Circle over Polson, MT
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
My family and I were on our boat heading in to our lake house. I had been watching military jets in the sky for a while. There were two far apart in the sky while overhead. I noticed they were approaching the western horizon and had moved directly next to each other and there was a third object now. It was circular in shape, very bright, looked metallic as it reflected the sun's light. It was following one of the jets at the exact same speed but had no contrail unlike the two jets. We watched it until it went behind the horizon.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #171214). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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