Circle over Beaver Lake, AR
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Orange object about the size of a pencil erasure held a arm's length. Flew rapidly from due south to due north over Beaver Lake (it was not fire works). Made no sound. Flew below cloud cover, coud see reflection of clouds above. Did not have tail. Clear night, limit of sight was 30 mile to south and 30 miles to north, therefore, 60 mile total, the object flew it in 1/2 minute therefore it was fying at approx. 7000 mph. Was not jet on afterburner since orange glow was continual from south to north. Don't believe it ws a meteorite since it had no tail and made no noise at this apparent low altitude. at end of trajectory the object appears to go upward into space, however this may have been an illusion due to curvature/rotation of the earth.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #114521). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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