Other over Deer Lodge, MT
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
During a servere lightning storm there was a beam of white light coming down behind the clouds and was visible between two clouds. This beam was thicker than the lightning and was straight as an arrow coming down at a 25 degree angle.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #149400). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2019-08-17 → 2019-09-03
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