Cigar over Onalaska, WA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I went outside around 4:45 am a bright light in the sky caught my eye. At first I thought thought it was a comet but realized it was a solid object moving across the sky. It was a cigar shaped tube slowly moving east. I ran back in woke my wife up we ran out and both watched this object go slowly east then slowly east and slow down and turn north over Mt. Rainier. This craft made not noise and was very large. I cannot be the only one to see this ufo.the sky was absolutely clear and I ould see the stars behind this ufo.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #158277). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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