Unknown over Vernal, UT
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
We were Elk hunting when we saw what appeared to be a plane crashing. So we got in our truck and proceeded over the ridge to investigat
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center. Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 1998-10-16 → 1998-11-02
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