Cylinder over Shinston, WV
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Yes, I witnessed this craft while in a McDonald's drive thru it hovered approx three minutes before shooting straight up in what seemed like a second I got a perfect picture of this craft all white lights no colored I'm sending a picture if u could let me know what the hell this thing is I'd be much obliged seriously I've seen the triangle craft numerous times while driving home late from work a few yrs ago with what had appeared to be beams coming out of it or some light source but never one of these type if this thing is real plz let me know thank u
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #136759). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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