Light over Sedona/Cottonwood looking NE, AZ
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Location: Sedona and Cottonwood 9-21-14, 6:45pm. I was hiking at dusk in Sedona, looking Northeast and there was a big flash across the sky in the low horizon. 8:20pm. After stopping for dinner, I returned to my car to make the drive South to Cottonwood. There were more flashes of light in the same region of sky. I could see them in my mirror and out the driver’s window, depending on the curvature of the 89A. Once back in Cottonwood I continued to watch the Northeast sky. There have been two more bright flashes in the last 20 minutes. Notably, there are no clouds in the sky. I checked the weather report for Flagstaff and there is a 0% chance of rain.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #113785). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2014-09-18 → 2014-10-05