Disk over Renton (east of; towards the Cascades, WA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Large glowing light seen at sunrise hovering in the sky for around 1 hour without moving. Smaller light to the south and just below the larger light. The smaller light either split into two or another light originated from the smaller light and flew vertically downward then disappeared. Around 7 a.m. both lights just disappeared. I took pictures on my phone and when you zoom in you most definitely can see the object shape and three very distinct lights on the larger of the two. The lights appeared to be colorful; at least yellow and red or pink can't really tell. A passenger plane was also flying toward the trajectory of the large light but turned around and headed back in the direction it came before getting too close to the object.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #113297). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2014-09-02 → 2014-09-19