Cylinder over Centralia, WA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Saw object over trees. Thought it was fireworks because of the holiday, but it headed south in a straight line, then made a V-pattern to the east. It went back to the original line it was traveling on, then stopped. After stopping for a few moments, it continued and stopped again, and did this one more time. It then made what seemed like a 90 degree turn, directly away from me, into the upper atmosphere and disappeared.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #138174). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-12-29 → 2018-01-15
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Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
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They are still moving. Different directions. Coming from different ways. They look like moving stars.