Circle over South Heights, PA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
We were standing by the fire pit at the end of our yard which overlooks the Ohio river. The sky was moderately dark and with a few clouds. Just out of nowhere a cigar/rectangular-shaped object with a slight indent towards the center suddenly appeared. At first, it was bright orange green and yellow, then within seconds became a florescent green glow as it shot straight across the sky far faster and lower than normal aircraft. The shakiest part for me is how it disappeared instantly as if into a black hole in the sky. Far away up in the sky I noticed an aircraft flying as well. My husband mentioned that he had noticed helicopters around the area in the past few days prior to this.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #135920). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-08-22 → 2017-09-08