Chevron over Gearhart, OR
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
It looked like a V shaped, very large flying object. It was silent and moving slowly. It turned from south to west while we were watching it and went behind a building so we couldn’t see it anymore. It had 5 large red dome lights that were solid on its undercarriage and then small red outline lights all the way around it’s V shape that were also solid. It seemed to turn off the outside lights where we were. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #146427). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-10-12 → 2017-10-29
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