Light over SE Portland, OR
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
It was a red glowing object moving slowly in my direction it seemed to fade in and out as if the color of it would dim and then get brighter red as it approached it seemed to begin to hover and then all of a sudden it split into two and the new red glowing spear went in the opposite direction it was coming from at a high rate of speed I have it on video
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #173325). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2022-12-03 → 2022-12-20