Changing over Ninilchik, AK
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Large bright orange donut-shaped object hovering southeast of Iliamna volcano for about an hour and then slowly moved north along Cook Inlet shoreline until it hovered around the base of Iliamna volcano for several minutes. Its light dimmed until it was no longer visible after that. In moments it appeared to split into two separate objects and then rejoin while it was hovering. The donut shape was only noticed while looking through binoculars. At a distance it just appeared as a growing and shrinking orb.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #147289). 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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