Disk over Anna Maria Island, FL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
3rd night sitting on a balcony after sunset til about 10:30 while on vacation with wife. We saw the solid looking line appear, with a fairy consistent length and moved across 1/4th the sky before the whole think quickly got dim about 10 seconds later. It appeared to have some shape or mass above and below the line. Their was no tail to the line and it all faded at once. Size seemed consistent maybe getting or appearing slightly shorter/smaller before it faded as well and we lost track.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #168801). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2022-06-14 → 2022-07-01
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