Circle over Kirkland, AZ
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Seated at our campfire facing the western sky, suddenly a ring of light appeared only a few hundred feet in the night sky and only ~1/2-mile away. The white-orange ring of light flickered and moved left to the right, and then a second, and then a third ring of light appeared all simultaneously. A few minutes passed, then the sequence repeated, with first one, then three rings of light which seemed to hover for a moment, then disappeared and reappeared a short time later, just a short distance to the right of its original source. NUFORC: Video appears to be flares
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #174188). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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