Circle over Grandmound/Rochester, WA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
CRAFT APPEARED AS A SUPER BRIGHT BLUEISH WHITE LIGHT MOVING NORTH OF MY ADDRESS. I PULLED OUT MY BINOCS AND GOT A LOOK. IT WAS A DISC SHAPE WITH A HALO ALL AROUND IT. THE LIGHT WAS AS BRIGHT AS A ARC WHEN ONE IS WELDING WITH ARC WELDER. WITH IN 30 SECONDS OF ME VIEWING IT WITH MY BINOCS, IT JUST BLINKED OUT AS IF ONE SHUT OFF A LIGHT SWITCH. THE SIGHTING WAS 1500-2000 FEET. WHAT SURPRISED ME JUST HOW VERY VERY BRIGHT IT WAS, SO MUCH SO IT HURT MY EYES TI LOOK AT IT AND IT WAS EVEN MORE PAINFUL WITH MY BINOCS.I STILL HAVE A FLASH BURN ON MY RETNA AS ONE DOES WHEN A FLASH BULB GOES OFF TOO CLOSE TO YOU. I CLOSE MY EYES AND I HAVE GHOST SPOT IMAGE. I HOPE IT GOES AWAY, IT STILL VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. FYI, MY FIELD OF SKY LINE VISION, IS UNOBSTRUCTED 20-30 MILES LEFT OR RIGHT OF CENTER. MY SO AND I BOTH WATCHED IT FOR 2-3 MINS BEFORE IT JUST BLINKED OUT. MY SON YELLED OMG IT JUST BLINKED OUT..
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #141572). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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