Unknown over Manchester, KY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
it came down after the fireworks were over and hovered for awhile then took off. i was able to go inside and get other witnesses to come out and see it before it disappeared. i have no idea if anyone else around saw it but it was so big it would have been hard to miss if they were looking up.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #147343). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2019-07-01 → 2019-07-18
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