As reported

Light over De Pere, WI

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The report, as filed

A bright object was observed in the sky W/SW of our location. It appeared to be a planet at first, but it appeared much larger than a planet would, and it was already fairly light outside. I pointed it out to the other two people I was with and after 20-25 seconds, it traveled straight away from us at a very high rate of speed. It was no longer visible in less than 2 seconds.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #139510). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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