Cigar over Leland, MI
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
We were watching the sunset and I noticed an object above the clouds above the sun, the sun had just gone over the horizon and quickly took a picture.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #177740). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2023-08-16 → 2023-09-02
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