Light over Oregon City, OR
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
First noticed what looked like a bright constellation of stars with ten to twelve objects. We were instantly shocked at what we saw!! It was extremely out of the ordinary. We stopped and got out of our car to try and figure out what it was?? They were close enough that if it were jet planes we should of heard their engines, but we heard nothing. They began accelerating and decelerating at speeds impossible for any known aircraft. Our guess was going from speeds of 200mph to 2,500 mph back to 200 mph in one second. Another smaller formation followed, this time one of the crafts did a quick circles around another at a speed again at a speed impossible for any known man made craft. My wife, my son, and myself witnessed this event. We are life long star watchers and air show attenders, this was unlike any shooting star, any jet, plane, helicopter, laser pointer, or night lights we have ever seen!! It shook all of us up and none of us are shaken up easily. 5 minu! tes later my son went back outside again and saw another craft fly across the entire sky at approximately 3,000 mph!! There is no doubt in any of our minds we witnessed something top secret or something from another planet! No one could convince us otherwise!!
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #131349). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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