Circle over Sierra Valley, CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
This is a second hand report, person who captured the image reported seeing a hovering circular object above their house during a snow storm. Typically I'm skeptical of these types of events/ sightings but as you will see in the image, this isn't a flashing light or a dimly seen object. The person who took this picture is a 60 year old man who works as a carpenter and is not computer savvy and the meta data on the picture indicates no altering. The image looks like a metal trash can lid hovering in the sky during a snow storm and is the most clear image of what looks like what a CGI artist would create to put in a movie about UFO's.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #174787). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2023-02-19 → 2023-03-08