Unknown over Creede, CO
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
On Sunday night while elk hunting near Creede my group witnessed a large object hovering to our east over Bristol Head. The object had multicolor light emanating from it and was extremely large and bright. It moved west across the ridge from us covering approximately a 10 mile flight in under 10 seconds. As it got closer to our camp we could make out a throbbing hum coming from it. It moved back east and at one point a red glare light up the valley. As it approached Creede it made a W type movement and disappeared down out of sight. 7 hunters watched this happen and 2 of our cell phones were doing video but the object wouldn't show on the screen. Although the audio of us describing it is clear. One photo did show it clearly.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #160553). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2020-11-05 → 2020-11-22
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