Cigar over Fort Wayne, IN
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The report, as filed
myself and my daughter saw the light come up over the trees to the south west. she had her phone and I got mine and started filming. it flew to the northeast. it did not take long to get behind the trees. I asked het to take photos with her I phone, since I was having trouble getting a clear image on my phone. we set and talked about it for 10 minutes then we saw another one on the same path but it appeared to be closer. she went back inside then 10 minutes later I saw another one to the northwest heading to the southeast. I tried to film it but the camera was having a hard time picking it up. after it past over the horizon I sat back down. then about 10 minutes later a saw another one on the same path but farther away. I watched it disappear and then sat back down. 10 minutes later a saw another one on the same path as the previous 2. it was so far off that I could not get it on my phone. they looked cigar shaped. the thing that made them stand out is that it looked like a rocket flying backwards. the flame was in the front of the unit. I had seen the same thing the day before it came into view from the southwest then it made a 180 degree turn and shot off to the south very fast.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #128354). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-07-01 → 2016-07-18
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