Unspecified over Willowick, OH
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
This light appeared to be in the shape of a half circle. There seemed to be two distinct lights but grouped very close together. The light remained there for around 20 minutes until it slowly began to turn upright and began to vanish slowly. It looked as if it was vanishing under a black silhouette. Once the object disappeared an incredibly strong gust of wind blew out toward the lake for around 10 seconds then stopped suddenly. There were no morning reports of a vessel that caught fire and sank. Before the object vanished I was able to take a picture I will attach to this report. A photo was submitted to NUFORC, which appears to show three reddish lights, oriented more or less horizontally. We do not know what the lights were. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #139365). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-11-25 → 2017-12-12
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