Unknown over Oak Hill, KS
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
The other set of pictures is a burst of 12 pictures taken within a few seconds of each other. Most of the pictures appear dark and not much can be seen. The other pictures though show an object that appears to go into the cloud and back out again. The object is near the center of the photo. The object can be seen in the cloud in a couple of the pictures but it can clearly be seen in two of the pictures. I took the pictures on my cell phone with an application that is designed to take pictures of lightning. I did not see the objects or hear anything, other than thunder
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #129082). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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