Flash over Antelope Island, UT
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
While camping on Antelope Island, I saw in the sky to the East a bright green circle moving downwards towards the horizon and disappeared. It was about as big as the moon is in the sky, and it was as bright as a firework, only it was a solid fluorescent green circle and didn't change shape or fizzle out like a firework would. Another friend noticed the movement in the sky but didn't get as good a look at it as I did. I told my friends sitting across from me, "Hey, look, a UFO!" But by they turned around it was gone and they thought it was a joke.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #121047). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-07-16 → 2015-08-02