Cylinder over Rural Kirkwood, IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
A cylinder shaped object flashed across the sky on my phone video I took. The object made a slight curve change in direction and the colors changed when I enlarge the video and slow it down. Moving at a very high rate of speed!
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #176489). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2023-06-21 → 2023-07-08