Light over Ponoka (Canada), AB · Canada
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Some nights it will meet up with a smaller light. As many as three have been seen. I thought I was crazy so started pointing it out to people riding with me and now they all have witnessed it. It will follow me from west of Ponoka to Alex, to Red Deer and wait while I’m visiting my friends, it has even followed me to Saskatchewan. It sits outside my work and follows me home. We thought drone but there is no noise, it travels as fast or as slow as I am going. What is this. It’s creepy!
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #156923). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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