Light over Madison Wisconsin, WI
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
This was a bright object in the northwest sky. It look like a star at first, but I noticed it was moving to the east. I watched it move all the way across the sky until I could not see it anymore. This took at least 2 minutes if not longer. This light did not blink at all. At the same time a airplane flew over which I see frequently. This thing was huge dwarfed the size of the airplane. Unable to get a photo with my phone.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #176692). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
Ask for the records
What would the paper say?
For a dated, located U.S. sighting, FAA radar data and ATC communications are the records most likely to exist. Through Aletheca, the house instrument, anyone can commission the request — filed, chased, and published in the open, refusals included. The draft goes over already written: the records sought, and the date window they would live in.
Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2023-07-07 → 2023-07-24