As reported

Disk over Curlew, WA

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The report, as filed

Hello, three pictures were taken in Curlew, WA, on Wednesday afternoon May 9, 2018, by my grandson (19 yrs. old). He said he ran outside to take pictures of the rainbow. He took 3 consecutive shots on his cell phone camera. He sent the pictures via text to me as he knows I love rainbows. He said he was amazed at what he saw other than the rainbow. Two other people were with him and witnessed the event. Note the white disk shaped object to the right above the rainbow. The second photo shows it again. In the third photo it is gone. He said, "I was just taking pics of the rainbow and it showed up out of nowhere. It wasn't even there for two seconds before a muffled hum and like that it was gone". Note the two white disks in the distance above the green dumpster's top left corner--follow the treeline up the hill. Those two disks are not in the first two photos. I don't know what those are but sure would like to find out. Please take a look and see what you think and let us know. These pictures are incredible! [the 3 photos have just been sent from my email account separate from this submission as]

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #141541). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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