Light over Sonoita, Arizona, AZ
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I wish I had a camera. My brother-in-law and I both witnessed a bright light flying across the sky from east to west at a very rapid pace. My background is unmanned aerial systems for the United States Army. His background does not relate to the event. The light was white, and the object emitted no sound. I’ve never seen anything like this in my life. And I witnessed rocket launches in South Korea. I know what a high-speed rocket looks like I know what a normal aircraft looks like and I know what high-performance aircraft look like…this was not any of those things. Shooting stars don’t fly that low.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #178866). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
Ask for the records
What would the paper say?
For a dated, located U.S. sighting, FAA radar data and ATC communications are the records most likely to exist. Through Aletheca, the house instrument, anyone can commission the request — filed, chased, and published in the open, refusals included. The draft goes over already written: the records sought, and the date window they would live in.
Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2023-10-10 → 2023-10-27