Cone over Pound, WI
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
We were fishing at sunset facing west. I noticed a shiny slender object stationary that was a cigar shape at fist but in a vertical position. After about 4 to 5 minutes of being stationary, it rocketed off vertically at a high speed. Had a huge vapor trail following it. It was out of sight within a minute or less. I have pictures of it all. One of the pictures of it taking off you can easily see a dark cone shaped object at the head of it.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #149885). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2019-10-05 → 2019-10-22