Rectangle over Vestavia, AL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I walked out of a restaurant. A thunderstorm with possible tornado activity was heading our way, so I looked up at the clouds. I clearly saw a rectangular craft, about 800 feet up. It was moving towards me from east to west. It crossed hwy 280 then turned abruptly left (south) and paralleled hwy heading south. The craft appeared to be about 20 feet in length and about ten feet wide. Might have been a hover craft or alien drone. Completely silent made a sharp left turn more like an abrupt change of direction. Craft was moving.slowly. Oddly i seemed to have a mottled coloring almost like camouflage. I had an uneasy feeling as i observed it. A mild sense of dread. I'm a veteran with much experience with military craft. We have nothing like this.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #128348). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-06-28 → 2016-07-15
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