Other over Whidbey Island, WA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was out on my deck at night, and I saw a light cruising by the bay. It waited there for about 10-20 seconds, flashing red and green. It then suddenly shot up into the sky, and as it passed through the clouds, it left a gaping hole in the cloud cover. Approximately 10-12 hours later, as I was at the beach near where the craft was spotted, there was a strange smell in the air and the trees were bent slightly back.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #132656). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-07-06 → 2016-07-23
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