Police called out to a 999 call about an unexplained object in the night sky solved the mystery straight away for their operator—“It’s the Moon, over.”
But the emergency call meant the officers were sent out to a house in the valleys area of south Wales. They were told a “bright stationary object” was spotted above the unnamed caller’s home.
A recording of the call has been released as part of a police campaign asking people to use 999 appropriately. [BBC]
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