As reported

Light over Marquette, MI

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The report, as filed

My brother went outside to check on fireworks. Called me outside to identify something. Fireworks were in the northeast. Due east was a very red star like light object estimated magnitude 1. Sky condition cloudy no stars visible. Object moved suddenly to the south about one hands width and disappeared. Checked out heavens-above.com star chart found nothing in that area of the sky that color or magnitude…

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #119993). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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