Rectangle over Northglenn, CO
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I kept walking, but the whole time I was staring at this thing. It didn't move like an airplane. I was way too slow. It moved in an almost perfect line, and about as quick as a snail crawls. I originally thought it was a P-shape or something because it looked like it has a small bulge at the top, but I now think it was a smooth rectangle shape, but I am not totally sure because it was so far away.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #134794). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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