Triangle over Springfield, OR
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The report, as filed
Seen a large long light in the sky About 800 ft away over the neighborhood. Craft moved east right over us. About 15 ft tall And 100 ft long. When it past over I moved to be directly under it and it was clearly a triangle shaped craft.The lights flickered and went out. Craft completely faded into. The mist. I had seen the same craft around 3 years ago at the corner of Bob Straub and Mountain Gate sitting directly over the house on the corner. At that time it had one very bright light on the top. I parked my truck under it and got out it was 65 feet up but seemed smaller by 30 or 40 % it then moved west over Eugene. Made no noise and the light stayed on until out of sight. Photo appears reminiscent of Starlink but the triangular description contradicts that.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #173483). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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