Changing over Kootenai (10 miles north}, ID
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
center vally rd. and colburn culver,heading north,within 60 ft away and 60 ft. off the ground. helicopter 1/8 mile away tracking object.30-40 mph. car size object w/ smaller object.to low for object to be seen all the way in Canada had to of hit something or it hit the ground or burned up somewhere north of sighting Re-entering Chinese 3rd-stage rocket casing. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #117506). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-02-20 → 2015-03-09