Oval over Tremonton, CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
In the span of about seven minutes, I witnessed a light appearing in the shape of tic-tac, hovering for several minutes. It suddenly took a sharp turn and descended quickly at a 45 degree. After nearly losing sight of it behind the mountain, it split in three sections and quickly ascended back along the same angle. The tic-tac went back where had been, hovered a couple minutes, then quickly disappeared. A minute later, another section suddenly disappeared. The third section then disappeared behind the mountain. These pics and videos are in chronological order. (Unfortunately, when it first descended, I forgot to push therecord button.)
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #176806). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2023-07-13 → 2023-07-30