Live Intercept Case ID: 4ec2beaa

SIGHTING: MARGATE, ENGLAND (UNITED KINGDOM)

Sighted On

Saturday 31. October 1998

Reported On

Saturday 31. October 1998

Classification

Cigar

Duration

Undisclosed

Witness Testimony

"1 was on my way home from delivering a customers repaired car in margate 15 miles from my workplace in Deal Kent.As i drove along the Histreet in st Peters,i noticed a cigar shaped object in the sky.It was massive in size,was a burning orange whith a smoke trail in the middle.It was comming down to the ground very slowly.I then lost sight of the object as it dissapeared behind a row of houses in the distance."

Source: MUFON

Intelligence Discussion

Coordinates

Latitude

51.3896°

Longitude

1.3868°

Technical Specs

Classification Cigar

Duration Undisclosed

Source MUFON

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