Light over Aloha, OR
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
My gf and I were looking at the blood moon, when we saw a Red-Orange light moving from North to South. The exact altitude was unknown but if I were to guess it was around 5000 ft, travelling the speed of a small plane (not very fast). The solid light continued a straight path for about 20 seconds. The light then instantly moved turned 90 degrees to the left, the instantly continued straight, it flickered and shot off at an incredible rate of speed to the South and vanished into the darkness. No sound what so ever. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #122369). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-09-25 → 2015-10-12
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