Diamond over Chester, SD
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Moving swiftly across southern sky moving west then an abrupt turn to north, moved directly overhead with 1 solid white light and blue to red at its points. I believed it to be an orb until it was overhead. The birds were loud upon its approach then silent when close and as it moved away. Craft made very little noise when directly above me and made no noise coming or when moving away. Just a whirring sound when above head, Most likely a government secret ops craft but nonetheless weird and awesome. No chance to grab camera and I don't know I have a good enough one to have captured it, sorry. There was no visible exhaust or trail.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #131219). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-11-10 → 2016-11-27