Rectangle over Red Mountain, AZ
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
A large shadow of a rectangle or trapezoid shape appeared midway on the southwest side of Mount Mcdowell (aka Red Mountain) in North Phoenix. The motion of the shadow was moving from the top of the mountain to the base and then disappeared, as if a cloaked ufo was passing by casting shadow. Clear blue sky, no clouds causing shadow.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #149063). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2019-09-19 → 2019-10-06