Other over Salt Lake City Valley, UT
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Not sure where to report this anomaly. Atmospheric bright lights and huge explosions likely seen and heard by at least 100,000 people if not many times more. Woke up to an unbelievably bright flash of light then what sounded like the loudest longest lasting thunder I and many ever experienced. The what sounded like thunder lasting and rattling properties for what could be described as perhaps 80 square miles for at least 30 seconds non stop with a following episode shortly after. There were no news reports, no web information other than people ringing in from at least 5 county’s in and around the Salt Lake City and Utah Valley Counties on reddit. https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2FSaltLakeCity%2Fcomments%2Fd5eo3k%2Fholy_freaking_crap_was_i_the_only_one_jolted%2F%3Futm_source%3Dshare%26utm_medium%3Dios_app&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cc6e35a03d35e4f0aa71208d73c877cf8%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637044424917789773&sdata=VTcO74guO4imZUoZKCxcU1ev1qFulzwHH3r1FV1Bwf4%3D&reserved=0
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #148931). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2019-08-14 → 2019-08-31