Light over Bennington, NE
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
At approximately 4:04 PM, a star-like light, bright enough to see in daylight, was spotted by my friend in northwest suburban Omaha. It was stationary and he pointed it out to me. It took me a second to find it in the sky. Once I did, it seemed to become slightly brighter. It was to the northwest of our location. This occurred for approximately 2-3 minutes. It moved rapidly seemingly to decreasing altitude (lower), then moved to the west and then to the north quickly before disappearing. Total time of occurrence from spotting to disappearance was approximately a little over 3 minutes.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #135476). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-07-28 → 2017-08-14
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