Cigar over Sterlng, CO

The report, as filed

Outside looking up at the night sky to try and see satellites, which I have done since I was a kid. In-fact, I actually did see two before witnessing something I am truly having a hard time comprehending. Out of NOWHERE, a sequence of what appeared to be LED lights of some sort begin to "start-up" before illuminating into an entire "cigar" shaped object that then began to slowly move as one across the sky almost as if it were hovering but moving in one direction towards the East/North East. The full illumination then slowly began to fade as it appeared to gain a little more speed. The only thing I can remotely compare it to is how an overhead tubular LED light would begin to come on when you turn on a light switch. I always have my eye in sky, especially at night, have seen some very interesting things throughout the years. But I have NEVER seen anything close to what I witnessed tonight. I am an extremely logical person, but always keep an open mind. WHAT I WITNESSED TONIGHT CANNOT BE EXPLAINED. Based on the size it appeared to be in the sky, this craft HAD to be AT LEAST the size of three football fields. IF ONLY, I had been able to get it on film!!!! It truly felt as if I was literally meant to see what I witnessed. Whatever this object was DID NOT come from a projected path, it literally seemed to have appeared out of nowhere as if it had been hovering in the sky completely idle before it started to actually move across the sky. NOW I KNOW WHAT EVERYONE MEANS WHO HAS ACTUALLY SEEN SOMETHING THAT IS TRULY UN-EXPLAINABLE. Either we are definitely NOT alone, or WE are the actual "aliens" themselves. Something this size could never have been created to operate within the limits of our little planet we call Earth.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #173452). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.