Oval over Haines AK-Mosquito Lake Logging Trail Close to Canada, AK
A conventional explanation is favored by the record but was never formally confirmed.
The report, as filed
One picture shows anomaly. 59.54119 Degrees North, 136.12595 Degrees W- location photo taken. Another picture taken within same sixty seconds its gone. I was on vacation. I took an ATV out the trail to sightsee, go gold panning and follow the river upsteam. Picures taken on Apple iphone14 Pro Max [NUFORC annotation: Camera Anomaly - Probable]
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #178068). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2023-07-04 → 2023-07-21