Cigar over Birdseye, IN
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Started as a light, I thought it was a star or a planet at first, but it was broad daylight in the morning. Not a cloud in the sky. Also there were 3 commercial jets flying in the sky in different directions at the same time for me to use for reference. Object only moved vertically. Light dimmed like a dimmer switch in a house and and then all you could see was the cigar shape, then the center of the shape faded and all you could see was the outline, then the outline disappeared. All this happened while it was stationary disappeared and reappeared 3 times. Mile marker 51 Interstate 64 east between Stendal and Birdseye.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #165201). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2021-11-05 → 2021-11-22