Unknown over Lake Geneva, WI
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
We didn't actually see a craft but heard a loud rumbling thunder, very close, that last over 2 minutes. It upset the cat even. I thought the lake ice was cracking and my husband thought it was an aircraft. We didn't see any aircraft and there was not a storm. I cannot find any records of anyone else hearing this noise.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #117820). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-03-11 → 2015-03-28
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