Circle over Bismarck, MO
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Moon shaped object in western sky glowing orange
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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What would the paper say?
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2009-07-29 → 2009-08-15
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December 9, 2017 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Bismarck, MO
We saw 4 orange redish lights hovering without blinking in the distance, west of our front yard. It appeared as if they were simply floating in place, but after a few minutes, they appeared to be getting smaller, as if they were flying west. 3 were flying in an irregular triangle formation and the 4th was a little ways off in the sky a little more northwest but exhibiting the same behavior. My roommate depicted it as possible army helicopters, or something similar, so we returned outside.
September 13, 2011 · 4:20 AM · LIGHT
Bismarck, MO
strobing light, changing colors - red, orange and blue, 30 deg above horizon, stationary. ((NUFORC Note: Probably Sirius. PD))