Circle over Smithfield, KY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Me and my wife was setting out side at 10 pm and seen two lights look like stars, but was moving really fast, and then slow. vanished in to thin air no clouds in sight
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #133692). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-04-15 → 2017-05-02