Cylinder over Twentynine palms, CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Watched the metallic object slowly fly across the sky at high altitude from west to east. It was apparent that it was not a small party balloon to me by how it flew without noticeably changing altitude and by the fact I could clearly see it above very high clouds. Filmed video was able to pull a screen shot picture out of the video. When zoomed in it appears to be a cube with dark objects at the corners.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #174948). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2023-03-06 → 2023-03-23