Triangle over Keizer, OR
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
While heading north on River Road North at 8:20PM, I observed a dark object above, while traveling in front of the Keizer Arby’s. At 8:21pm I clearly observed an unidentified object while on the phone in my vehicle. This object looked like a car sitting above a business, as in it had 2 lights which appeared like headlights. As I continued to travel northbound the object appeared larger. It seemed to be sitting or hovering above Pizza Hut then father north above Walgreens. As I approached the Keizer Walgreens, I continued to watch the object as it came into focus above ABBA auto body and Keizer Avamere. It was here that I saw it clearly was a trangular black shape. The triangle appeared to be 1/4 mile above just the street, but definitely below the clouds. Just above Keizer Avamere, I noted the triangle on one point appeared to be the front of the object with 2 “headlights” and a faint red blinking light in the middle - almost on the center of the triangulated side. The object continued to hover for about a minute in the same place directly above the apts behind Keizer UPS. I then turned left around the block on Lockhaven to attempt a photo or stop to better identify this triangle shaped object. As I pulled in front of the Keizer post office, I saw clearly the rear of the object as the flat side of the triangle, and it sped south as it was nearly directly above the new home of Waremart. This triangle was black and roughly the size of a Tesla automobile. It traveled very quickly south and disappeared within about 20 seconds. It appeared hazy before disappearing. I observed this unidentified triangle object for nearly 3 minutes, while driving. It was hovering and made no sound when the window was down. I have been experiencing a headache since this encounter, which may not be related, but no other logic exists for cause of said headache at this time.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #137501). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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