Circle over Hot Springs, SD
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I came outside on my front porch to get some fresh air and I look at the hills which I usually do cause there beautiful and I seen three different colored lights flying in all directions very fast above Battle Mountain I was home alone so I drove to my friends house to try to show him I had to go by a building where I lost sight for awhile by the time I got to my friend s they were gone.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #131702). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-12-07 → 2016-12-24
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