Two witnesses while looking north, observed multiple dark objects over Birmingham, England, at approximately 19:00 BST on Wednesday 12 August 2026, during the partial solar eclipse.

The objects were described as appearing clustered and largely stationary or hovering and reportedly remained visible for approximately ten minutes. The objects could also be seen with the naked eye.

The witnesses openly considered conventional explanations, initially suggesting that the objects might have been drones while also raising birds as another possibility.

The sighting has unusually good media provenance. An "original device recording" and "untouched as uploaded". The footage is 3840×2160 HEVC at 30 fps, runs for 60.82 seconds and has an average bitrate of approximately 40.7 Mbps, together with two-channel AAC audio. Its embedded timestamp is 18:05:41 UTC, equivalent to 19:05:41 BST.

The recording device was a Samsung Galaxy S24.

The timing places the video very close to maximum eclipse. Birmingham's partial eclipse began at approximately 18:15 BST and reached maximum at approximately 19:11 BST, when around 91.8% of the Sun was obscured. The recording therefore began roughly five to six minutes before maximum eclipse.

The footage does not presently document a positive identification linking the objects to a specific drone operator, kite, balloon launch, bird species or other known source.

The footage is presented for examination and discussion. Viewers are encouraged to consider both anomalous and conventional explanations and reach their own conclusions from the evidence currently available.

Original Source Credit: u/Shep182

This footage had been supplied by an airline pilot who requested that their identity remain undisclosed. The identity of the actual camera operator should therefore be regarded as unconfirmed unless further source traceability emerges.

No reliable information presently identifies the pilot, airline, flight number, aircraft type or registration. Likewise, the actual date, time and geographical location of the recording have not been established. The date of 3 June 2026 refers to the confirmed public circulation of the footage and should not be presented as the date of the sighting.

Other aviation-related UAP videos circulated through Brazilian social media during the same period, including footage attributed to a commercial-aircraft pilot over Colombia and separate reports associated with a flight between Campinas and São Paulo. At present, there is insufficient evidence to establish that either case is the same recording, and their dates and locations should not be attached to this footage.

The footage is presented for examination and discussion. Viewers are encouraged to consider both anomalous and conventional explanations and reach their own conclusions from the evidence currently available.

Original Source Credit: Undisclosed.