As reported

Rectangle over Hillsboro, MO

A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.

The report, as filed

20 minutes after waking up and sitting on a sofa in our North facing sunroom, between the trees I saw an oblong shaped iridescent lime green light traveling West to East. 2-3 times it dropped what looked to be an orange spark off the rear. Lasted about 15 seconds.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #110458). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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February 14, 2020 · 4:35 PM · TRIANGLE

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February 1, 2020 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT

Hillsboro, MO

Balls of light were noticed around 8pm. It was noticed that these balls of light were moving and moving in a straight line. The balls were starting to be counted by the property owner. The balls moved fast, at the same pace, was spaced out the same amount of space, and new balls kept showing up on the end of the line. There were 35 balls of light counted and an unknown amount before the counting started. After 20 or so minutes, the straight line of lit balls moving in a straight line, dissapeared.

January 10, 2017 · 6:45 PM · CHANGING

Hillsboro, MO

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