Oval over Coeur d'Alene, ID
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was remarking to my wife last night how amazing the moon looked. It was about 3/4 full but very crisp and clear in the sky. It was overcast around the moon and as I was looking at the moon an off white oval looking craft was flying faster than airplane. I was curious because there were no con trials behind the craft. I have seen satellites at night and this craft was traveling about as fast. I watched it as it approached the clouds that were pretty high in elevation and the craft went behind them. The cloud cover went as far as I could see so I did not see the craft after going behind the clouds. The craft did change to a darker shade just before going behind the clouds so I though maybe it was going into the earth's shadow. I certainly can say it was not the shape of any aircraft I have seen and that is why I am reporting it. I pointed it out to my wife but she didn't see it. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #147549). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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