Unknown over Denio (south of), NV
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
My husband & I were traveling south on Rt 140 in Nevada, south of Denio, around 4pm Pacific time on September 8, 2016. I was staring west out the passenger window and saw something shiny flying in the sky above the mountains (Pine Forest Range). Since it was at a distance & I couldn’t identify its shape, I thought I was watching a plane, but then it disappeared. It did NOT fade away. It flat out disappeared. My husband didn’t see it since he was driving and therefore facing south. I'm not saying what it is. I'm not saying what it's not. All I am saying is that I thought I was watching a plane in the distance flying above the mountains, but then it disappeared.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #129884). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-09-05 → 2016-09-22