Disk over MT
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
When I started taking pictures I only saw the hot air Ballon. But while I was looking at my phone snapping photos, a black object appeared next to the balloon and then disappeared by the time I snapped a couple photos and looked up from my phone.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #171549). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2022-08-29 → 2022-09-15
From the same sky