UFO News Article:
“UFO sightings are on the rise”, 27 May 2011
(The Shields Gazette, South Shields, UK)

A spherical shaped UFO was sighted over Barnard Grove, near Sunderland, UK, on 1 August 1979, according to the article:

http://www.shieldsgazette.com/community/columnists/wraithscape/ufo_sightings_are_on_the_rise_1_1262974

Aerial view of Sunderland, UK
(panoramio.com photo)