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Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/24/002399/M
Version Date: 07/10/2024
The Performance Analysis Department have provided the following information.
Searches were completed on the Storm incident database for the following keywords:
Can you share the total number of unidentified flying object (UFO) or unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) sightings reported between April 2014 and April 2024?
21
Please provide the date and location of all reports with the keywords ‘UFO, ‘UAP’, ‘aliens’, ‘extra-terrestrial’, ‘lights in sky’ or ‘spaceship’. Please also share the description or summary logged for each report.
Please note that the below only includes sightings.
Incidents which clearly show they involve individuals with mental health issues have been excluded.
Date |
Town/City |
Comments |
Keyword |
07/06/2014 |
NOT STATED |
THERE WAS A SPACESHIP. |
SPACESHIP |
07/06/2014 |
NOT STATED |
THERE WAS A SPACESHIP ON THE GROUND. |
SPACESHIP |
28/09/2015 |
NOT STATED |
SEEN SOME SORT OF RED LIGHT IN THE SKY |
LIGHT IN THE SKY |
22/03/2016 |
NOT STATED |
"I CAN SEE UFOS |
UFO |
29/04/2017 |
DORCHESTER |
TORCH LIGHTS IN THE SKY |
LIGHT IN THE SKY |
04/04/2018 |
BOURNEMOUTH |
LOOKING LIGHTS IN THE SKY INF STATES ITS NOT AN AIROPLANE, |
LIGHT IN THE SKY |
17/04/2018 |
POOLE |
THERE IS A RED FLASHING LIGHT IN THE SKY, IT IS |
LIGHT IN THE SKY |
28/06/2018 |
BEAMINSTER |
INF REPORTING A BRIGHT LIGHT IN THE SKY EVERYNIGHT |
LIGHT IN THE SKY |
03/07/2018 |
BEAMINSTER |
INFT SEES A LIGHT IN THE SKY |
LIGHT IN THE SKY |
25/03/2019 |
BOURNEMOUTH |
INF REPORTING THAT THERE IS A SPACE SHIP FLYING OVER |
SPACESHIP |
30/12/2019 |
NOT STATED |
IN REGARDS TO THE NOISE WITH LIGHTS IN THE SKY |
LIGHT IN THE SKY |
04/09/2020 |
WAREHAM |
INFT HAS SAID THAT THERE ARE UFO'S OUTSIDE |
UFO |
08/09/2020 |
WAREHAM |
GLOWING OBJECTS " OR FAINT LIGHTS IN THE SKY, |
LIGHT IN THE SKY |
23/10/2020 |
BOURNEMOUTH |
INFT HEARD BANGS AND CAN SEE SMOKE AND ORANGE LIGHT IN THE SKY |
Light in the sky |
20/11/2021 |
POOLE |
INFT WAS TAKING PHOTOS OF THE LIGHTS IN THE SKY |
Lights in the sky |
08/03/2022 |
POOLE |
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT |
Unidentified flying object |
09/09/2022 |
WEST BAY |
STATES THAT HE CAN SEE LIGHTS IN THE SKY WHICH HE BELIEVES ARE UFO'S |
Lights in the sky |
07/02/2023 |
WEYMOUTH |
INFT WISHING TO REPORT THAT WHILST SHE WAS OUT FOR A CIGARETTE SHE NOTICED 3 ORANGE LIGHTS IN THE SKY |
Lights in the sky |
06/04/2023 |
THORNCOMBE |
INFT STATES SHE SAW A BRIGHT LIGHT IN THE SKY |
Lights in the sky |
14/10/2023 |
POOLE |
CAN SEE APPROX 18 "FOOTBALL SIZE BLACK TRIANGLES IN THE SKY" INF BELIEVES THESE ARE UFOS |
UFO |
29/03/2024 |
WEYMOUTH |
INF CALLED TO REPORT THAT THERE ARE LIGHTS IN THE SKY |
Lights in the sky |