Oval over Yuma, AZ
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I took the garbage out to the front of our home. Looked up and there was a stationary oval shaped object that appeared rather large rather than small. Size was like a large nightly moon. There was a line of lights in the center in a horizontal position. All the lights were white except the one in the middle was red. I went to the back of the home to see it facing north. It was still not moving. Decided to return to the front sidewalk and it was still not moving. I glanced away for a few seconds and looked back up and it had disappeared, not able to see it at all. I do remember there were clouds that night. This could have been on January 12th as we have two garbage pick ups.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #167181). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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