Case file · Sighting
The 'Dudley Dorito'
In November 2007 many people in the West Midlands reported a silent triangular object in the evening sky; the local press called it the 'Dudley Dorito'.
2007 CE · 52.51, -2.08 · status: account
The account
The sighting got wide coverage the year before the Ministry of Defence began releasing its UFO files.
The sceptical view
Sky lanterns, then fashionable, explain many British reports of this period.