Cigar over Minot, ME
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Craft entered atmosphere with red/orange glow very high from the outer atmosphere. Once entered, craft showed to be very bright white, flying in a straight direction with no contrail. Craft flew for approximately one minute then a visual contrail followed craft until it was out of sight. No sound at all was generated from this craft or for the duration of its flight while in view. [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Possible]
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #165856). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2021-12-10 → 2021-12-27
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