshire A silent aircraft passed overhead. It was
clearly visible like a shooting star, but with a
smooth curving course.
27-Jul-08 Not stated Scunthorpe Lincolnshire Oval shaped, weird light in the sky. The object
moved from right to left and was moving in a
Westerly direction.
27-Jul-08 Not stated Helston Cornwall A mysterious sight in the night sky.
27-Jul-08 Not stated Shirley West Midlands A triangle shaped object, which had three
white lights and one red light. There was no
noise.
27-Jul-08 02:00 No area given Not stated An object moved slowly at about 2,000 ft,
raised vertically, then moved slowly away.
27-Jul-08 16:30 Pontypridd Mid Glamorgan An object was travelling at high speed. It
appeared to be round like a football. It was
travelling from South East to North East. It
then disappeared.
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