Light over Salt Lake City/Sandy, UT
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I live in Cottonwood Heights and I was getting in my car to go to work when I saw a bright light in the sky, it wasn't moving, I stayed there watching it for at least 5 minutes and still wasn't moving but I had to go to work and to me surprise the light was on top of the building i work in Sandy, Utah, we all saw it in the same spot for over 4 hours, it never moved until all suddenly began to get smaller and smaller and finally disappeared, I have posted it on my Facebook. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #142863). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2018-08-14 → 2018-08-31