Circle over Valparaiso, IN
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was driving down Rt 30 to work at 5:45 am. I looked into the sky and seen a round craft with only 3 white lights on and hovering in the sky.. I had to go to work so I had my eyes on it for 10 minutes but it was still there when I left this area. It was still dark out so I could only see the shape and the 3 lights that were on. The lights were like oblong windows.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #148886). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2019-09-09 → 2019-09-26
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