Cigar over Baldwin City, KS
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Witnessed 7 unidentifiable objects along the horizon West of Baldwin City. There were 2 cigar shaped white objects and 5 (smaller) white lights surrounding them. As the sun began to set the lights did not get brighter like a star would but would disappear and then reappear. The objects did not move around the sky but remained stationary until the sun went down and the lights disappeared.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #144157). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2018-12-13 → 2018-12-30
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