As reported

Oval over Cleveland, TX

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The report, as filed

I looked to the northwestern sky at the time/date/location indicated. I observed a single, very piercingly white light (about the size of the end of a Q-tip cotton swab) sitting motionless well above the horizon. As I focused on this "object", it quite suddenly became dark & displayed an illuminated, skeletal type structure glowing a soft orange color. A few seconds later, it vanished.... It didn't fly away, IT VANISHED. No sound of any kind was heard coming from what ever this was. I am 62 & a professionally trained observer. I have been an amateur astronomer most of my life. What I witnessed will disturb me for as long as I live.... Fear of the unknown.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #162869). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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