Rectangle over Midland, MI
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
When I reviewed my pictures is when I noticed something strange in one. I was driving west on I-10 at 8:39pm. Not a bad picture for not even looking, while taking it, because I was driving.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #135236). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-07-11 → 2017-07-28
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