Light over Smith Valley, NV
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
It was around 9 p.m. and I had just got home. As I started to walk inside I noticed a weird bright orange light that stuck out. I stopped and looked at it and it slowly hovered up higher in the sky, then it started to slowly move forward and when it did lights started flashing on it. I could hear it also. Then it just disappeared into the night. This isn't the first time I've seen it either. It or other UFOs that look the same seem to come around every night for about a week or so, and then I won't see or hear them for awhile and they come back.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #144518). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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