Cylinder over Warrento, MO

The report, as filed

While traveling north on Stracks Church Rd. in Warren County, the witness's business partner (driver) and witness (passenger) were heading to their shop, when witness caught a quick glimpse of a rather large blimp-like object, over the tree line to the west-northwest at an estimated distance of about 1.5 miles. Witness asked aloud if the driver had seen it, his response was no. Upon reaching the top of the next hill they slowed to get a better look, again a brief glimpse before nearby tree line obstructed view. The business partner agreed he saw the object as well. They both agreed it appeared to be in the area of the baseball fields to their northwest. Upon agreement to give chase toward the ball fields, as their elevation would allow, they maintained brief visuals of the object. It appeared as a dull metalic color, with a rather reflective area in the center to the rear, their estimation of size was, very large, approx 400-600 ft long and 75-100 tall with ! a tapering aft. As they pursued they noticed the object had put significant distance between them in a matter of minutes. Both witnesses also noticed it now appeared more north than west so they assumed it traveled north in that time. When they reached the ball fields their view was now unobstructed. they located the object which was now due west and a considerable distance from them. The business partner was able to zoom in maximum with his phones camera and got 1 photo just prior to the object pitching to about 40 degrees and disappearing behind the tree line a few hundred yards in out in front of us. The object was never more than slightly above the tree line on the horizon of their view so witness had to assume it was less that 500 ft off the ground. Also the profile never changed dispite the noticeable changes in direction of travel. At the time of the photo the skies were clear and the object was at what they believe to be max visability at the time. The distance it w! as covering was remarkable, disappearing from view and never r! eturning The entire event lasted 4-5 mins.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #162024). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.