Unknown over White Center, WA

The report, as filed

While smoking outside at around midnight, we heard a noise that is very difficult to describe. The sound was like a car doing donuts (screeching tires) and strange (almost painful or desperate) howling. These noises were very loud and caused both of us to feel extremely uncomfortable. My fiancee was almost in tears. It was so loud the neighbors came outside to see what was happening. There was nothing unusual in the skies, but our cats were keyed onto the noise and were acting very distraught. The sound disappeared all at once, after about 2 minutes. We stayed outside for approximately 10 minutes, and the sound never returned. It may have been nothing, but this was one of the eeriest things that we've encountered in many years. I still have chills trying to recall the noise.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #128168). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.