Light over Arthur, NE
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Really quite brilliant, looking toward the west, at some distance on the horizon, a bright light below the cloud cover... twenty degrees, or so, above the horizon. Standing in my driveway, just off the porch, and, as I say, looking west, there remains a singular, stationary, light, which is quite large. My thumb, at arm’s length, doesn’t cover it. The illumination similar to an arc light, or a welder’s torch. According to the National Weather Service, visibility is 7 miles, wind from the SE at 9 mph, temperature 10 degrees below zero, with a wind chill at 19 degrees below zero, and skies are mostly cloudy.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #162069). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2021-02-13 → 2021-03-02
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