Circle over Utica, KY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was outside using the bathroom and I look up and it kind of looked like the moon at first but as I was watching it came down really close to me it was a circle with the brightest light I've ever seen in my life. As I was watching it come closer to me I yelled for my uncle and he came out and seen it also it stayed close for about 2 minutes and then went back up and floated for a while and then disappeared. It's very dark where I'm at no other lights it was very cloudy but you could see this bright Circle among everything else. It was a perfect circle very bright and moved very fast.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #173346). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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