Triangle over Ellensburg, WA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Tonight, April 7, 2015, at approximately 9:00 pm (PST), I was walking west down the street, when I happened to look up. I saw a black isosceles-shaped object approximately 15 feet wide with 3 whitish/yellowish lights at the points. The object was completely smooth, made no noise and seemed to not reflect light. The object was approximately 20 feet in the air, slowly moving parallel to the ground towards the east. Although I never took my eyes off of the object, it suddenly disappeared after close to 5 seconds of observation. There were no nearby trees or buildings behind which the object could go. It just vanished.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #118282). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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