Other over Wendover, NV
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
5:20am, before sunrise. Looked up and saw a single object, dimly illuminated by a series of lights (8-12?) in a curve, presumably the leading edge of the object as they were in the front of the direction of travel. Lights were white/yellow in color. The object was moving in a westerly direction, proceeded to make a looping turn unlike an airplane or drone would make and head back toward the east before vanishing. Altitude was below 1000 feet and there was no sound at all.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #135937). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-08-25 → 2017-09-11