Unspecified over Pine Knoll Shores, OR
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
About 20 people at a family gathering saw an orange flying object almost like a space capsule or a hot air balloon burner fly across the dark clear sky. It moved quickly but did not have the pattern of flight that an aircraft has. We spoke via telephone with the witness, and she sounded to us to be quite sober-minded and sincere. We suspect that she is a very good witness. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #112092). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2014-07-29 → 2014-08-15