Changing over Maison, WI
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Not military. Not drone. Not a bird. Not a helium filled balloon, because likely that would have gained altitude. The flattening part was weird, like a plate was on edge vertically, spinning around on the vertical axis occasionally. If that wasn't enough, the thing's twin followed, maybe a few miles behind, following the same path; same slow speed, altitude, direction, silence and occasional spin. My friend witnessed this as well.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #136088). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-09-04 → 2017-09-21