Cigar over Alfaz del Pi, ALICANTE · Spain
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
On the 19th of August 2023 approximately mid day my partner spotted a metallic object very high in the sky, the object appeared to be metallic and was rolling and flashing as if the sun light was bouncing off its surface, at first we thought it was an airplane but it looked like it was out of control in a rolling motion but not falling to the ground, it slowly drifted west until it went out of sight, we both watched it for around 45 minutes. It was cigar shaped. We tried to take pictures with our mobile phones but it was too distant however we watched it though binoculars, my partner said she thought it looked like a satellite with solar panels but we thought that would be impossible to see during the day or even at night, and if it was a satellite re entering earth's atmosphere surely it would be burning up and what's left would be falling to the ground very quickly not drifting for such a long period.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #178735). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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