Originally Posted by John Farley
It is (after all) just that a flying object that he or she could not identify. Now what on earth is wrong with that?
Nothing at all, but there seems to be a (perhaps cultural?) tendency in the UK to treat the subject with some derision, hence the apparent reluctance to 'stick ones head above the parapet' unless there are clear safety implications (as there would appear to have been in your case, and in the majority of those listed in the MOR summaries).