Cylinder over Kent/Renton, WA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
My two girls and I were leaving family's house in Renton, heading toward Kent, when we saw a HUGE fiery-red object in the Southern sky. The object was cylindrical in shape, had a very bright red, hazy aura around it, and as it descended, it seemed to stretch out, as if it were moving so fast it left a streak across the sky. Before it dropped, it hovered for approximately 30 seconds while we watched. I don't know how long it was there before we came upon it, but after about 30 seconds, maybe a little more, it rapidly shot downward to the ground.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #118791). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-04-29 → 2015-05-16
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