Circle over Auburn, WI
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
object came from the southwest and move east, and then north, and left very quickly to the northwest. Large orange shape. all one piece. no flashing lights. Just orange. Very pronounced shape. sky was clear as you could see many stars.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #129671). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-08-31 → 2016-09-17