Circle over Branson west, MO
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Drinking coffee on deck. At first though was airplane with landing light on and paid little attention. Looked up again in couple minutes and was some round light coming at me. Never saw any of top part, just bright light facing to the ground. Believe speed was 50-100 mpr, and 700’ + ~ and was much bigger than my house. Was coming straight for my house on easterly course. Almost to my house and suddenly turned to south direction.no noise no banking. I ran around corner of house and watched it disappear. I was helicopter pilot in army and have several thousand hours. I know nothing can turn on a dime with out banking. It was just a huge bright light. I have another sighting lately in august 2022. About midnight I was on my south deck smoking when 2 objects appeared to the south of my house, looked like big cigars and both had lights on both sides that flashed on both sides of the objects. Blue and red constantly flashing. Flying fairly slow and low. They came directly over my house so I went out other door and they turned to the northwest and climbed fairly rapidly. Had my camera on video but but not smart enough to push the right button to record. Did have a low growling noise.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #173285). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2021-11-27 → 2021-12-14