Unknown over Chewelah, WA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
large craft stationary about a mile up,very bright green and red lights with huge white light between craft hovered for several minutes then proceeded south rapidly then huge burst of rapid speed and instant stop then very rapid speed to disappear similar craft has been seen in area before
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #159846). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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