Unknown over Skamania, WA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I totaled my car and had to walk 7 miles home. I was walking west on HWY 14 in darkness when I saw the sky light up. I looked up to see a very bright light moving across the sky as it continues to get dimmer. The light reduced to about the brightness of a star and maintained that brightness for about 15 seconds. The light moved around the sky varying speeds until is dimmed completely and disappeared into the sky.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #159870). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2020-10-03 → 2020-10-20
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