Light over Douglas, AZ
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
First we seen round lights way above the stars moving from north to south and then a big light came don in ftont of us we tried to video it then it turned off stood in mid air could no longer see it we live on a ranch.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #119662). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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