UFO sighted in the sky in 1993

Summary

A citizen in Stone, Staffordshire, reported an object in the sky on December 10, 1993. The witness described a white ball of light with a reddish tail moving in a straight line toward the south. The event occurred at 18:10 hours and lasted about a second. The observer, inside their home facing west, heard no sound and considered the object too large to be a meteorite. Local police contacted RAF Stafford, Manchester Airport, and Midlands Electricity Board, but there were no other sightings or reports. The case was filed without definitive conclusions.

The case was documented by Staffordshire Police and sent to the UK Department of Trade and Industry. Despite efforts to verify the sighting, no conventional explanations were found. The report includes details such as the observer's exact direction, clear weather conditions, and the absence of nearby objects that could explain the light. The object showed no changes in trajectory and remained in the sky for a brief period before disappearing.