Unknown over Lahaina, HI
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
i work at a restaraunt and everyone started yelling look at the sky and we had all see like a lighting bolt across the sky but didn't disappear. it stayed there for atleast 15-30 minutes. it was blindingly bright. it went in a zig zag pattern as well. it was off in the distance from Lahaina Maui above the island of Lanai. if u searched any Maui news source a lot of calls were reported this evening and the Pacific Command on Oahu had reported that there were no operations for this evening. so after about 15 mins the zig zag beams of light started to turn red. looked almost like the after effects of a jet but a jet could not make the patterns that everyone had seen in the sky. it then faded away. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. We suspect that the report pertains to a missile launch at 19:35 hrs.. PD
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