Circle over Mondovi, WI
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Light above trees moving erratically, but also purposefully. We watched the craft ascend and descend and fly circles around the treetop, appeared to be looking for something. Craft did have lights, but different colors, and brightness. There was a plane that flew above the craft about 20min in to us watching and craft appeared to dim its lights sink into treeline. After plane left area craft came back into view and did a few more circles before just disappearing.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #171631). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2022-09-01 → 2022-09-18