UFO sightings

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/23/1028

Version Date: 18/09/2023

I was wondering if you would be able to provide us numbers of how many UFO sightings have been reported to the Dorset police over a five-year period? Is there more information on what these were and where they were reported from? Please also give us dates if possible

The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information.

Data extracted from the call handling/incident database by using a keyword search of *UFO* and *lights in sky* from January 2019 to July 2023.

Initial input date	Area	Comment
03/07/2020	Bournemouth	Call from member of the public saying that they think they can see a UFO over the sea south of the pier
20/11/2021	Poole	Caller was taking photos of the lights in the sky
09/09/2022	Bridport South	Caller is on west bay beach, states that he can see lights in the sky which he believes are UFO's
07/02/2023	Weymouth	Caller wishing to report that whilst she was out for a cigarette, she noticed 3 orange lights in the sky
09/05/2023	Bournemouth South	She also saw a UFO last night