Light over Duchesne, UT
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
My wife and I were outside around 23:15 on 10/18. My wife pointed out what appeared to be a satellite moving from northeast to southwest. It was only a dull orange light. We couldn’t see any of the craft or hear any sound. At first, it was going in a straight line at a speed that was faster than most of the satellites we see . It then made an extremely tight 180 degree turn without slowing down. It went northeast for a short distance before turning north and making a series of strange turns. It then turned and went west before going out of site.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #160063). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2020-11-15 → 2020-12-02
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