Cylinder over Parker, CO
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was sitting on my patio when I saw a plane fly by then I heard a very loud sound that sounded electronic. Then I saw a massive far away orange thing that looked similar to an airplane, but it had a giant sphere in the middle and I think it looked like it had the head of a bird but near the end I almost remember it not having that. That part is something I barely remember which is weird, this happened yesterday. It was way too big to be an airplane and it was going in tight circles somewhat fast. Too fast and tight for an airplane for sure. Then it vanished right before my eyes. I looked for it for a little bit longer and found it again lower to the ground but still high up. It was like the wind did not affect it at all. This is when my vision got a little fuzzier. Like on a 1980's camera but it was my eyes. So it was getting harder to see it. I pulled out my phone to record it. I couldn't find it I turned off my phone to .look again and it was gone. This time I didn't see it again
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #178768). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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