UFOMYST
CaseLight1997

London (UK/England), United Kingdom

A LIGHT FOLLOWED AN AEROPLANE AND THEN THEY BOTH VANISHED.I WAS GOING DOWN THE M25.(A MOTORWAY GOING AROUND LONDON) WITH MY DAD. I

Report quality: Moderate55/100

This score reflects report-quality signals on file — how complete, corroborated, and precisely located the report is — not a claim about whether the sighting was a real craft.

  • Duration parsed: 180s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (130 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-02-26
Where
London (UK/England), United Kingdom
Shape
Light
Duration
3 min.
Geo
51.509, -0.126 · exact
Slug
light-over-london-uk-england-1997-414433
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

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In context

  • This is one of 222 reports logged in London (UK/England), United Kingdom.
  • This case is one of 47 United Kingdom reports filed in 1997.
  • Light craft made up 16.2% of 1990s reports, vs 20.3% across the whole archive.

Report

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