Cigar over Gill, CO
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was letting my dog out and I noticed the craft far off near the horizon but higher than most lights would be (and there isn't a lot of lights). There was 2 or three lights. I looked away and it got much closer to me, at least 200-300 feet. I went inside and it remained in roughly the same area for half a minute or so and then I looked away and it was gone completely, nowhere at all. I am in a very small town, and there is nowhere for a helicopter to take off or land. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #124817). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-12-24 → 2016-01-10