Cylinder over Queen Creek, AZ
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
5/31 8:49 While looking up at the stars I noticed an image moving across the sky that I thought was a satellite. It seemed lower and to be moving faster than satellites I've seen in the past. After observing it for maybe 30 seconds as it moved west to east, it mad a sharp turn (not quite 90°) and proceeded North east and it seemed to speed up. The following night (6/1) I was outside with my dogs at 8:01 PM I captured an image of an orb moving in the same general direction. I had time to notify my wife and she observed it to with the naked eye. This time it didn't turn on an angle but rather kept on the same path, west to east. It was in view for just over a minute and as I was simultaneously recording on my phone and watching with the naked eye, it suddenly disappeared. I had it locked in on the recording and it wasn't really dimming or fading away. It just disappeared. I had convinced myself it was a floating latern but after showing others and examining and comparing images, I'm not so sure.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #177492). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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