Disk over Florence, CO
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The report, as filed
Not positive about the time, but usually close my curtains around 8-9pm. I usually look for the moon before closing my curtains. That night, I happened to see a disk shaped, gray object flying maybe 200' off the ground, heading in a NNE direction. It had red and white twinkling lights around the outer edge. It had 4 orange lights on the bottom. One kept going out and flickering, like it was not working properly. The speed was similar to a small plane. When it was near the Supermax prison the lights from the prison were bright enough that I could see 3 rounded projections on top of the craft. I ran to get my camera, but when I got back to the door about 10 seconds later, I couldn't see it anywhere. The guards at the prison should have been able to see it. I'm a little confused as to why they didn't report this.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #126952). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-04-01 → 2016-04-18
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