Flash over Lake of the Ozarks, MO
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Then as the light dimmed I observed it moving northward at a slower speed then a usual shooting star then burning by out. I observed it in the same small section of the sky repeatedly for approximately 20 min. Each time doing the exact same thing but going a different direction in the same small area of the sky. I have tried to reason away possibly natural phenomenon that would create that. Such exploding stars or even Nasa spacecraft burning their rockets. I am curious astonishing what it could be or even if anyone else saw it. The light was so bright!
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #128132). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-06-25 → 2016-07-12
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