Circle over Ladue/St Louis, MO
Resolved to a known cause by an investigating body, with the identification on the record.
The report, as filed
A bright red/orange/yellow object passed overhead suddenly and completely vanished, didn’t fade away, no smoke or haze, absolutely no sound. The object was lower than any plane that has crossed overhead. 2 days later we set up a camera and captured a triangle of bright lights (see attached video) and 7 days later we captured the next video (same location). First video is likely a spiderweb floating by, [NUFORC annotation: Insect - Certain]
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #178200). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2023-08-29 → 2023-09-15