Cigar over Fort Collins, CO
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The report, as filed
March 30, 2022; Fort Collins, Colorado At 11:18 PM MST an object was reported flying on a straight path north to south, speed approximately 250+ miles an hour. This was a relatively quick sighting obviously 30 seconds to 40, happened very close to the witness who got a very good look at it. It was making zero noise. The object was cylindrical in shape, almost cigar-shaped. It reportedly had a structure but was also yet transparent, almost a skeletal structure, and the rest of the vehicle was transparent and white lights outlined the structure with a singular red light towards the front. Witness explained that it appeared transparent because there were lights of another flight higher in elevation behind it that could be seen straight through the vehicle briefly. Range of sighting approximately eighth of a mile, elevation 400 feet. The determination of size felt accurate despite the sighting happening at night. It was very very close range and the witness approximated the size to be 30 to 35 feet in length approximately 10 feet in height. Location of sighting, in front of his house. He was transfixed in watching it for approximately 15 to 20 seconds then he had the notion to try to take a picture or video. What he had on him at the time was his iPad and unfortunately was not able to get the camera open fast enough to take a meaningful picture at the range he saw it clearest. Observer sees helicopters operating the general flight path somewhat frequently and of course they are making tons of noise and they’re very obviously helicopters. It was far too big for him to have assumed it was a drone like he had mentioned approximate 35 feet in length. Drones are also very noisy and usually have the same general lighting array the normal aircraft do, green red white. The air space that this craft was in is strictly off-limits to drones at the altitude it was operating.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #168179). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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