Cigar over Pioneertown (near), CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Two of us were hiking at Pipes Canyon. Neither saw anything unusual at all. Upon reviewing the photographs I made I discovered the image which I am forwarding. ((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS)) Ha! My camera must be set incorrectly. Sorry about that, it was this past Saturday, the second. Sorry about that! ((END ADDENDUM)) We have looked at the photo submitted by the witness, and we see nothing noteworthy in it. Date is flawed. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #133419). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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For a dated, located U.S. sighting, FAA radar data and ATC communications are the records most likely to exist. Through Aletheca, the house instrument, anyone can commission the request — filed, chased, and published in the open, refusals included. The draft goes over already written: the records sought, and the date window they would live in.
Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-03-30 → 2017-04-16