Light over Maple Falls, WA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
We observed this object with the naked eye as well as a pair of binoculars for a little over 10 minutes. We were unable to tell how far this object was, but it disappeared behind a ridge that is approximately 2500 ft away. It was easily the brightest object in the sky at the time. There were no discernible details that would suggest that this was a helicopter or other known aircraft. Probable sighting of the star, Sirius, we suspect. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #117476). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-02-21 → 2015-03-10
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