As reported

Unknown over Nederland, CO

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The report, as filed

I did not see a craft, just a bright light. We live outside of a mountain town in a dark area. When up this morning at 4:30 MST, the whole sky seemed to light up and shone in the many windows on the open two-story south side of the house, illuminating window shapes across the floor. It was so quick, 1-2 seconds of light, no apparent source but seemed to be shining slightly downward through the windows and the illuminated areas on the floor may have moved a little before all went dark again. I looked around outside right after, didn't see anything out of the ordinary, did see a plane flying overhead on a usual path that we see planes up here.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #164804). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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