Formation over Colorado Springs, CO
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The report, as filed
Ok so i was living in Colorado springs CO in an apartment close to NORAD base and on that night me and my boyfriend were laying in bed and my 5 year old child wanted to sleep in there with us so he was next to the bed on his new sleeping bag. I had the window open and the door cracked shut. There was a full moon so there was a good amount of light coming in and the wind was blowing so the door was kind of banging so i was kind of zoned in looking at the door thinking should i close it all the way when suddenly this shadow creature that was darker than night shot out from the corner at the door and moved faster than anything ive ever seen into the other corner and disappeared into the other corner. It was a shadow from a car or anything like that it definitely was some kind of shadow creature. My 5 year old jumped on the bed his heart was racing and my boyfriend turned to me and asked "did you see that? What was that?" I was like "o don't know?! " But all i got was this feeling of dread. It only stood maybe 4 feet and was darker than the night. I moved from that apartment not long after that and there was other things that happened before but i kind of ignored it but after that i was gone. It was too creepy and scary for me to live there and after that i kept all lights on all the time.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #156414). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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