Cigar over French Settlement, LA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Me and my friend Kerry. We were just talking in my backyard. I so happened to look up and saw this craft traveling north/west. The craft came from behind the trees. Traveled for about 5 to 8 seconds. At one point the sun glinted off of this object. Then it pretty quickly vanished. This was in the middle of the day we saw this. It was no plane because it had no wings. Just a white, slightly crushed cigar shape. There was no exhaust or no sound. The craft was completely silent.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #174193). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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