Cigar over Hatley, WI
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I turned down a side road and as I came into a clearing. I happened to look up and noticed how low the clouds were that day. As I looked around I seen this cigar shaped thing in the sky. It appeared to be very shiny like chrome. The closer I got it just seemed to disappear into a invisible doorway in the sky.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #144182). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2018-11-26 → 2018-12-13