Light over Wapinitia, OR
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
50 degree long streak of white light (lighted line) Would be 50% opacity in photoshop for a visual comparison. Speed would be equivalent to a plane or satellite going across the sky Saw for 2 minutes 25 degrees west of polaris - north or due 335 degrees NW No moon. Moon came up at 3:30Am No bright leading object at beginning of contrail. Satellite (or a white circle) seemed to be following parallel to the line near the beginning. Another observer next to me said he saw the lead satellite followed by two more object behind it. I did not see the other objects through binoculars and looked at least 10 degrees behind. No photos/video.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #109705). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2014-05-21 → 2014-06-07