Cigar over Smith Mills, KY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I first saw and extremely bright light that was coming toward my home . It was moving faster than anything I'd ever seen and as it came over my house I could see a tube looking thing in front of the bright light , it had swirls of light blue and dark blue color like liquid in it. No sound at all going in the straitest line I'd ever seen brightest light behind it I'd ever seen . The tube looking thing looked to be about 50 ft or so not that long , the light almost looked like a star on the back end of it and there was a strait white trail behind it that stayed there after it passed for a long time that looked like light not smoke like a plane and it finally disapated.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #171682). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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