Disk over Mt. Rainier National Park, WA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
An hour or two later during the flight, I retrieved my phone and reviewed the photos and to my surprise there was something seemingly hovering above the mountain. It appears to be a disk or cigar shape. I inspected the window to which I will still seated to next to it and I could not see any blemish or crack that could have caused this. I also check the camera lens for debris, dust, or other particles, but could not see anything with my naked eye.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #170770). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2022-07-25 → 2022-08-11
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