Oval over Montrose, CO
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
2 Glowing, super fast moving orbes in the western colorado sky on march 2nd 2013.
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 2013-02-27 → 2013-03-16
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