Light over Arkansas City, KS
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Looking up at the stars towards the constellation cancer when we witnessed a bright flash of light. Thinking it was just a meteor entering the atmosphere is didn't think anything of it. Until we witnessed it's journey across the sky, making periods of white flashes almost like a beacon. Object moved towards constipation ((sic. constellation?)) puppis. Object looked at one point to curve in the sky.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #133184). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-03-15 → 2017-04-01
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