Triangle over Tacoma, WA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was coming back from renting a video game and was driving south on Yakima Ave, I saw 2 green lights zip over the street, they were up pretty bigh. I thought they were an airplane cause I live by McCord AFB but they were going to fast,these things were moving. I got to 56th in Yakima and saw them turn to the south, as they turned I saw the outline of 1, it was a triangle,it wasnt a stealth, it made no noise. I turned right on 56th and watched as they flew away to the south west, the Planes landing at McChord never go that way, it was no plane I've ever seen and ive lived 3 miles from the base all my life, this was unreal. We spoke via telephone with the witness, and he seemed to us to be quite sincere and sober-minded. We suspect he is an excellent, and reliable, witness. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #138453). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2018-01-14 → 2018-01-31
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