Rectangle over Washington, D.C. (6 miles west of), DC
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I am a U.K. visitor to the U.S. on a family visit to Washington and on the way from their house to the airport, I saw something strage. I then proceeded to witness a large rectangular glowing object appear at the side of the road. It had some sort of strange inscriptions on it. The colour was bright white, with red streaks across it. It had long legs roughly 2m long touching the ground. For some reason I couldn't avert my eyes, like it was advertising something great to me. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #143226). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2018-09-18 → 2018-10-05