Rectangle over Murphy, TX
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Sitting in backyard with my wife facing the South sky. We both noticed a dull bronze colored rectangle heading in a straight line from South to North at approximately 8:45 PM CST. No sound as it cruised above. I could not estimate size or distance. I could not estimate speed but it did pass across the night sky very quickly. No lights just a slight reflected glow from lights on the ground.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #130424). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-09-29 → 2016-10-16
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