Unknown over La Plata, MD
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was driving south 301 just coming out of LA PLATA MD before Preference Estates looked up and saw to the left of 301 slow moving firer
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 2011-11-02 → 2011-11-19
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