Cylinder over Beltsville, MD
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was sitting at my machine, and out of the side of my eye, I can see very bright lights. I get up, look outside my window and the colors are seriously bright. It was moving slowly across the sky. I thought maybe a plane, but further review told me nope, it wasn't a plane. The colors were bright and vivid. I ran to the back of my house, and it was there. I couldn't chase it, but confirm I saw it! We have amended the time above, to reflect a nighttime sighting. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #117042). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-01-26 → 2015-02-12
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