As reported

Cylinder over Willard, OH

A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.

The report, as filed

I was outside saying bye to my fiance as he was going to work. I looked up, and the sky was beautiful, the clouds were stringy like. I noticed we could see the moon early today. Then just to the left of the I see a shiny cylinder like thing. It didn't seem to be going very fast, but it was very shiny. No lights blinking like our normal air traffic. This isn't my first sighting. I and my two kids witnessed fire in the sky. I believe strongly they're here.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #162291). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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