Cylinder over Peninsula State Park, WI
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I saw this object out of the corner of my eye, which seemed strange, because it was so high in the sky. I pointed it out to my wife, who also saw it. It seemed to be a grey color or a dark blue, not moving, staying in one place, I would estimate 30,000 feet above us. (the estimate is based on jet planes at that height, traveling across country, that one might see on a clear day.) After about a minute to a minute and a half, we lost sight of it, with high haze coming between us and the object.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #148499). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2019-08-16 → 2019-09-02