As reported

Cone over Gallup, NM

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The report, as filed

The objects was a cone shaped bright white color hovering and rotating east of the city, it seemed to be rotating. After observing the objects for a hour or so in the cover of darkness the object vanished. We got into my vehicle and continued our drive. As I started my car and turned on my heas lights, the object seem to fly towards us at a high rate of speed, the brightness of the light got closer and followed us as we got into Gallup. We parked at a gas station on the east side of town and waited for the object to leave. We continued to a mobile home trailer park on the east side of town and the ufo appeared to follow us until we came to our destination. The ufo continued to hover in the sky seeming to observe us, as we observed it with our mobile phones. At around 5:30 the ufo vanished in a upward blast. Source of the report elects to remain anonymous; provides no contact information. PD

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #135122). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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