Cigar over Rockford, MI
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Dated May 3, 2009, approx. 11:00 AM, while drift fishing on a clear breezy day, on the South/West side of Little Myers Lake, I looked u
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 2009-04-30 → 2009-05-17
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