Circle over Eglon (Whidbey Island), WA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was out on the deck around midnight and noticed a very bright light across the bay from Whidbey Island, looking towards Eglon, Washington. At first, i thought it was a light house since the light got bright and faded out, but then I noticed it was so strong that it illuminated the water. It was moving in a south to north pattern, it was NOT high in the sky, it was like right in front of the trees. I grabbed my camera and took 3 photos. The first two just show a bright, dot or something with a tail, but the 3rd photo shows a perfect circle in orange, and when blown up, there are several shades of color…
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #111765). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2014-07-19 → 2014-08-05