Flash over Fort Chafee, AR
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Large green flash light up entire area no noise left a smoke plum trail that lasted a while smoke trail was in a shape of letter "s" smoke lasted about 20 seconds very amazing to witness. (( Source of report elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #132397). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-01-27 → 2017-02-13