Light over Greeley, CO
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was leaving my house at about 9:20 or so to go to Walgreens just down the street. I decided to take the long route just to enjoy the night and drive around the neighborhood a bit (opposite direction as my usual route, wouldn't have seen this occurrence had I not taken new route). As I pulled out of my driveway and turned to progress down the street, I noticed a large (perspectively about the size of a pea held in your hand) green light in the sky absolutely railing Southwards. It progressed in speed for a matter of a few moments, grew in brightness, and then abruptly disappeared as I kept my eyes peeled in the direction that I saw it in with no avail with the intentions of another sighting. I have communicated with a few acquaintances of mine, and apparently they have experienced the same thing. What absolutely astounded me was the clarity of the light, it was quite blatantly either very low to the ground or a type of lighting that I have not witnessed bef! ore in my life. Equally astounding, though, was the apparent frictionless flight that this object had attained. It was the cleanest moving, brightest object I've ever seen in my life. Others that have seen the same thing claim that the same two details, being the frictionless flight and the brightness of the light, were aspects of the sight that stuck with them and astounded them as well. It was an odd feeling night, at that. Had a very different feel to it. This is one of many experiences that I have had witnessing UFOs, not strictly of this sort (this is the first of this sort that I've seen). Also, the first I'm reporting. I often go outside with confidence that I'll see something astonishing in a matter of minutes admiring the sky. Thanks for reading, hopefully this gets out to anyone else who's seen the same thing.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #113330). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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