Unknown over Scapoose, OR
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
On the 4th of July evening we were looking up at the newly shaped Big Dipper when we thought we saw a satellite moving past. It went slowly the . Picked up speed and the light vanished and disappeared completely. This did not look like a shooting star.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #157363). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2020-07-01 → 2020-07-18
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