Formation over Custer, SD
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
There was no sound in the sky and it was a very clear night with lots of stars. It was definitely not a shooting star or a satellite. Four of us all saw the same moving object at the same time.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #170695). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2022-07-19 → 2022-08-05
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