Light over Sedona, TX
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Started 334 degrees NW shot upwards to about 30 degrees NE stopped & lit up very brightly & shot straight up into space. It looked like a very close shooting star but traveling in the opposite direction. Instead of shooting in a downwards curve it went in an upwards curve coming from the earth into the night sky. I’ve seen things before that was kind of questionable....but this was very in my face and very unexplainable.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #158401). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2020-08-06 → 2020-08-23