Circle over Bedford, NH
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
We were sitting outside by the fire in the middle of the backyard which is in the middle of the woods essentially and then we saw two lights beyond the clouds moving in large circles and the lights themselves were circular in shape. Then one of our quests left and drove home and saw them in her backyard and they were gone in ours. Pretty creepy.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #172144). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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