Other over Valrico, FL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
On the evening of May 05, 2018, I couldn't get the dog's attention but I took a picture of her anyways. I then took a picture of the window because I thought the crystal looked pretty. For some reason I took a picture of the yard by the fence but couldn't see anything in my phone screen because it was too bright so I adjusted my feet and turned to the right and took another picture. Realizing I couldn't see anything on my phone screen still, I just gave up and went inside. I later looked at the photos and that's when I noticed the dog staring into a beam, two white figures standing by the fence and a formation of clouds flying away and over the bench.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #172334). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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