As reported

Other over Dover, PA

A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.

The report, as filed

I was sitting on our deck and noticed an unidentifiable object in the southwest sky. It appeared reddish and was in the shape of an X. It did not appear to be moving. Watched it for about 15 minutes to make sure my eyes weren’t playing tricks on me. Even went inside and came back out and I could still see it. In the morning I googled to try to find an explainable reason for seeing this. The only thing I could come up with was a Red Rectangle Nebula, but it stated that that is not visible by the naked eye… Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #143386). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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