Flash over Conifer/Pine, CO
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Standing on my deck and it looked like something flew through the mountain range/Valley. It looked like a shooting star at first but it flew straight and too low, at a speed too fast for anything man made, then it disappeared. About 1 minute later it came back and was moving and flashing oddly back and forth, up, down and sideways like it was scanning the ground below or looking for something. I ran into grab my phone and turn all my lights off and it was gone. All the dogs in the area started barking at the same time.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #159329). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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