Flash over Mackay, ID
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I am a long time “we are not alone”, phenomena observer since my first experience in 1970. On June 3, 2019, just after midnight, I was lying on a lounge chair in my back yard observing stars when a white flash of high intensity light appeared directly above me. Only catching the last glimpse of the light as it went out, I kept focused on the area the flash came from. Approximately 3 seconds later, another flash appeared, only this one was a bit lighter in intensity yet still very bright and only lasting 1 second before going out. Another few seconds and another flash only this one was much less in intensity and still lasting about 1 second before going out. The last flash came a few seconds later and it was hardly noticeable being very dim. Then the show was over. A booster rocket perhaps firing bursts to get out of our galaxy?..
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #146599). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2019-05-31 → 2019-06-17
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