Disk over Grand Canyon south rim, AZ
A conventional explanation is favored by the record but was never formally confirmed.
The report, as filed
Picture number one, you can see it just to the left of the sun rise Picture number two it has moved up and you can see the color is green. It is still to the left of the sunrise. Pictures of three, four, and five, to the right, you can see a green glow very clearly and its shape, as well as a glow below it [NUFORC annotation: Camera Anomaly - Probable]
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #175675). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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