Cylinder over San Francisco, NY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Suddenly woke at 4am and had urge to go outside. Went into yard and there was a clear sky with the moon and Saturn very bright. Then there appeared a cloud formation--big clouds coming toward. Then a cylinder appeared in the clouds. It was yellow and moving toward earth. It changed color to orange red. After about an hour the cylinder suddenly disappeared and the clouds disappeared afterwards.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #118183). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-03-30 → 2015-04-16