Sphere over Plain City, UT
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
High altitude object observed nearly overhead, facing north, shortly before dusk and displayed a single, quick flash of light. It then proceeded ENE over Mount Ben Lomond while changing the pattern and length of the light. The pattern would be a slowly brightening and dimming flash, lasting about three to five (3-5) seconds and then disappear. It would reappear in random 4–6 second patterns, but traveling a higher rates of speed with each observed flash. Appears to move like a satellite at times, but then its movement changes from how any observed satellite travels.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #142882). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2018-08-22 → 2018-09-08
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