Oval over Clovis, NM
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Purple oval shaped opject with no center east of clovis watched it took picture then it dropped like a rock and disappeard.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #129122). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-07-30 → 2016-08-16
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