Cylinder over lexington, NE
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was waiting for a locksmith to come and unlock a vehicle for some people. I was sitting in my patrol car and observed an object in the sky towards the southeast of me. I stared at the object for a few seconds and realized it was not moving whatsoever. I took out my phone and began to take photographs of the object and zoomed in on the object. in the middle of taking photographs the object just vanished. The object appeared dark in color and looked to be a cylinder with a smaller portion sticking out of the bottom of it. When looking at the photographs it appeared as though there was some type of glow around the object.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #166947). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2022-02-27 → 2022-03-16